About Mark
Mark O'Laughlin is a licensed professional counselor with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and changes in life. He meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to reduce overwhelm and restore routines. Mark listens for strengths and builds on them.
He uses clear tools and exercises so people can practice new skills between sessions. He believes therapy should feel understandable and useful from the start.
Background and approach
In sessions he often draws from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. He also uses client-centered techniques to keep the work focused on each person's goals and values. When appropriate, he brings in mindfulness and ideas from Jungian therapy to help with meaning and self-awareness.
Mark has worked individually and led groups for people dealing with substance concerns. He supports people facing relationship conflict, codependency, intimacy issues, and communication problems. He also addresses sleep difficulties, parenting strain, career stress, bipolar mood challenges, and compassion fatigue.
He offers a straightforward, steady approach that emphasizes skill-building and realistic steps. Outside of practice he composes music and spends time outdoors, interests that inform a calm, creative style in the therapy room.
Approaches that translate to online care
Mark often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors; this approach works well online because worksheets and homework can be shared and reviewed between sessions. He also uses client-centered methods that keep the focus on each person's goals and values, creating space in sessions for listening and collaborative planning. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are priorities, offering concrete techniques people can practice during the week.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily life to decide which methods to try first, and adjustments are made along the way based on what helps most. Clients are invited to give feedback so the work stays practical and goal-oriented.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls mimic face-to-face meetings for in-depth work, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on the go, live chat helps with short check-ins, and messaging supports fast questions or ongoing practice between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, family, and other demands.
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What this counselor 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