Marco A. Mar Jr. is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice, dedicated to supporting teens (ages 14+) and adults in addressing a wide range of behavioral and mental health concerns, including life adjustments, trauma, depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD, and relationship challenges. He graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2014 with a Master’s degree in Counseling.

With extensive experience working with children and adolescents facing behavioral and academic issues such as Oppositional Defiance Disorder and ADHD, Marco has also assisted young adults in community college, addressing major life transitions, academic difficulties, anger management, and performed crisis interventions. Before transitioning to private practice, he worked in a community counseling center focused on trauma treatment, where he received training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.

Marco has completed Levels 1 and 2 of the Gottman Method Couples Therapy training and enjoys working with couples to help them build relationship skills that foster deeper, more meaningful connections. In 2021, he was awarded a scholarship from the International OCD Foundation’s (IOCDF) Behavioral Therapy Training Institute, where he specialized in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and in 2024, he received a scholarship to attend the IOCDF’s Advanced Training Forum.