Mark Butkus, LISW-CP, LCSW

Mark Butkus is a licensed social worker with 18 years of clinical experience. He holds the LISW-CP credential in South Carolina and the LCSW in Maine. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addictions. He aims to create a calm space where people can talk about hard feelings without judgment.

His approach is practical and person-focused. He uses client-centered methods to follow the client's pace and priorities. He also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop clearer coping skills. Emotionally-focused work helps when relationship and intimacy concerns are central, and mindfulness practices are introduced to reduce reactivity and improve concentration.

Mark has worked with clinicians and community supports across settings during his 18-year career. That experience informs how he adapts tools to everyday life, such as short skills practice and focused check-ins. He also supports people facing first responder and veteran or armed forces issues, bringing familiarity with those stressors into sessions.

Sessions often cover practical problems like sleep disruption, parenting strain, career stress, or managing bipolar symptoms alongside mood concerns. He helps people build routines, spot triggers, and try small changes that can make daily life more manageable.

To begin, visitors can use the site's Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy puts the client's goals and timing first. In sessions this means the therapist listens, reflects, and follows what matters most to the person. It helps when someone needs a steady, validating presence and practical steps tailored to their life.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In short, it identifies unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches specific coping skills and behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety, depression, or addictive urges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That may mean starting with one method and adding others as progress is made.

For practical online considerations, please confirm available session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. These practical features can help people practice skills between sessions and keep continuity of care even when schedules change.