About Mark
Dr. Mark Daddona is a licensed professional counselor with more than 20 years of experience working with adults. He holds a Ph.D. in counseling and teaches psychology courses part time.
He also mentors graduate students training to become counselors. He brings a calm, straightforward style to conversations about stress, anxiety, depression, and LGBTQ concerns. Dr.
Daddona focuses on practical steps that match a person's life and goals. He helps people look at how personality, interests, and skills fit with work and career choices.
Background and approach
He also addresses relationship concerns, intimacy issues, grief, parenting stress, anger, and self-esteem in clear, direct sessions. His approach combines cognitive-behavioral ideas with a person-centered stance. That means sessions mix concrete strategies for thoughts and behavior with listening that starts from the person's own perspective.
He aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what matters to them. He has additional experience with aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, men's issues, and sexual concerns. Those topics are treated with the same straightforward attention to practical steps and personal values.
People who choose him often want a therapist who listens, offers doable techniques, and helps them connect their strengths to next steps. He acknowledges that starting therapy can feel difficult and stays focused on helping people move toward a more satisfying life.
Approaches and how online therapy fits your life
His work draws on cognitive-behavioral ideas that focus on changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors through specific exercises and practice. This approach can be useful for anxiety, stress, depression, and anger by teaching skills you can use between sessions.He also uses a person-centered approach that emphasizes listening and understanding each person's story. That style helps people feel heard and respected while they identify goals and decide on next steps for relationships, sexuality, career choices, or caregiving concerns.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try techniques together and adjust as needed. Clients help shape the plan and choose which strategies to keep.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you work face to face, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat works well for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on meaningful change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English