About Mark
Dr. Mark Thelen helps people who feel stuck by offering calm, practical care. He has worked in Minnesota mental health settings for four decades and focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma, anger, and depression.
His approach is down-to-earth and centered on the person sitting in front of him. He begins by listening closely to what matters most to each person. He treats clients as experts on their own lives and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused so people can see small changes that add up. Across his career Dr. Thelen has worked in community mental health centers, hospital units, and smaller group clinics before opening his current practice.
That range of settings taught him how to adapt his style to different needs and rhythms. He uses practical tools people can try between sessions. Those tools come from approaches that help with unhelpful thinking, problem-solving, and telling the story of a life in new ways.
People who come for help with sleep, parenting strain, relationship stress, or substance concerns find concrete steps to try. Dr. Thelen draws on forty years of experience as a Minnesota psychologist.
He offers short-term work when a focused goal is clear, and longer-term support when deeper change is needed. The emphasis is on steady progress and real-life changes. If someone wants to start, the first step is a simple matching process and a chance to schedule a session.
He works in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How his approaches translate to online work
Dr. Thelen often draws from Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening closely and reflecting what matters to the person. That approach helps people feel heard and clearer about their priorities during video or phone sessions.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at everyday thoughts and behaviors and offers practical exercises. CBT works well for anxiety, sleep problems, and depression because it breaks problems into manageable steps clients can practice between sessions.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. He will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust over time. The plan comes from discussion, not a fixed script.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into life. Video calls let therapists and clients read expressions and tone. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is low or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, coaching-style help, or when writing helps a person sort thoughts. These options offer flexibility so people can use the format that best supports their needs.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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