Mark Panasiewicz, LMSW

Mark Panasiewicz is a licensed therapist (LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker) with 10 years of clinical experience helping people navigate a wide range of concerns. He works with depression and anxiety, relationship and family challenges, power and control issues, and trauma, including both physical injury and emotional abuse. He has also supported clients coping with substance use disorders, domestic violence, and other complex stressors.

Mark favors a direct, straightforward style that pairs clear guidance with respect, compassion, and genuine care. He blends cognitive-behavioral techniques with motivational interviewing to tailor conversations and treatment plans to each person or couple he sees. Marriage and couples therapy are a particular interest - he describes helping partners reconnect and rediscover what brought them together as among the most rewarding parts of his work.

Over his career he has worked extensively with couples and individuals facing addiction, grief, intimacy and parenting concerns, anger and self-esteem issues, ADHD, and career or life transitions. He is a United States Air Force veteran and brings experience working with fellow veterans as part of his practice. A client review included with his profile recounts a couple who credited him with helping them rebuild trust, move back in together, and regain a stronger, more connected relationship within two months.

Approach-Focused Online Therapy

Mark often draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify what matters most and take practical steps toward those values. ACT encourages acceptance of difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to meaningful action, which can be helpful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. CBT focuses on recognizing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and learning concrete skills to reduce symptoms and improve functioning, useful for depression, anxiety, and coping with change.

He also uses client-centered principles that prioritize the client’s perspective, offering empathy and collaboration as the foundation for change. Together with the client, the therapist explores which combination of approaches best fits goals, preferences, and circumstances so treatment feels tailored and collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for people with busy schedules, mobility limits, or who live far from in-person care. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of support, schedule sessions around work or family, and access licensed professionals from where the client is located.