About Mark
Mark Beiser is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with decades of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, and stress. He speaks plainly and aims to build trust through honesty and respect. His approach is steady and practical, focused on small, doable changes rather than big, sudden shifts.
He begins by looking at daily choices and habits. Small changes in behavior often lead to clearer thinking and calmer feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions often include mindfulness practice and tools to notice and regulate thoughts. He also helps people work on motivation and confidence as they try new strategies. Therapy with him is collaborative.
He works with each person to set clear, reachable goals and checks progress along the way. He explains steps and teaches exercises that can be used between sessions to reinforce progress. Mark trained in counseling and earned his Master’s degree in counseling in 1995.
He received his Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential in 2002 and has been working in the field since 1988, giving him long experience with a wide range of concerns. Over time he has supported people facing grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, chronic illness, and trauma-related issues.
He draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral work, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, narrative ideas, and trauma-focused techniques to match the needs of each person. Sessions are presented in plain language and aimed at practical results. He looks for gradual shifts that add up, helping people build routines and skills that fit their daily lives.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Mark draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and acting. CBT is practical and skills-based, and it often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress-related patterns.He also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple exercises for paying attention to the present moment. Mindfulness can reduce reactivity and help with focus, which many people find useful when managing ADHD or overwhelming emotions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit their situation. Adjustments are made over time based on what helps and what does not, so therapy is a collaborative process.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide practical flexibility. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues, phone calls are an option when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can be used for brief check-ins or ongoing reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and varied schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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