About Mark
Mark Beiser is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 28 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting struggles, and relationship concerns. He focuses on practical steps that people can take now to feel a little better and build on those gains over time. Mark works in a straightforward, respectful way.
He aims to build trust by being genuine and listening carefully. Sessions often start with small, doable changes in daily choices.
How Mark works
Those shifts are meant to influence thoughts and, eventually, feelings. He draws on tools like mindfulness exercises, thought regulation, and goal-focused conversations. Motivational work is used when confidence or drive is getting in the way.
Trauma-focused methods are part of the approach when past harm is central to a person’s struggles. Mark has helped people with a wide range of concerns over his career. These include grief, intimacy-related issues, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coping with life transitions.
He also supports people facing adoption and foster care dynamics, chronic illness or pain, and issues such as obsessions, compulsions, and post-traumatic stress. In sessions he aims to guide the process without taking over. The work is collaborative: setting goals, trying specific strategies, and adjusting as progress unfolds.
His practice is based in Illinois and he conducts sessions in English.
Mark lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Mark works with
The areas below are the ones Mark selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Traumatic brain injury
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 28 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How specific approaches translate to online work
Mark uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try different ways of thinking and acting. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, obsessive thoughts, and many daily behavior changes.He also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices. These techniques help reduce reactivity and improve focus when someone is coping with stress, trauma reminders, or chronic pain.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. He will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That collaboration means trying strategies, checking how they feel, and adjusting the plan together.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and exercises that use visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging are useful for brief updates, homework review, or when typed communication feels more natural. These options aim to increase flexibility and make regular work more manageable alongside daily life.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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