about Mark

                Mark is a combat veteran (USMC Corpsman 1972 - 1982), surgical physician assistant, structural therapist, educator and psychotherapist with over 45 years of experience around trauma and recovery.  He has helped veterans, civilians and athletes through major trauma, substance abuse, life transitions, spiritual inquiries, suicide attempts and natural disasters while spending the last 33 years maintaining his own sobriety. Mark has said that as a result of his experiences, he has found remarkable gratitude in still being able to serve through the interdependence that life offers. 

 

               Mark has a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from San Diego State University, and a master’s from the Weill-Cornell Medical College in Physician Assistant Studies where his emphasis was in orthopedics and trauma. Other than clinical rehabilitation and surgical practice, he taught structural anatomy and Psychology of the Body for 15 years in New England while serving three nationally ranked gymnastics teams. He also served two months as a Rotary trauma support specialist for La Oficina de Las Mujeres y Los Refugios in Honduras during the 1998 Hurricane Mitch disaster; as a trauma volunteer at Belview Hospital, NY during the 9/11 disaster and was on location at the finish line as a sports trauma recovery instructor for the Boston Marathon when the bombing of 4/13/13 took place. 

 

             Mark has since earned a second master’s degree from Naropa University in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with an emphasis in Buddhist Psychotherapy.  He is also certified as a Naropa University Meditation Instructor and is trained in EMDR, EFT, CBT, DBT and Humanistic psychology. He currently holds conversations via Zoom and DoxiMe through OurConversationClinic.com