Mark Laing

Many of the people who find their way to Mark Laing arrive carrying a version of the same weight: a marriage fraying under the pressure of an affair, a mood that has settled into something darker than a bad stretch, a relationship with pornography that has quietly taken over. A Registered Psychotherapist based in Burlington, Ontario, Mark works with men and women navigating these particular kinds of pain — the ones that friends, however caring, are rarely positioned to address honestly.

His practice centres on marriages in crisis, sexual addiction, emotional and psychological abuse, and mood and depressive disorders, including the anger that often masks them. Couples who sit down to negotiate screen-time rules and find themselves arguing about something much older — distance, distrust, feeling unseen — are exactly the kind of clients Mark understands. He draws on a clinical psychology background alongside pastoral training, which means he can meet clients from a psychological standpoint and, where it fits, a spiritual one.

Mark is also a published author on marriage and an active contributor to a Mood Disorder Program. Married with five children, he brings both professional rigour and lived experience to the work — and offers online sessions for those who need flexibility.