Mark Odland

What clients carry out of sessions with Mark Odland is a clearer sense of who they are and a measurable loosening of the patterns that have been holding them back — whether that’s unresolved trauma, a marriage under strain, or an addiction that has quietly taken hold. A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Duluth, Minnesota, Mark works primarily with high-performing men: executives, entrepreneurs, physicians, pilots, and elite athletes who have built demanding lives but find themselves stuck, numb, or burning out. He draws on EMDR and other research-supported methods to help these clients do the deeper emotional work that professional success can’t substitute for.

Mark’s practice, Lion Counseling, reflects a conviction that real change isn’t cosmetic. He’s conducted thousands of therapy sessions, trained other clinicians, and authored more than a dozen books — and he hosts the Lion Counseling Podcast, where faith and psychology meet in conversation with theologians, authors, and athletes. Many of his clients live in a state of perpetual output; the inability to genuinely power down — to stop checking, scrolling, or problem-solving even late at night — shows up in sessions as a nervous system that never fully resets, and he treats it accordingly.

Mark holds an MA and an MDiv alongside his LMFT credential, is a Certified EMDR Therapist, and offers sessions online.