Mark Spurlock, LMFT Joins Coastal Psychiatric Medical Associates

PRLog (Press Release) - May 24, 2010 -
Coastal Psychiatric Medical Associates is pleased to announce the recent addition of Mark Spurlock, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, to their practice located in Del Mar and Pacific Beach, California.  Spurlock works with both children and adults.  His area of specialty is anger management, men’s issues, counseling children and adolescents, ADHD as well as Christian Counseling.

Spurlock’s approach to therapy is one of compassion and deep understanding. In therapy, he takes an existential approach, often able to learn from each client’s experience, as well as provide insight to aid in the development of self-awareness and emotional healing.  According to Spurlock, “we all have the capacity to change unhealthy patterns and thrive in healthy and meaningful relationships.”  Spurlock is a trained group specialist and was taught and trained personally by Gerald and Miriam Corey.  Mr. Corey wrote the standard text book “Theory and Practice of Group Counseling” utilized all over the United States in University counseling programs.

According to Spurlock, “anger management is best learned and effectively treated in a psychological-educational group setting because people are able to learn new concepts and watch as others grow and learn from the group leader, as well as participate in a confidential therapeutic group.”

Spurlock has been a probation department-approved domestic violence group leader for over 10 years. He has treated literally thousands of men and women in regards to relationship violence and anger management.  He has developed a four key essential skills quadrant approach to anger management. In 2005, he was elected to the Executive Board of the San Diego Domestic Violence Council. He also founded the Substance Abuse Committee in this Council and was instrumental in designing and developing the combined substance abuse and domestic violence treatment programs currently in use around San Diego County.

Coastal Psychiatric Medical Associates will be offering the first anger management group series beginning Monday, June 28, 2010. This is an 8-week series of group sessions that will be offered in the Del Mar office. The cost of the group is $240.00 for two months of group therapy for anger management. In the class, participants will go through Spurlock’s four key essential skills quadrant approach to anger management. It is an “educational” group that will teach educational concepts about anger. It is also “experiential” in that participants will also be participating in group therapy. Participants will understand anger and how to identify their own particular “anger map” and understand primary emotions and deep triggers. Participants will learn how to build a protective system of healthy boundaries and utilize healthy conflict resolution and communication skills.

To set an appointment with Mark Spurlock or for more information on the Coastal Psychiatric group therapy series on anger management, please visit http://www.coastalpsychiatric.com or call (858) 259-0599.