About Mark
Mark Butkus is a licensed social worker with 18 years of clinical experience. He holds LISW-CP and LCSW credentials and practices in South Carolina while also maintaining Maine licensure. He speaks English and works with adults on many common life struggles, including ADHD concerns.
He focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or depression. He also supports those coping with trauma, grief, anger, addictions, and problems with sleep or intimacy.
Background and approach
He helps people who face caregiver strain, first responder stress, and challenges tied to military service. In sessions he aims to create a straightforward, nonjudgmental space. Conversations are plain and practical.
He listens for patterns that get in the way and then tries simple steps that can be used between meetings. Mark blends client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches. He uses emotionally-focused conversations when relationship or intimacy concerns are central.
Mindfulness skills are offered to calm intense feelings and improve focus. His background includes nearly two decades working in clinical settings with a range of concerns. That experience informs a steady, patient style that emphasizes small, doable changes.
To begin, he asks about what matters most now and then builds a plan around those goals.
Using practical therapy approaches online
Client-centered therapy is about clear listening and following what matters to the person in front of him. Mark uses this approach to help clients name priorities, feel heard, and set manageable goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and shifting behaviors with small experiments and skill practice; it often helps with anxiety, depression, ADHD-related focus and routine challenges, and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work and happens together. He will talk with each client about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. Adjustments are made over time based on what actually helps in day-to-day life.
Online sessions via video calls make it easy to meet from different locations and keep regular appointments. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can support quick check-ins, reminders, or moment-to-moment coping between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina, Maine
- Languages
- English
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