About Mark
Mark Olexa is a licensed master social worker with 38 years of experience who focuses on stress and anxiety. He offers straightforward talk therapy and practical steps to help people manage mood swings, addictions, and life changes. Sessions aim to identify goals and build concrete skills to cope with daily pressures.
Mark uses a client-centered approach that keeps the person’s priorities at the center of sessions. He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing is part of his work when someone is ready to make changes around substance use or other habits. In practice he offers individual counseling that includes planning for recovery and relapse prevention when needed. Homework and simple exercises are often suggested to reinforce progress between meetings.
When a concern falls outside his scope, he refers to other independent professionals for legal, medical, or financial matters. Mark has worked with mood disorders including depression and bipolar concerns, and with issues such as ADHD, anger, codependency, and workplace stress. He also addresses caregiver strain, guilt and shame, midlife questions, and seasonal mood changes.
That breadth helps him draw on years of experience to tailor the work. People who value practical tools and a focused conversation find this approach useful. Mark aims to keep sessions direct and goal oriented so clients can try changes and notice what helps in everyday life.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and experiences and creates a space where the therapist listens and follows what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs to sort through emotions, set priorities, or find direction in life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and uses straightforward exercises to test new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, and patterns that keep a person stuck.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and life demands, and then recommend practical methods to try. That plan can change over time based on what helps and what doesn't, making the process collaborative and flexible.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving options for different situations. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can support brief check-ins, and messaging is handy for short updates or homework prompts. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to continue work even when schedules shift.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 38 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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