Works with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Coping with life changes
How Mark works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts
- Years in practice
- 34
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Mark
Dr. Mark Chustz is a licensed clinical social worker with 34 years of experience. He helps people facing strong emotions, difficult life changes, and problems that affect daily living.
He works with concerns such as addiction, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. He takes a straightforward, person-centered approach in sessions. That means conversations focus on a client's needs and goals, and he listens to understand personal experience before suggesting strategies.
Background and approach
He often draws on practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Dr. Chustz also uses emotionally-focused ideas to support people who want clearer communication and deeper emotional connection in close relationships.
He integrates broader perspectives from existential and Jungian work to help clients find meaning and understand recurring life patterns. Over three decades he has worked with clients around caregiving stress, workplace strain, midlife transitions, addiction recovery, and trauma. He helps people develop coping skills, set boundaries, and rebuild confidence after loss or conflict.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to the person’s needs. He supports people wrestling with parenting pressures, family of origin difficulties, commitment or abandonment concerns, and career questions. Dr.
Chustz also offers guidance for those dealing with illness, aging-related issues, or caregiving burdens. He practices from Massachusetts and offers services in English. For people wanting an ongoing structure, he provides coaching-style support alongside traditional therapy work.
The focus is practical steps toward clearer choices and steadier emotions.
What Mark works with
Everything Mark lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Mark's practice.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Mark lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions and what they do
Dr. Chustz commonly blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in his online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building trust so people can explore their feelings and goals at their own pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy uses practical exercises to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behavior patterns that reduce stress and anger.He also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy when relationship patterns or strong emotions are central. EFT helps people notice and name core feelings and practice new ways of responding in close relationships, which can ease conflict and improve connection.
Finding the right fit is part of the process. He works with each person to decide which approaches match their needs and goals, and adjusts the mix as progress is made. That collaborative planning helps shape sessions so they feel useful and manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and deeper work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can support quick check-ins or coaching between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep continuity of support while balancing daily life commitments.
Questions people ask about Mark
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
He works with a wide range of issues including addiction, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy-related problems, parenting stress, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
The approach is client-centered and collaborative, with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally-focused work to help change behavior and improve communication.
What is his background and experience?
Dr. Chustz has 34 years of clinical experience working with people facing trauma, caregiving stress, workplace issues, midlife transitions, and addiction-related concerns.
What credentials does he hold and where is he located?
He holds an MA and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Massachusetts.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English, and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Appointments can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.