About Mark
Mark Smalley is a licensed clinical social worker with 29 years of experience. He focuses on helping people who are managing stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma, and other life challenges. He offers a practical, down-to-earth style that aims to help clients make steady changes.
He believes people are whole beings with physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual sides. Sessions often look at daily habits such as sleep, diet, and movement alongside thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
He uses straightforward conversations and techniques so clients can try small changes between meetings. His work draws on several approaches like client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness, EMDR, and hypnotherapy. Those methods are used to reduce symptoms, process difficult memories, and build new coping skills.
Treatment plans are tailored to what each person needs and wants to accomplish. He has decades of experience working with a wide range of concerns including grief, relationship struggles, parenting stress, ADHD, and mood disorders. The focus is on practical steps clients can take to feel better and regain control of daily life.
Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled in formats that fit different routines. The therapist aims to meet people where they are and help them build tools for managing anxiety and other problems over time.
How his methods translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding what matters most to the person seeking help. In practice this means sessions begin with the client's priorities, and the therapist adjusts pace and goals to match those needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and offers specific exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress by teaching skills to test and shift daily thinking.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and try methods that fit the client's goals and comfort level. That collaborative process means approaches can be adjusted over time as progress is made or needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people speak face-to-face when a deeper conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging provide brief touchpoints and ongoing support between scheduled meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family, and daily life while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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