Samaritan Therapists

Rev. Mark R. Amundsen, D.Min., AAPC, LMHC

Pastoral Psychotherapist & Counselor

(206) 527-2273 ext. 334

Bellevue
First Presbyterian Church
1720 100th Ave NE

Individuals: Working with persons whose lives have met with such challenges as: problematic relationships, divorce, loss, interpersonal anger, stress, difficult adjustments to life situations, and depression and anxiety.
Couples: Helping couples find: new and more satisfying ways of relating while developing greater abilities with interpersonal communication and negotiation skills, greater intimacy, new and constructive ways of managing conflict, and coping skills with relational crisis issues.
Families: Helping families learn to cope with, manage, and adjust to family life cycle events such as: birth, raising special needs children, grief due to death and loss, adolescent-parent issues, aging parents, divorce, and other difficult and new transitional phases of family life.
Issues of Faith and Belief: Working who those who: struggle with meaning and purpose-of-life issues as related to religious belief, those who want to explore how they are currently "getting along" or "not getting along" with their positions of faith, and those who may want to examine issues of growth in their personal faith-life.
Clergy Persons: Helping clergy with issues of interpersonal anger, self-care as related to stress in ministry, problematic relationships with parishioners, and personal sense-of-calling issues for ministry.

D.Min., Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois
Graduate: Four year clinical residency in pastoral psychotherapy and counseling with The Pastoral Counseling Center of Lutheran General Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
M.Div., Lincoln Christian Seminary, Lincoln, Illinois
B.A., Puget Sound Christian College, Edmonds, Washington