About Mark
Mark O'Laughlin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 20 years of clinical experience. He helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, or big life changes. He also supports those facing relationship strain, sleep problems, addiction concerns, and work or parenting stress.
Mark takes a straightforward, person-focused approach. Sessions are built around what matters to the client. He notices each person's strengths and uses those as the basis for change.
Background and approach
Conversations are practical and paced to the client's needs. In session he blends mind-body awareness with practical skills. Mark draws on somatic ideas to help people notice how the body reacts to stress.
He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thinking that keep problems going. Mindfulness and Jungian perspectives are used where they fit the person's goals. He has experience leading groups for people with substance challenges and has supported individuals through trauma and grief.
He often works on communication and codependency issues when relationships are causing strain. Clients can expect a mix of skill-building, reflective work, and real-world steps between sessions. Outside of therapy Mark composes music and spends time outdoors.
He describes his work as a privilege and aims to create a practical, respectful space where people can make manageable changes.
How therapeutic approaches translate online
Somatic work invites people to notice bodily signals tied to emotions and stress. Online sessions can guide gentle movement, breath awareness, and grounding exercises while helping clients name physical responses to anxiety or trauma. This can be useful for sleep problems, stress, and trauma-related reactions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors. Online CBT sessions often include skill practice, homework between sessions, and step-by-step plans to change patterns that feed anxiety or depression.
Client-Centered Therapy creates a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the client sets the pace. That approach helps people feel heard and safe to try new strategies, and it pairs well with skills-based methods.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and the current challenge. That may mean combining somatic noticing, CBT exercises, and reflective conversation over time.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions are useful when video is not possible, and live chat or text messaging can support between-session check-ins and brief skill practice. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- 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