Meet Mark Anderson

Job Title: Men’s Recovery Center Primary Counselor
Credentials: MS, LPC
Education Background: Mark graduated with a degree in Business Administration from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1977. He earned a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Mercer University in 2018.
Work History: Mark worked for over 35 years in information technology as a database analyst, primarily in the manufacturing industry. While working on his counseling degree, he held an internship at MARR from August 2017 until May 2018. After graduating from Mercer in 2018, Mark worked part-time at Blue Ridge Mountain Recovery Center. In January 2019 Mark accepted a full-time position at MARR as a Family Counselor. He transitioned to his current role of Primary Counselor in June 2019.  

“As both a professional counselor and a person in long-term recovery, I’ve always gravitated toward working with addicts and alcoholics. I believe MARR utilizes the perfect approach: long-term treatment in a residential setting that employs the therapeutic community model, combined with required participation in a 12-step/peer support recovery group. I’m passionate about empowering individuals battling addiction to transcend the burden of shame and guilt, while facilitating their path toward rekindling authentic human connections. First, with those uniquely qualified to understand the nature of their self-imposed exile – other addicts and alcoholics. Then, with loved ones who have watched and suffered, desperate to help but unable to do so.”