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Mark Anderson, MA, LP, LMFT

Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Mark believes that to be a good therapist, you need to ask good questions. He starts with the premise that everyone’s life can work, and most are doing their best to live and interact well. Problems come when something we need to function is missing or something we have that could function is blocked. Mark sees the need for families to balance relationship, emotion, and accountability. At the same time each case is unique in some way and Mark is always inventing analogies and concepts that fit specific clients (often thinking outside the box!).  Mark is a straight shooter, but at the same time gentle and respectful.

Mark is one of the therapists we refer our most challenging couple and family cases to. He loves working with large extended families but also works with individuals, couples, and adolescents. With creativity, humor and precision Mark can penetrate to the key elements of patterns and problems quickly, and assist individuals, couples, and families to find their way out of where they are stuck into new ways of thinking and relating. As a former pastor Mark is very comfortable including the spiritual side of client’s lives as it pertains to their problems and solutions.

Mark is licensed as a master’s level psychologist and marriage and family therapist. He also has a previous master’s degree in Christian Ministries from Wheaton College Graduate School. Mark has over 20 years’ experience teaching family therapy and training family therapists. He is an Approved Supervisor with the State of Minnesota boards of psychology, behavioral health, and marriage and family therapy and AAMFT. He is also available as a speaker on marriage, parenting and relationships.