Meet Mark Hovland

Therapeutic credentials include:

  • Extensive experience in EMDR.

  • 12 years working with Executives and Business Owners.

  • Trained in EMDR, Brainspotting, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Flash Technique, and other Somatic Treatments.

  • Trained in Emotional Focused Therapy.

  • Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Hawaii and Colorado.

  • Bachelor of Business in Finance, Western Illinois University. 

  • Master of Arts Degree in Counseling, Colorado Christian University.


  • Mark uses his 17 years of therapy experience to empower high achieving professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives in achieving greater fulfillment.

  • As an entrepreneur himself, he understands some of the unique demands of executives and business owners.

  • He provides structured and customized services to his clients to facilitate rapid momentum toward their goals.  

  • His experience as a licensed psychotherapist, a business leader, and an executive coach allows him to lend expertise to his client’s personal and professional challenges.

  • Clients who demand the highest level of skill available find themselves impressed with Mark’s effectiveness in producing positive outcomes.


Thrive Executive Counseling and Coaching complies not only with state laws concerning client confidentiality but also with federal HIPAA regulations on privacy.