About Mark
Mark O'Laughlin is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with two decades of experience. He helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, stress, or big life changes. He also supports clients dealing with relationship strain, addiction concerns, sleep problems, and attention challenges such as ADHD.
Mark keeps sessions straightforward and practical. He listens first to understand what matters most to each person. Then he tailors steps that fit daily life, focusing on clear skills and small, achievable goals.
Background and approach
His approach draws from cognitive behavioral methods and client-centered care, with additional influence from dialectical behavior strategies and Jungian ideas. That mix lets him combine hands-on skill practice with exploration of values and meaning. He looks for a person’s existing strengths and uses those as a base for change.
Mark has led groups for people working through substance issues and has long experience helping individuals navigate career stress, parenting pressures, and compassion fatigue. He aims for sessions that feel respectful and practical, where people leave with tools they can try between meetings. Outside of work he composes and plays music and spends time outdoors.
Those interests inform his flexible, down-to-earth style in sessions.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a collaborative relationship. In practice that means sessions start by understanding what matters to the person and then shaping the work around their goals and pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses clear steps to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, ADHD-related challenges, and stress management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, brings skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication, which helps with anger, relationship problems, and high emotional reactivity.Choosing an approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs and preferences and will recommend or combine methods as appropriate. The plan can be adjusted over time based on what feels most helpful and manageable.
Online sessions via video calls let people use visual cues and practice skills in real time, while phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer ongoing check-ins, brief coaching, and reminders between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week and to try different formats until the right routine is found.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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