About Mark
Mark Miele is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Alabama with ten years of clinical work. He helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, mood challenges like bipolar disorder, addiction, anger, and phobias. He treats a wide range of concerns including trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, and self-esteem struggles.
Mark helps people build on their strengths rather than telling them what to do. Sessions are collaborative and focused on practical steps.
Background and approach
He listens first, then works with each person to set realistic goals and develop tools that fit everyday life. His approach draws on client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That mix lets him use clear skills training, moment-to-moment coping strategies, and goal-focused conversations depending on what a person needs.
Over ten years, he has supported people facing a variety of complex issues such as co-morbidity, dissociation, domestic violence aftermath, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. He also addresses concerns tied to fatherhood, men’s issues, veterans and armed forces experiences, and personality-related challenges. Sessions can include conversations about career stress, compassion fatigue, panic attacks, paranoia, and disruptive mood symptoms.
Mark speaks English and works with adults in Alabama. He invites people to take a first step when they feel ready to explore change.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s perspective, listening carefully and helping people name their goals. That approach is useful for anyone who wants a supportive space to talk through fears, grief, or relationship concerns.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change them. CBT can help with anxiety, panic, phobias, and mood difficulties by practicing exercises and testing new behaviors between sessions.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. It can be helpful for strong mood swings, anger, and repeated patterns that cause conflict in daily life.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up, then try methods that fit those needs. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as progress is made.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be a simpler check-in without video. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter updates, coaching between sessions, or when someone prefers typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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