Mark Schiffman

Mark Schiffman is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage anger, stress, and everyday pressures. He offers a calm, straightforward approach to easing intense feelings so people can make clearer choices. Sessions aim to reduce worry, improve mood, and restore energy for daily life.

He uses practical strategies tailored to each person's situation. That can include behavior-focused tools, mindfulness practices, and emotion-regulation skills. Conversations are solution-minded and rooted in real-life goals rather than long lectures.

Mark trained at New York University and holds a Master of Social Work. He brings 25 years of clinical experience in New York to his practice. That background includes work with grief, trauma, addiction, and mood concerns.

When helping younger clients, he combines play-based methods and behavioral techniques so they can express feelings and learn coping skills. With adults he emphasizes reflective listening and collaborative problem-solving to address relationship strain, parenting stress, career shifts, and anger management.

Therapy sessions are designed to fit life demands. He assists people who are coping with change, burnout, or chronic worry and helps them build steady routines and clearer boundaries. The work mixes short-term tools and deeper exploration to support lasting change.

How his approaches translate to online work

Mark often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques in straightforward ways. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, anger, and low mood. DBT emphasizes skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily routines, and then try methods that fit those needs. Together they adjust strategies based on what helps most over time.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Many people find that skill practices, homework, and mindfulness exercises transfer well to remote meetings, while behavioral experiments can be planned to fit home or work life.