About Mark
Mark Duarte is a licensed clinical social worker with decades of experience helping people facing anxiety and related struggles. He focuses on practical steps people can use to feel steadier and more in control. He meets clients where they are and aims to make conversations clear and down to earth.
He uses a straightforward, respectful style in sessions. He listens for what matters most and helps people set small, realistic goals.
Background and approach
Sessions often include talking through patterns, practicing new ways of responding, and trying tools that can be used between meetings. His practice addresses a wide range of concerns including stress, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, and relationship issues. He also supports people dealing with sleep problems, self esteem, career strain, and ADHD-related struggles.
Mark pays attention to how life transitions and identity questions affect daily functioning. He draws on approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and dialectical behavior ideas to shape treatment. He aims to tailor methods to each person rather than use a single recipe.
The focus is on finding practical, usable changes that fit the client’s life. Mark brings a long history of practice in California and a patient, supportive presence to sessions. He values respect, sensitivity, and compassion while helping people take the steps they choose toward clearer goals and better coping.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience. The therapist offers empathy and support while helping people identify what matters most and decide on personal goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss which methods fit your goals and preferences and adjust the plan as progress is made. This collaborative process helps tailor techniques to your situation rather than forcing a single method.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase convenience and flexibility. Video calls are useful for fuller conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are available for shorter check-ins, skill practice, or times when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 46 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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