Mark Dunn
Calm, practical support for family-related stress
- Credentials
- LCMHC, LPCC
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Mark
Mark Dunn is a licensed counselor with more than two decades of clinical experience. He holds LCMHC and LPCC credentials and practices in North Carolina. He focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and matters that touch family life.
He works to make a first conversation straightforward and calm for a worried parent reading on a phone. He treats each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Sessions are shaped around what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
Mark adapts his approach so conversations and plans fit each situation rather than using a single formula. Therapy typically includes practical tools to manage strong emotions and clearer ways to handle everyday relationships. He uses a blend of techniques to help people notice patterns, try new behaviors, and practice skills between sessions.
This might include thinking exercises, attention to present-moment experience, and communication strategies. Over 24 years he has worked with a wide range of concerns tied to relationships and life changes. His additional focus areas include attachment issues, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and common issues like codependency, communication problems, and feelings of isolation.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and focused on small, achievable steps. Parents often appreciate clear guidance, practical skills, and a steady voice when life feels overwhelming. Mark helps people move toward better coping, clearer choices, and more manageable days.
Approaches to support families online
Mark uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where parents can talk through concerns and feel heard. This approach helps people find their own answers and build confidence in parenting choices.He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, and repetitive worries that get in the way of daily family life.
Choosing the right method is a team effort. He will work collaboratively to match techniques to a client’s goals, preferences, and the immediate challenges at hand. That may mean trying a skill-focused plan for a few sessions, then adjusting based on what helps most.
Online work includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexible support around busy schedules. These options make it easier to fit sessions into family life and to continue work between appointments. The format can help parents access steady guidance and practical tools without long drives or scheduling strain.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, California
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Mark
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