About Mark
Mark Smith helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. He also supports those facing LGBT identity questions, family conflict, sexual concerns, and grief. Mark is a licensed clinical social worker with 34 years of experience and works with people who want clearer direction and steadier coping skills.
He uses a client-centered approach that focuses on listening and understanding each person’s story. Sessions are conversational and guided by what matters most to the individual.
Background and approach
Mark aims to create a room where difficult feelings can be named and looked at without judgment. In therapy he helps people sort through guilt, shame, and attachment concerns. He also offers support around forgiveness, life purpose, midlife transitions, and men’s issues.
For those facing end-of-life challenges he has experience with hospice and related counseling topics. Work on sexuality, non-monogamous relationship questions, and post-traumatic stress is handled at a pace the client chooses. Mark pays attention to practical coping tools, and to the values that give choices more meaning.
Conversations focus on what can change now and what needs steady attention over time. He is licensed as a LCSW in Florida and North Carolina. Mark brings decades of clinical practice to sessions while keeping the tone straightforward and compassionate.
If someone is ready to explore next steps, he helps them set realistic goals and find manageable ways forward.
Client-centered care delivered online
Client-centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting back what the client brings. The therapist offers empathy and genuine attention so people can talk through painful or confusing feelings. This approach helps with anxiety, depression, identity questions, and life transitions by making space for the client’s own priorities.Finding the right way to work together is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches and pacing feel most useful. Goals, needs, and preferences guide the plan so sessions stay relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls let clients use face-to-face conversation when preferred. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter exchanges and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
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- Experience
- 34 years
- Licensed
- Florida, North Carolina
- Languages
- English