Mark Gorkin, MSW, LICSW, "The Stress Doc" ™, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has blended individual and group therapy/facilitation, public speaking, workshop and webinar leadership, especially in the areas of stress resilience, burnout prevention, and anger management, as well as creativity and humour, leadership, and team building.  The Doc is also a nationally-known Motivational Psychohumorist ™ and critical incident and trauma/grief/violence prevention consultant, currently a consultant with the NYC-based national EAP, CCA, and the DC-based Human Resources Consulting Firm, PRM.  (Mark has done considerable work with a variety of DC-Govt Agencies, especially the DC Regulatory Affairs Agency.)  The Doc is a regular expert webinar provider for a variety of Compliance Companies.

Mark’s style, substance, and spirit have helped heal and inspire individuals, teams, and organizations for over forty years.  Mark presently provides individual and group teletherapy/trauma services at Inner City Family Services, Washington, DC.  The Stress Doc has taught Crisis Intervention at Tulane University Graduate School of Social Work, been a Stress and Violence Prevention Consultant for the US Postal Service, led Stress Resilience and Team-Building Playshops on Leadership Retreats for the US Army.  He also helped spearhead a mental health education and advocacy outreach program, Be Well Initiative, for the Nepalese Community in the Greater DC area.

His books, Practice Safe Stress, The Four Faces of Anger, and Preserving Human Touch in a Hi-Tech World, also capture the Stress Doc’s wholistic, healing, and humorous approach to recovery and Post-Traumatic Growth!