Mark Yeung, LCSW

Mark Yeung is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 12 years of counseling experience. He explains things clearly and focuses on practical ways to help when life feels overwhelming. He aims to make it easier for someone to judge whether his style might fit their needs. He often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside a client-centered, solution-focused stance. That means sessions commonly include noticing thoughts and feelings, trying new behaviors, and developing skills for stress and emotion management. He also draws on relationship-focused methods such as the Gottman Method when intimacy or communication are central concerns. His background includes work with people facing medical illness, hospice and end-of-life issues, bereavement, and veterans, so he is familiar with complex loss and care-related stress. He also supports people dealing with addiction, mood concerns, anxiety, trauma, ADHD, and identity issues including LGBT concerns. Additional focus areas include aging and caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, multicultural and immigration-related challenges, and workplace or career strain. Sessions are offered in English and conducted from Oregon. He emphasizes the human side of therapy – warmth, empathy, and building a strong working relationship. Practical steps and skills are paired with attention to what matters most to the person in front of him. If someone wants to start, the usual first steps are completing a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling a session to see how the work feels together.

How these approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to notice their thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then clarify what matters and take committed action toward those values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical steps to shift unhelpful habits and reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and reducing impulsive or self-harming behaviors. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods make sense and adjust the plan as progress is made. Practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into busy schedules and the ability to connect from wherever the person is based in the same region. Because the profile does not list specific session formats, confirm current session options before booking to learn whether video or phone meetings are offered. Online work can make short check-ins, skill practice between meetings, and consistent weekly sessions easier to maintain, which supports steady progress over time.