Mark A. Young

Mark A. Young is a Professor in Counselor Education at Gonzaga University and serves as Director of the Marriage and Family Counseling Program. He specializes in training counselors through experiential learning, live supervision, and deliberate practice, with a focus on relational approaches to therapy.

• Education: Ph.D. in Counselor Education (Idaho State University), M.Coun. in Marriage and Family Counseling (Idaho State University), B.A. in Business Administration (Idaho State University)

His research spans two primary areas: (1) couple relationships, particularly through Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), where he developed a grounded theory model to understand healthy relational dynamics, and (2) supervision methodologies, focusing on live supervision formats, their comparative effectiveness, and integration of technology in training counselor educators.

Mark’s publications and presentations emphasize procedural knowledge development, live supervision techniques, and attachment theory applications. His work includes national surveys on CACREP program supervision and comparative studies on live vs. post-session supervision models.