About Mark
Mark German is an Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with 34 years of experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, find clearer direction in relationships, and cope with grief and mood difficulties. He creates a calm space where people can talk through what matters most to them.
He uses practical methods to help clients build better day-to-day habits. Sessions often focus on handling panic or anxious thoughts, managing impulsivity, and improving communication.
Background and approach
He also helps people work through issues such as body image, addiction patterns, and sleep problems. Mark blends approaches rather than using a single technique. That means he might teach a skill to lower immediate distress, then look at deeper patterns that keep the problem returning.
He aims to make therapy feel useful and relevant from the start. He pays attention to attachment and relationship dynamics that shape how people relate to others. Work may include looking at abandonment fears, rebuilding trust after separation, or improving intimacy and connection.
He supports people dealing with caregiver stress and the strain of major life changes. Sessions mix talking and skill practice. Clients learn ways to handle guilt, shame, isolation, or low self-esteem while also setting realistic goals.
Mark emphasizes steady progress and clear next steps so people can see changes in daily life.
How common approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take action toward a values-based life; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and worry about the future. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches skills to change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which can help with panic attacks, insomnia, and mood problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early patterns of relating affect current relationships and helps people shift those patterns to improve connection and reduce fear of abandonment.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to a person's goals and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face to face when more interaction is helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in fits a busy schedule. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for frequent brief support, coaching-style feedback, and skill practice between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and travel schedules while keeping the focus on real-world progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 34 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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