About Mark
Mark Flores is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of practice in Texas. He emphasizes emotional awareness as a starting point for change. Mark often shifts between coaching and validation depending on what a person needs in the moment.
He values a working relationship where feedback shapes the process. He draws on approaches like Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people who struggle with stress, anxiety, addiction, or mood problems.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with practical steps and skill-building when useful. Mark encourages people to name difficult feelings and to try small changes between sessions. Many people he has worked with have had experiences with substance use or felt marginalized because of identity.
He helps them build resilience and plan realistic steps toward change. That can include practicing coping skills, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, or working on emotion regulation. Mark pays attention to how people connect in the room and asks for feedback about what helps.
He aims to create a calm, straightforward space where clients can say what they need. He supports work on relationships, self-esteem, grief, trauma, and sexuality-related concerns without judgment. Therapy can be short-term skill work or longer exploration of patterns and history.
Mark will talk with each person about goals and adjust the pace to fit those goals and life demands.
How different approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people tell their story in their own words; it’s useful when someone needs acceptance and clarity about their feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to reduce anxiety, change unhelpful thinking, and improve mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and relationship skills for people who feel overwhelmed by intense emotions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences and will suggest ways to combine methods when helpful. That collaboration helps tailor sessions so they match the person’s needs and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people choose what fits their routine. Video is good for a full session and visual connection, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can support brief check-ins or on-the-day coping. These options make it easier to keep appointments, fit therapy into busy schedules, and practice skills between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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