Mark Forbes
Compassionate social worker for family concerns
- Credentials
- LISW-CP
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Mark
Mark Forbes is a licensed social worker in South Carolina who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and anger. He supports individuals facing relationship strain, parenting questions, and family concerns. He also works with people coping with trauma and abuse, life changes, and issues like low self-esteem or career transitions.
Mark uses a respectful, direct style in sessions. He listens first to understand each person's priorities. From there he tailors conversations and a plan to fit what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps, small changes, and building skills that can be used between meetings. His approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and shift behaviors. He also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change, and Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, achievable goals.
These methods are used flexibly depending on what a person needs. Mark brings nine years of professional experience to his practice and holds the LISW-CP credential, which indicates his licensure in South Carolina as a social worker with clinical practice authorization. He aims to create a calm and respectful space where people can talk honestly about difficult topics.
People often come for help after major life events, loss, or when everyday stress becomes overwhelming. He emphasizes steady, manageable progress and supports clients as they try new ways of responding to problems.
How Mark’s Approaches Fit Online Work
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to improve mood and daily functioning. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping after loss. Motivational Interviewing centers on drawing out a person’s own reasons for change and building confidence to take the next steps; it can help with commitment issues, caregiving burnout, or behavior shifts. Solution-Focused Therapy keeps conversations forward-looking and practical, breaking down larger problems into achievable short-term goals and actions.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That plan can shift over time as progress and challenges become clearer.
Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people meet from a quieter spot or choose a session style that matches their energy level and attention. Mark uses his clinical approaches in ways that aim to help people practice new skills between meetings and make steady, manageable progress.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Motivational Interviewing
A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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