- Stress and anxiety
- Guilt and shame
- Career and motivation
About Mark
Mark Steinberg is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 12 years of professional experience. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career setbacks, depression, and life changes. He also addresses concerns such as attachment issues, caregiver stress, control issues, guilt and shame, loneliness, and social anxiety.
Steinberg centers the client's own experience in sessions, treating the person as the expert on their story. He listens for strengths the client already has and helps apply them to current challenges. He frames the work as practical and collaborative rather than prescriptive.
In conversations he focuses on what feels stuck and what small steps might shift that. Sessions may include talking through difficult memories and beliefs, practicing ways to manage strong emotions, and setting short-term goals for action. He aims to make the steps concrete and doable between meetings.
Mark has worked with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and previously mentored international students at the University at Buffalo. That experience informs how he talks about identity, cultural expectations, and transitions.
People often come to him carrying guilt or shame about actions or parts of themselves. He helps people name those feelings, understand where they come from, and consider how they influence choices now. The emphasis is on practical coping, clearer decision-making, and building on existing strengths.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online sessions
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques often include approaches that focus on thinking patterns and practical skills, and approaches that address interpersonal patterns and attachment. Cognitive-style methods look at unhelpful thoughts and teach ways to test and change them; they help with anxiety, low mood, and overcritical self-talk. Interpersonal and attachment-focused techniques look at patterns in relationships and early experiences to understand current reactions and support clearer boundaries and connection.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review what you want to change, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust based on what helps. That means sessions are collaborative: the therapist offers techniques and you decide what feels useful and realistic to keep using between sessions.
Confirm the specific online session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online options can make scheduling simpler, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, reduce the need to travel, and let sessions fit around work or caregiving. These practical benefits help many people maintain regular contact with a licensed professional while working on stress, guilt, shame, and daily coping.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, self-esteem, career difficulties, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related areas like attachment issues and guilt and shame.
How would he approach feelings of shame or guilt?
He helps people name those feelings, trace where they come from, and practice concrete steps to reduce their impact on daily choices.
What is his background and experience?
He has 12 years of professional experience and has worked with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, including mentoring international students at the University at Buffalo.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
He is an LMHC licensed in New York and practices with that credential in New York.
Does he offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and he is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify formats.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.