About Mark
Mark Panasiewicz is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) with ten years of clinical experience. He helps people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship problems, trauma, and substance use concerns. He uses a direct, practical style and aims to treat each person with respect and clear guidance.
In sessions Mark focuses on building a plan that fits the individual. He listens for what matters most and then offers straight-forward strategies people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
He often combines ideas from cognitive behavioral work and motivational interviewing to set small, realistic steps toward change. Mark has worked repeatedly with people affected by abuse, physical trauma, and domestic violence. He also has experience supporting those facing grief, addiction challenges, and the stress that comes with caregiving or chronic illness.
His background includes time in the U.S. Air Force, which informed his work with other veterans. When couples come to him he takes a practical, task-focused approach to communication and problem solving.
He emphasizes skills that help partners interrupt negative cycles and rebuild trust. Exercises and homework are tailored to each couple’s situation rather than following a rigid protocol. People who prefer clear, goal-oriented sessions will find his style familiar.
He works by setting measurable short-term goals and checking progress week to week. That way therapy stays focused on what changes are most useful in daily life.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It often targets anxiety, mood problems, sleep, and stress by using specific exercises and behavior changes.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to goals, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust plans based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist decide together which strategies to continue and which to change as progress is tracked.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different days and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can provide ongoing support between sessions or for people who prefer writing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules and let people choose what works best for their routine.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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