I am licensed in California with 45 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping individuals with identity and purpose related issues. Life presents us with dilemmas and opportunities each new day. My practice is to be present with individuals to resolve issues of dysphoria, and help to learn , practice, to resolve personal and social dysfunction. I strive to treat everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. In our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. I recognize it takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Additional areas of focus: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Aging and geriatric issues, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Caregiver issues and stress, Codependency, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Multicultural concerns, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and discrimination, Self-harm, Self-love, Sexuality, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy
CA LCSW 8636
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I was experiencing a difficult period in my life, with the compounding of multiple problems. Mark seemed to identify a core problem and some new ways to think about things, some actions to take and some readings and breathing exercises. He’s great to talk with and seems like he’s managed to achieve happiness, which was something I wanted back in my life, and therefore made him easy to trust as a guide in my period of need.
Written on Dec 05, 2024 after therapy with Mark for 8 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and grief
Mark helped me get through the hardest year of my life. He helped me guide me to learn to trust myself enough to make my own decisions. To realize I'm aloud to be true to myself and do what I believe is best for me. Highly recommend him
Written on Aug 05, 2024 after therapy with Mark for 1 year and 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Thanks to Mark I was able to centered my brain on my classes, and focus more in my journey instead of the past
Written on Jul 17, 2024 after therapy with Mark for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, and adhd
Mark seems to be a good therapist. He lets me guide the conversation into insight of myself
Written on Apr 22, 2024 after therapy with Mark for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
Mark is empathetic and compassionate in his approach with a mind toward encouraging his patients well-being. Having so many years experience in pactice, and life, makes all the difference for me. I am very happy woring with Mark!!!
Written on Feb 28, 2023 after therapy with Mark for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and anger management