Mark Gutierrez , LPC

Mark Gutierrez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. The LPC credential indicates he is a licensed professional qualified to provide clinical counseling services. His work is driven by a commitment to helping people grow emotionally and to strengthen their capacity for self-regulation so they can manage life stressors more effectively.

He focuses on building a foundation of coping skills that supports both immediate coping and long-term resilience. By reinforcing existing strengths and teaching practical new skills, he helps clients navigate difficult memories and move toward more positive experiences while minimizing the hold of the past.

Mark places high value on the therapeutic relationship and brings a counseling style marked by compassion, affirmation, flexibility, and fairness. He believes healing is most likely to occur in an atmosphere of kindness, trust, and understanding. With more than fifteen years in the education field, his background includes working with people from diverse ethnic, religious, and sexual orientation backgrounds as well as with a range of mental health concerns. He has supported many individuals who have experienced or been exposed to traumatic events.

Education and training include a Masters in Education and licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor. His specialties include establishing emotional regulation skills and addressing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, LGBT struggles, bullying and conflict, PTSD, trauma and vicarious trauma, and teen challenges. His clinical approaches include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Mark integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients notice and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying personal values and taking committed action toward a more meaningful life. ACT is useful for addressing avoidance, anxiety, and life transitions by teaching practical ways to stay engaged with what matters.

He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to distress and to teach concrete skills for changing those patterns. CBT is effective for mood concerns, anxiety, low self-esteem, and stress by offering tools to reframe unhelpful thoughts and build new coping strategies.

For clients affected by traumatic events, Trauma-Focused approaches aim to process painful memories, develop safety and stabilization skills, and reduce trauma-related symptoms while restoring a sense of agency. These methods support recovery from PTSD, vicarious trauma, and other trauma-related struggles.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Mark works with clients to select or combine methods that best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with a licensed professional like Mark offers flexible options - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - which can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, maintain continuity of care, and access support from home or other convenient locations.