I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida with over 36 years of professional work experience helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with grief and loss, bipolar disorder & depression, to name a few. I have worked inpatient, outpatient, residential, partial hospital programs and online. The most extensive was 19 years with the VA. My degrees are in Psychology and Mental Health. While I do not aspire to any particular theoretical approach, I am most closely aligned with Christian based , cognitive behavioral and solution driven therapies. The most important components of helping are communication, expressing emotions and having hope that change can occur.
Professional experience
36 yrs in practice
Stress and anxiety Coping with grief and loss Bipolar disorder Depression Coping with life changes
Additional areas of focus:Abandonment, Aging and geriatric issues, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Drug and alcohol addiction, Emptiness, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Mood disorders, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Post-traumatic stress, Social anxiety and phobia, Traumatic brain injury, Workplace issues
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Very good and helpful
Written on Oct 05, 2026 after therapy with Mark S. for 7 months on issues concerning coping with life changes
Mark is absolutely phenomenal! I have been seeing him for over 6 months now, we meet weekly and every time I have a session with Mark, I leave it feeling much better. He has so much experience in the field, has worked with so many different types of people, and you can see that he genuinely cares. I'm very lucky to have found him as my therapist, and would recommend him to anyone.
Written on Oct 04, 2026 after therapy with Mark S. for 7 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
Mark is wonderful to work with. Very kind and understanding in his approach.
Written on Jul 21, 2026 after therapy with Mark S. for 8 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, and adhd
Mark is great!
Written on Jun 13, 2026 after therapy with Mark S. for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, grief, career difficulties, and coaching
Great listener and brings true examples into life lessons
Written on Feb 09, 2026 after therapy with Mark S. for 2 weeks on issues concerning addictions, family conflicts, and coping with life changes
I’ve just finished my third session with Mark and he is very personable and is an active listener. He is able to give me tools to handle the different circumstances that I face. I look forward to continuing my therapy with him in the coming weeks.
Written on Jan 28, 2026 after therapy with Mark S. for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, grief, and coping with life changes
Mark is professional, courteous, and asks great questions.
Written on Jan 28, 2026 after therapy with Mark S. for 6 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and coaching
Mark is a very professional therapist, and I truly appreciate the way he not only listens to my insecurities and worries, but also helps me understand them on a deeper level. He provides me with knowledge in a very professional way giving me definitions of emotions, explanations of where my feelings come from, and helping me make sense of what I’m experiencing.
Another thing I really like is that every time our session starts, he asks about the people around me. That’s something completely new for me, and it feels very caring and meaningful. I also appreciate how organized he is. He follows his own structured protocol, and he is always punctual both at the beginning and at the end of our sessions. I value that a lot.
Written on Jan 15, 2026 after therapy with Mark S. for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue
He is a very good psychologist
Written on Sep 14, 2025 after therapy with Mark S. for 4 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, coping with life changes, and coaching
Mark is so nice
Written on May 28, 2025 after therapy with Mark S. for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, and parenting issues
Mark is an insightful and attentive person that easily tunes into the issues at hand and has many tools and techniques to further explore those issues and recommend helpful ways to address them.
Written on May 27, 2025 after therapy with Mark S. for 3 weeks on issues concerning anger management
Mark is a great therapist who listens to your needs and helps guide you in a direction that allows you to feel safe while healing.
Written on May 01, 2025 after therapy with Mark S. for 4 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd
Excellent Therapist
Written on Apr 28, 2025 after therapy with Mark S. for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
Caring listener and insightful.
Written on Apr 20, 2025 after therapy with Mark S. for 5 months on issues concerning relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and bipolar disorder
Mark has been a huge help to me. Thank you!
Written on Dec 16, 2024 after therapy with Mark S. for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and grief
Mark is personable, patient, supportive… He encourages me to keep moving forward. It is remarkable how someone can be so helpful in only such a short time knowing them.
Written on Dec 03, 2024 after therapy with Mark S. for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
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