About Mark
Mark Schiffman is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience supporting people who feel overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. He helps clients facing depression, addiction, grief, and relationship challenges. He also assists people grappling with parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, career pressures, attention concerns, and trauma-related struggles.
Mark uses straightforward methods to reduce symptoms and build coping skills. He draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
He also uses dialectical behavior skills to help manage strong emotions and mindfulness practices to increase calm and focus. Sessions are collaborative and practical. Mark works with each person to set clear, achievable goals and to develop step-by-step strategies that fit daily life.
He offers coaching-style support when needed to help carry changes into work, home, and relationships. His background includes a Master of Social Work from New York University and many years of clinical practice in New York. He brings a broad range of experience with trauma, family stress, aging concerns, and long-term mood conditions such as bipolar disorder.
People can expect direct listening, active skill-building, and a respectful, nonjudgmental tone. Mark provides care through a mix of talk work and practical exercises aimed at reducing anxiety and improving daily functioning.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Mark commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify and change negative thinking and unhelpful behaviors; this approach is often applied to anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and impulsivity. He also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for strong emotions and relationship strain.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your concerns, discuss different methods, and tailor a plan based on goals and personal preferences. Together you can try techniques and adjust the focus as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging can support quick check-ins or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep regular appointments around work, caregiving, travel, or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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