Mark Smaller
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD
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45 Blue Start Highway, Douglas, MI 49406
Let's Connect (312) 548-1276
As a psychoanalyst with 40+ years of experience working with adults, adolescents, children, parents, and couples, individuals often to come see me when they have reached the limit of how families, parents, friends, teachers, and colleagues can help. People with whom I have worked have taught me how being understood and responded to regarding interpersonal concerns, conflicts, and crises, can help them move forward in their lives. Just as with chronic physical pain, no one deserves to live with chronic emotional pain. Therapy, as I practice it, is based upon a collaborative effort to alleviate such pain and move forward.
A psychoanalytic perspective involves discussion of current events, experiences, relationships in one's life, and considering the unique meaning of one's experience. Often the past is alive in the present, and personal history and maladaptive patterns are considered. The goal is to make informed decisions regarding one's life and not be ruled by past eve.
An initial 1-2 consultative sessions provides an opportunity to evaluate whether therapy or analysis is indicated, frequency of visits, and how therapy will help with current difficulties and symptoms. All decisions are based on a collaborative understanding of what might work best for a person trying to move forward in his or her life.
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Finances
Fees
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
American Express, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, VisaInsurance
- Out of Network
Mark Smaller
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Michigan / 6801089792 Mark Smaller
- In Practice for 50 years
- Attended University of Chicago, Graduated 1985
- License: Illinois 149001735 / 2019
- Certificate from University of Chicago M.A. / 1975
- Certificate from Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis Adult and Child Psychoanalyst / 1993
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Mark Smaller
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD
Feel free to ask about qualifications and training experience. Email or (312) 548-1276
Specialties and Expertise
Expertise
- ADHD
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Child
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Emotional Disturbance
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma and PTSD
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Mark Smaller
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD
Do these issues align with your needs? Email or (312) 548-1276
Client Focus
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Ethnicity
Black and African American ,
Hispanic and Latino
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Ethnicity
Black and African American ,
Hispanic and Latino
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
Mark Smaller
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (312) 548-1276
Location
Primary Location
Mark D. Smaller, Ph.D.
45 Blue Start Highway
Douglas, MI 49406
(312) 548-1276Email me
Additional Location
Mark D. Smaller, Ph.D.
PO Box 93
Douglas, MI 49406
(312) 548-1276