About Mark
Mark Flores is a licensed clinical social worker with twenty years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, mood struggles, and addiction. He practices in Texas and offers a calm, straightforward approach. Mark aims to be both a collaborator and a steady presence as people work toward change.
He asks questions to build emotional awareness and clarity. That usually starts with listening closely and helping people say what matters most.
Background and approach
Sessions often include checking practical steps alongside talking about feelings. He balances encouragement with clear, goal-focused conversation. Mark commonly helps people facing depression, bipolar mood concerns, grief, anger, and the fallout from trauma or abuse.
He also supports those dealing with relationship strain, intimacy issues, body image, and problems tied to substance use. He pays special attention to issues around identity, gender dysphoria, and HIV/AIDS when they are central to someone’s experience. In session he draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical skills, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic ideas.
That mix lets him tailor the work to what someone needs that week - momentum, grounding, or deeper reflection. He invites feedback so the plan can shift as progress happens. People who prefer direct conversation and practical coping skills tend to fit well with his style.
He offers video, phone, live chat, and text options. To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step match people to his practice rhythm.
How his approaches guide online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience and responding with empathy. It helps when someone needs a place to be heard and to clarify what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches skills to change unhelpful habits. It is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and building concrete coping tools.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mark aims to learn about a person’s goals and preferences and then choose or combine methods. He treats the plan as collaborative and adjusts what he uses based on what helps someone make steady progress.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text are useful for brief updates, coping reminders, or when written reflection fits someone’s schedule.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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