About Mark
Mark Silla brings 17 years of counseling experience to his work in New Mexico. He holds an LPCC and focuses on helping people untangle problems that get in the way of daily life. He centers each session on the person, not on a label.
Conversations are aimed at finding practical next steps that fit each client's life. He uses an adaptable mix of methods depending on what a person needs.
Background and approach
That might mean talking through unhelpful thoughts with cognitive behavioral techniques or using client-centered listening to clarify values and goals. He also draws from DBT skills for managing strong emotions and EMDR or hypnotherapy when past trauma or intense memories are involved. Sessions move at a practical pace.
The therapist and client work together to identify patterns, test small changes, and build new routines. Homework or simple exercises are often suggested between meetings to reinforce progress. Mark aims to make therapy a collaborative process.
He helps people set clear, realistic goals and checks in regularly to see what is working. When plans need to shift, he adjusts the approach to match the person’s needs. People seek help from him for anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, anger, self-esteem, career stress, bipolar issues, trauma, and coping with life changes.
His practice accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
How his therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's perspective. In practice this means the therapist offers gentle guidance and reflection to help a person clarify values and goals, which can be helpful for stress, relationship concerns, and low self-esteem.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions often include simple exercises and short assignments to practice new thinking and behavior between meetings, useful for anxiety and depression.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, brings concrete skills for regulating intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Those skills translate well to video or phone sessions and can be practiced during or between meetings to manage anger, mood swings, or relationship strain.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That collaborative process helps tailor treatment and adjust techniques as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for in-depth conversations and exercises, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into busy days, live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options provide flexibility for people juggling work, travel, or irregular schedules.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English