Your Life Counseling and Coaching is a private practice, and was founded by Mark Foley. Mark sees you as both a client and a consumer. He believes successful client-consumer relationships result from a combination of the highest standards of client care and HIPAA compliant 'best practice' consumer service policies. This approach provides clients:
⇾ Expertise, accessibility, and a fair fee system (for all people)
⇾ A safe, 100% non-shared office environment to work, heal, and grow
⇾ Western scientific based services and eastern mindfulness practicesAbout Mark
Please feel free to read Client and Colleague Testimonials
His clinical-therapeutic foundation combines western evidence-based science and eastern ‘time-tested’ humanistic philosophy. He's been described as a strong intuitive-empathic male, who favors effective, reality based, self-empowering techniques. His interests include cognitive-neurocounseling, trauma, dyadic value systems, and experiential mindfulness practice.
His clinical-therapeutic foundation combines western evidence-based science and eastern ‘time-tested’ humanistic philosophy. He's been described as a strong intuitive-empathic male, who favors effective, reality based, self-empowering techniques. His interests include cognitive-neurocounseling, trauma, dyadic value systems, and experiential mindfulness practice.
Fluent in English and proficient in conversational Spanish, he enjoys working with people of all ages, genders, and culturally
diverse populations.
His clinical experience
includes working at Denver based Jefferson Center for Mental Health, Sandstone
Care, and Goodis-Baker Counseling.
These environments provided extensive experience in community mental health
and private practice, focusing on crisis/suicide, addictions, and individual/group therapy. Combining his counseling
credentials with his many years’ experience in the corporate world; Mark is
also an effective life coach.
Outside of the office, Mark
enjoys hiking and fly-fishing - both of which he has done throughout the world. Also, he is an avid XC skier, climber, and enjoys archery.
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Pet Friendly Counselor-Coach
We love pets - especially dogs! Emotional support pets are increasingly being used in schools, hospitals, and now counseling sessions. Evidence based research reports pets are good for human mind/body health and wellness. Clients can expect the following environment and experience:
- Pets are welcome to join us
- Pets reduce fatigue, stress, anxiety, PTSD symptoms
- Pets facilitate positive moods
We love pets - especially dogs! Emotional support pets are increasingly being used in schools, hospitals, and now counseling sessions. Evidence based research reports pets are good for human mind/body health and wellness. Clients can expect the following environment and experience:
- Pets reduce fatigue, stress, anxiety, PTSD symptoms
- Pets facilitate positive moods
- Pets decrease depression
- Pets enhances client-counselor communication
- Pets provide comfort and emotional safety/connectivity
- Excellent for children, tweens, and teens
- Pets provide comfort and emotional safety/connectivity
- Excellent for children, tweens, and teens
YLC Mission and Values
Using proven scientific evidence-based, culturally sensitive, wellness focused mental health-coaching principles, we are committed to the wellness of clients and community through prevention, intervention, treatment, and education. Our services will be accessible and our fees fair/affordable (for all people).
Credentials, Education, Experience, and Awards
- National Certified Counselor (NCC)
- Crisis counselor at Jefferson Center for Mental Health
- Police mobile crisis counselor at Jefferson Center
- Drug/Alcohol counselor at Sandstone Care
- Larimer County Corrections Facility/Behavioral Health
- EMDR certification
- EMDR certification
- Addiction counselor candidate (ABNE - all but national exam for CAS/LAC)
- TF-CBT, DBT, and psychological first aid certification
- Colorado 27-65 (M-1 Hold) certification
- Whole Health Integration certification
- HIPAA and Behavioral Health certification
- Multicultural training certification
- Whole Health Integration certification
- HIPAA and Behavioral Health certification
- Multicultural training certification
- Master of Arts, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Exam (CPCE)
- CACREP/APA accredited program
- Iowa State University
- Bachelor of Arts, Speech Communication
- Minors: Psychology, Anthropology, Political Science
- Student-Athlete Academic Honors
- Varsity Athletic Scholarship
- Vice President of Student Government
- New Hampshire Catholic High School Athletic Hall of Fame
- Bachelor of Arts, Speech Communication
- Minors: Psychology, Anthropology, Political Science
- Student-Athlete Academic Honors
- Varsity Athletic Scholarship
- Vice President of Student Government
- New Hampshire Catholic High School Athletic Hall of Fame
