About Mark
Mark Ellison is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 17 years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people who are dealing with depression, anxiety, grief, stress, and relationship difficulties.
Background and approach
Mark aims to create a calm atmosphere where conversations are straightforward and focused on practical steps. He works with people facing communication problems, attachment concerns, and issues around control and forgiveness.
He also supports those dealing with life purpose questions, guilt and shame, and challenges related to addiction and mood disorders. His background includes particular attention to men's issues and the needs of military veterans.
Mark integrates the values some clients bring into sessions and can incorporate a Christian-informed perspective when that aligns with a person's goals. In sessions he listens for patterns that keep problems stuck and helps people try different ways of responding.
Work often includes talking through recent events, practicing new communication skills, and setting small behavior goals. Practical tools are paired with time to reflect on painful experiences like trauma, loss, or betrayal.
Mark aims to help clients rebuild emotional steadiness and find clearer direction. He frames progress as steady steps rather than quick fixes.
Sessions can be a place to sort out complicated feelings and prepare for real-life changes. People who prefer direct talk, clear options, and a respectful, faith-aware approach may find his style helpful.
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Mark uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One approach centers on building better communication skills and problem-solving; sessions focus on identifying interaction patterns and practicing clearer ways to speak and set boundaries. Another approach addresses trauma and intense emotional reactions by gently processing painful memories and learning ways to reduce their impact on daily life.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, and together they decide which techniques to try. Plans can be adjusted as progress is made so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and practice of communication skills. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging works well for quick check-ins, sharing updates between sessions, or for clients who prefer writing. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English