About Mark
Mark Mikyska, LCPC, uses a practical, people-centered approach to help clients manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. He draws on mindfulness, psychodynamic, trauma-focused, existential, and internal family systems ideas to help people feel steadier and clearer. Sessions aim to be direct and respectful while building skills clients can use between meetings.
He has worked for many years in the Chicago area as a therapist and crisis worker. That experience includes helping people cope with emotional abuse, major life changes, and the ongoing effects of trauma.
Background and approach
He also supports those dealing with grief, addiction, sleep problems, and career stress. In the therapy room he keeps things warm and interactive. Conversations move between understanding life patterns and practicing concrete tools.
Mindfulness exercises, exploring personal meaning, and looking at how past experiences shape current feelings all show up in sessions. Clients who struggle with anger, low self-esteem, or compassion fatigue can expect a mix of short-term strategies and deeper exploration. He draws on nearly two decades of practice to tailor work to each person’s situation.
The goal is to help people make steady, manageable changes that fit their lives. He talks plainly about challenges and next steps. People who are ready to try a different way of coping can start by answering a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first meeting.
How therapeutic approaches work in online care
Mindfulness Therapy focuses on simple, present-moment practices such as breathing and grounding. It helps reduce reactivity and improve sleep, stress, and anxiety by teaching short exercises clients can use daily.Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how past relationships and life events shape current feelings and reactions. It helps people understand recurring patterns in relationships, self-esteem, and coping so they can make different choices going forward.
Trauma-Focused Therapy targets the effects of trauma and emotional abuse with focused techniques to reduce distress and improve regulation. This approach is often used when past experiences continue to affect daily life and relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to use short-term tools, deeper exploration, or a mix of both to match the client’s needs.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls suit conversations that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text allow short updates, daily check-ins, and flexible communication between meetings. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English