Mark Mikyska is a licensed clinician in Illinois with 18 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma.
01About Mark
Mark Mikyska is a licensed clinician in Illinois with 18 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. He offers a warm, interactive style that aims to help people feel heard and to build skills they can use outside sessions. He works in English and uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs.
He combines mindful practices with psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat in relationships and life.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and build practical changes in daily routines. Trauma-focused methods are applied when past events continue to affect mood, sleep, or safety. Sessions tend to be collaborative and paced to the person's comfort.
He helps people talk through family stress, grief, addiction concerns, bipolar-related struggles, parenting strain, and career or role changes. He also supports those facing compassion fatigue, chronic illness, dissociation, and the aftereffects of abuse or domestic violence. People often work on improving sleep, managing anger, rebuilding self-esteem, and repairing intimacy or relationship patterns.
For someone juggling caregiving, first responder strain, or isolation, therapy sessions focus on skills and insight that fit a busy life. Mark draws on 18 years of clinical and crisis work in the Chicago area to shape clear, practical next steps. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session.
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily routines.
02Credentials
- LCPC (Illinois)
- License 180008022 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1689323081 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Mark lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Methods Mark names
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Mark names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How these approaches translate to online work
Mark uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments that change behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with stressful days. Existential Therapy encourages people to clarify values and make meaning when life feels uncertain or empty; it can help during big life transitions and grief.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. He will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Over the first few sessions the plan can shift based on what helps most in everyday life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or to fit therapy into a break at work. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, skill practice, or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into a busy schedule.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Mark address in therapy?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and trauma and abuse. Additional focus areas include addictions, bipolar challenges, sleep problems, ADHD, and caregiver strain.
What is his general therapy style?
Sessions are warm and interactive with a collaborative tone. He combines mindful practice and reflective work with practical tools to promote change.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He brings 18 years of experience working as a therapist and crisis worker in the Chicago area. That background informs both short-term coping strategies and longer-term work.
What are his professional credentials and location?
He is listed as LCPC and practices in Illinois. The LCPC credential is shown as IL LCPC in his profile.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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