About Mark
Mark Panasiewicz is a licensed social worker with 10 years of experience. He works directly and clearly with people who are overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, relationship trouble, or life changes. He focuses on practical steps in sessions.
Mark listens carefully, then helps people try small changes that can shift thinking and reaction patterns. He aims to make conversations straightforward and respectful so people can move forward without long explanations. Mark draws from several approaches to shape each session.
Background and approach
He uses cognitive techniques to address unhelpful thinking, acceptance-based methods to manage difficult feelings, and emotion-focused ideas to strengthen close connections. Sessions are adapted to what a person needs rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan. Over the past decade he has supported people facing trauma, substance use concerns, grief, parenting stress, ADHD, and identity issues.
He also responds to issues like sleep problems, anger, burnout, and career strain. Mark works with people who want help with relationships, intimacy, or coping after loss. Sessions are offered from Michigan and in English, and he accepts international clients.
He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose the format that fits their life. To begin, users follow the site’s Start Therapy flow to match and schedule a first appointment.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on identifying personal values and taking actions that match those values, which can help with anxiety, avoidance, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through practical exercises and skill practice, often helping with anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotions in relationships and building safer emotional connections, which can be useful for intimacy and communication struggles.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they will try methods that fit the client’s situation and adjust the plan as progress is seen.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone needs flexible timing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work between appointments.
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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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