Mark Casagrande, LCSW

Mark Casagrande is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with nearly three decades of experience helping people move beyond emotional pain and trauma toward healthier functioning. He works from the belief that each person has the capacity to create meaningful change from within and that readiness to change is a powerful starting point. Mark emphasizes a strengths-based, nurturing therapeutic relationship where trust and safety support transformative work.

He brings focused clinical attention to mood and anxiety disorders, trauma and abuse, grief and bereavement, LGBT concerns, and long-term mental health challenges. Additional areas of focus include forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, sexuality, self-love, social anxiety and phobia, post-traumatic stress, and caregiver and work-related stress. His approach highlights clients' existing resources and builds on the strongest foundations to promote lasting improvement in daily life.

Mark prioritizes comprehensive care and collaborates with community psychiatrists when medication management may enhance a person’s baseline functioning and make psychotherapy more effective. He offers evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each individual and supports clients through a collaborative process aimed at sustainable change.

Evidence-based approaches for online care and change

Mark uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on teaching practical skills to manage mood and anxiety symptoms. These structured, skills-oriented methods help people improve emotional regulation, reduce worry and reactivity, and build healthier daily routines. They are well suited to clients coping with depression, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and mood disorders.

For trauma, abuse, and grief, Mark applies trauma-focused, evidence-based strategies that support processing painful experiences and restoring a sense of safety and perspective. These approaches help clients work through memories, reduce intrusive symptoms, and rebuild trust in themselves and relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Mark collaborates with each client to identify techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress unfolds. This collaborative stance helps ensure therapy feels relevant and effective for the individual.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility and accessibility for busy schedules, mobility limitations, or those who prefer remote care. These options allow consistent contact, timely support between sessions, and the ability to engage in therapy from locations that work best for the client.