Dr. Mark Chustz, LICSW

Dr. Mark Chustz is a licensed clinical social worker with 34 years of experience helping people work through tough emotional moments. He focuses on common, painful issues like addiction, grief, anxiety, and relationship struggles. He also addresses parenting challenges, workplace stress, and questions about purpose and intimacy.

He prefers a practical, collaborative style. Sessions aim to clarify what matters most, name unhelpful patterns, and try new ways of responding. Dr. Chustz listens closely and helps clients build coping skills they can use between meetings.

His background includes work with people facing trauma and abuse, caregiver stress, and mood disorders. He has long experience supporting those dealing with midlife change, commitment and abandonment concerns, and problems tied to family of origin. He also helps with substance use and recovery-related issues.

Dr. Chustz draws on several therapeutic approaches to fit each person's needs. He uses client-centered conversation to prioritize the client's goals, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and emotionally focused methods to address relational patterns. He may bring in existential and Jungian ideas when questions about meaning and identity arise.

People who choose him can expect straightforward talk about goals, practical strategies to try between sessions, and attention to how past experience shapes current choices. He works from Massachusetts and conducts sessions in English. If you want to start, confirm current session options before booking.

How his approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following the client’s lead and building a trusting working relationship. In practice this means the therapist listens carefully, reflects what he hears, and helps clients set their own goals for change.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to shift unhelpful thinking and create different habits, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) targets patterns in close relationships and the emotional responses that keep those patterns going. It helps people notice how they respond to others and try new ways of relating when old responses cause pain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can change over time as new issues or priorities emerge.

Check which session options are currently offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow for flexible scheduling around work or caregiving. It also lets people try different styles of session length and pacing to find what works best.