About Mark
Mark Holton is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience. He focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and depression. He offers straightforward support and practical steps for people trying to manage hard moments.
Mark is based in Colorado and conducts sessions in English. Over his career he has worked across clinical and community settings and currently runs an applied behavioral analysis company he started in 2015.
How Mark works
That business experience informs his practical approach to therapy and his focus on measurable progress. He combines tools from evidence-based therapeutic techniques with mindfulness and cognitive strategies to address symptoms and day-to-day struggles. In sessions he aims for clarity and doable goals.
Conversations are direct and focused on what changes will help in everyday life. He helps people name patterns, try new ways of responding, and practice skills between appointments. Mark is a father of two, and that personal perspective shapes his calm, patient style.
He emphasizes collaboration and respects each person's pace. Sessions can include short-term problem work or longer-term processing depending on what someone needs. People find working with him useful when they want practical tools for anxiety, relationship strain, or the lingering impact of trauma.
He welcomes international clients and uses multiple online formats to make care more accessible.
What Mark works with
The areas below are the ones Mark selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches fit into online care
Mark uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside mindfulness and cognitive strategies. Mindfulness helps people notice thoughts and bodily reactions so they can choose how to respond rather than react automatically. Cognitive strategies focus on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with practical exercises to reduce anxiety and low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to goals and try methods that match a person's needs and preferences. That partnership means approaches can be adjusted over time based on what's helping and what feels manageable.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send updates or brief reflections between sessions and can fit around busy schedules. These options make it easier to keep consistent work going even when life is full.
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