Mark Panasiewicz, LMSW

Mark Panasiewicz is a licensed social worker with 10 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. He is straightforward and practical in sessions and aims to help people make changes that fit their lives. Mark holds an LMSW, which is a licensed master’s level social work credential. Mark focuses on clear, goal-directed work. He uses tools from cognitive behavioral approaches along with acceptance-based ideas to help people change unhelpful thoughts and settle on values-based choices. Conversations are tailored to the person’s needs and paced to match what feels doable. He has supported people coping with trauma, addiction, grief, and complex life transitions. He also helps those dealing with sleep problems, parenting stress, career decisions, and concerns about intimacy and self-esteem. Mark pays attention to how past attachment experiences and abandonment issues can shape current behavior. Sessions tend to be direct and practical. Expect to work on skill building, communication strategies, and small experiments to try between meetings. He draws on techniques from dialectical and emotionally focused approaches when emotion regulation or relationship patterns are central. Mark works with a wide range of challenges including bipolar symptoms, ADHD, chronic health issues, and compassion fatigue. He accepts international clients and offers sessions from Michigan. His style is respectful and focused on helping people get unstuck.

How CBT and Acceptance Work Online

CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress-related difficulties.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them dictate actions, then focus on values-guided steps. This approach can be useful for coping with chronic stress, grief, and life transitions.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and then mix CBT, ACT, or other emotion-focused techniques to fit the situation. The plan can change over time as needs shift.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit your schedule. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can support quick check-ins, between-session coaching, or shorter updates. These options give flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving, or travel while keeping therapeutic momentum.