ABOUT MARK

Mark Tinley Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Mark Tinley
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

I am an individual, a husband, a parent, and a counselor.

I am a licensed Counselor in Private Practice (for 14 years)

I was in the business world with a Fortune 100 company for 21 years.

I have experienced frustrations in life, having unfulfilled hopes and dreams, wanting more out of life, not knowing how to get from where I was at to where I wanted to be.

I have personal experience in the areas that I work in, Relationships, Family and Career.

Through my own personal work, I have become better at understanding who I am, what I want and how to pursue it. I am much better at expressing my thoughts, wants and needs, while hearing those of others. I am less reactive and more thoughtful in how I respond and what I choose to do.

Counseling does help, it has helped me, and it can help you… if you are willing.

We are a work in progress, that’s what I am… I believe we all are.

I believe that we don’t ever “arrive”. Even if we did get everything we want (it does happen sometimes), somehow, eventually, it is not enough, and we want something else.

The journey is what I believe life is about. This helps to keep things in perspective and to understand that living in the present is preferable to focusing on what has been or what could be. I believe that actively pursuing what we want, facing fears and not always trying to avoid pain, is an important aspect of living a rich full life.


License

Marriage and Family Therapist
License # 52487
Board of Behavioral Sciences, California

Training

Certificate in Dynamic Psychotherapy
Newport Psychoanalytic Institute

Family Therapy Training Program
Southern California Counseling Center

Gestalt Training Program
Gestalt Training Institute

Education

Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology
Antioch University

Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering Technology
California State Polytechnic University

Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society