Mark Dunn

Mark Dunn is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in North Carolina. He has 24 years of professional experience helping people who feel stuck by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. He also focuses on relationship concerns, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and questions about life purpose.

Mark uses a conversational, person-focused approach in sessions. He listens to what matters most and works with clients to set clear, achievable goals. Sessions combine practical skills and reflection so people can test new ways of coping between meetings.

His work draws on client-centered therapy to keep the conversation focused on the person’s priorities. He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and dialectical behavior therapy skills to manage intense emotions. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing tools appear when someone wants to increase awareness or make change feel more attainable.

People typically come with worries about family dynamics, communication problems, codependency, or caregiver stress. He also supports those dealing with attachment issues, infidelity, guilt and shame, or isolation and loneliness. Mark helps people talk through commitment concerns, blended family challenges, and impulses that cause regret.

Sessions are practical and direct. The therapist helps clients break larger problems into small steps. He encourages realistic experiments in daily life so progress can be seen and adjusted as needed.

How Mark uses practical therapies in online sessions

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s priorities and helps shape sessions around what matters most. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps clients set their own goals so work stays relevant to daily life.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) identifies patterns of thinking that keep problems going and teaches practical strategies to change them. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when someone wants step-by-step tools to try between meetings.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing strong emotions and improving how people relate to others. It can help with impulsivity, relationship conflicts, and intense emotional reactions.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose approaches that fit their goals and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is made.

Confirm the current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Ask about session length and format during the sign-up steps so arrangements match everyday life needs.