About Mark
Mark Panasiewicz is a licensed social worker with 10 years of clinical experience. He focuses on concrete, practical steps to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and trauma. Mark presents himself in a direct, respectful way and aims to make sessions feel straightforward and useful.
He draws on several evidence-informed approaches to match the work to each person. Sessions may include skills practice from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotion-focused strategies to improve communication and reduce reactivity.
How Mark works
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy elements help clients clarify values and move toward meaningful actions. Mark has experience with substance use concerns, domestic violence, and trauma, and he has worked with people affected by physical or emotional abuse. He also supports people facing life changes, caregiving strain, chronic health challenges, and work-related burnout or compassion fatigue.
In sessions the conversation is tailored to the individual's needs and goals. Mark uses direct feedback, practical exercises, and short-term skill building alongside longer-term reflection when needed. He aims to help people rebuild routines, improve sleep and coping, and address patterns that get in the way of close connection.
Mark practices from Michigan and offers services in English. He accepts international clients and provides a range of remote session formats to fit different schedules and needs.
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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
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Mark often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people identify what matters most and take small, practical steps toward those values despite painful thoughts or feelings. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with major life changes.He also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening closely and reflecting clients' experience so they feel understood and able to explore difficult topics at their own pace. This approach supports building trust and strengthening motivation for change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and may blend approaches as the work evolves.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit care into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises, phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or an alternative when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging provide ongoing support between sessions. These options make it simpler to practice new skills, follow up on homework, and adjust timing to match work or family schedules.
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