Mark has been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 1991. Along with family counseling, he has special training in trauma, addictions and personal problems. Mark believes healing and recovery work is personalized and wholistic; addressing physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social health. Mark serves as the Director of Christian Therapy at Genesis. He believes faith and beliefs are most often a part of the healing process.   Mark works with men to improve relationships skills, emotional regulation, anger management, and overall coping, often in preparatino for marriage counseling. To help he uses Prepare and Enrich materials.  Mark has extensive experience collaborating with school systems and other professionals to help children/adolescents with attention, learning and social issues. He sees many children on the Autism Spectrum, usually toward the high functioning end of the spectrum. He often refers to psychological testing to clarify the primary problems and to inform the counseling process. He desires to see all parents confidently train and enjoy their children.   He has experience coordinating with churches, Employee Assistance, and all military branches, having worked for 18 years overseas attached to the Army.   Mark has been married nearly 50 years (to the same woman), with adult children and eight grandchildren. He serves in church leadership in men’s ministry. He enjoys his Christian faith, kayaking, hiking, woodworking, home improvement, music and travel. He has lived in Germany and Alaska, which allowed him to experience many cultures around the world. Extensive trauma training has taken him to India, Zambia and Nepal. He has field and counseling trauma training and is certified as a Master Addictions Counselor and Master Traumatologist.