Mark Pappal, L.A.P.C.
Education/Training:
Mark earned his Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1995, as well as his Master of Science in Community Counseling fromt Mount Aloysius College in 2024. Mark is a Licensed Associate Professional Counselor and is under the supervision of a Licensed Clinical Supervisor at Christian Counseling Associates.
Mark has several years of counseling experience in the following settings:
- Military Services
- Recovery Services
- Outpatient Mental Health
Mark is skilled at working with adolescents, individuals, couples, and families and is trained to work with most areas of clinical disorder. Clinically, he employs a faith-based approach using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Solution Focused Brief Therapy. He has experience working with clients in the following areas:
- ADHD
- Academic Underachievement
- Addiction
- Alcohol Abuse
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Asperger’s Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Career Counseling
- Chronic Relapse
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Elderly Persons Disorders
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Intellectual Disability
- Internet Addiction
- Learning Disabilities
- Life Coaching
- Marital and Premarital
- Medical Detox
- Medication Management
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality
- Marital and Premarital Counseling
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Spirituality
- Substance Abuse
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Trauma and PTSD
- Video Game Addiction
Mark integrates Faith-Based Counseling by incorporating biblical principles and prayer in each session. He has been an active church member and served as a mentor and small group leader for young adults.