About Mark
Dr. Mark Chustz uses a practical, person-focused approach to help people facing emotional strain and life transitions. He is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 34 years of experience and explains things plainly so families can understand the work.
He commonly addresses addiction, anxiety, depression, and stress. Relationship and intimacy issues are a regular focus, along with grief, parenting concerns, and career stress. He also helps people coping with trauma, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and major life changes.
How Mark works
His sessions aim to be collaborative. He listens closely, helps people name what matters, and then works with them on realistic steps forward. That may include changing unhelpful thinking patterns, improving communication, or exploring deeper personal meaning depending on the person's goals.
Over decades of practice he has also supported people dealing with family of origin problems, caregiver strain, cancer-related concerns, and substance use problems. He brings experience with abandonment wounds, forgiveness work, and rebuilding self-esteem after loss or separation. People who meet with him can expect clear, straightforward guidance.
He blends techniques from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, emotionally-focused methods, and depth-oriented perspectives when useful. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged online or by phone for those outside Massachusetts.
Mark lists 8 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.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 34 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches in online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist offers empathic listening and reflects what matters most to the client so they can set their own pace and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, concentrates on understanding emotions and improving how people express and connect around feelings in relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to try different methods and adapt them to the individual's needs, goals, and comfort level. The focus stays on what helps the person make meaningful changes over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help fit therapy into busy lives.
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