You’ve handled much harder things than this.
The career came together. You're the one people count on: at work, in your family, maybe in your relationship too. And yet, you're lying awake running postmortems on conversations. You and your partner keep having the same fight in different places. The life you built looks right in photos and feels like it belongs to someone else.
You don't need coping skills. You've read the books. You need to understand what's driving the pattern. Then you need tools, and a place to practice using them.
Who I Work With
High-achievers asking “is this it?”
You hit the milestones: the title, the equity, the life that photographs well. But now there's a flatness you can't explain and can't optimize your way out of. We’ll look at what got left behind while you were achieving, and what you actually want next.
Couples having the same fight on repeat
By now you can both name the pattern. Naming it hasn't changed it. I work with couples who are smart, self-aware, and still stuck, whether married, partnered, dating, open, or poly. The work is finding what the fight is about, then practicing a different move when the moment arrives.
People whose lives don't follow the default script
Many of my clients are LGBTQ+, non-monogamous, or kink-identifying. You won't spend your sessions educating your therapist or translating your relationships. This is a specialization I've trained in and a core part of my practice.
Why work with me?
Before becoming a therapist, I spent years in tech, startups, and the arts. I've been in rooms where everyone was impressive and half of us were quietly wondering the same thing you are. That history is why my clients say sessions feel like real conversations that go somewhere, not fifty minutes of being nodded at.
Start with a free 30-minute consultation. If I'm not the right fit, I'll refer you to someone who is. I'm down for a real conversation.
Kind words
“Mark was born to be a therapist! He has an incredible gift for truly hearing a person and, in a single sentence, inspiring a different approach to one’s thoughts and feelings while still making a person feel seen and validated.”
— Lillian C., longtime friend
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Serving clients across California
I’m based in the East Bay. We can meet at my office in Albany, CA, your East Bay home or office, or online if you're anywhere in California.