Mark Dannenfelser, MA, LPC

Mark is the founding director of the Mindfulness Center of Atlanta since 2009. He is a Certified MBSR Teacher, a licensed professional counselor, and a registered yoga teacher. Mark is the Aquinas Center of Theology at Emory University commissioned lecturer on Centering Prayer.

Mark’s professional interest is in working at the point of intersection between mind-body practices and healing, especially in the areas of trauma, addiction, prolonged grief, anxiety, depression and chronic stress.

Mark holds the Master Degree in Counseling Psychology from Montclair University and the Master Degree in Pastoral Studies from Spring Hill College. Mark holds the Certificate for Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction from the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society™ (CFM) at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center (taught by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Saki Santorelli and senior staff), the certificate in Mindfulness Mentor Training (Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield and Cloud Sangha), ) and the Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Spring Hill College.

He has completed training in Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Program (David Treleaven, Mindful Schools Curriculum, Yoga Therapy in Cancer & Chronic Illness Professional Training with Integral Teachers Yoga Association, and Clinical Training in Mind- Body Medicine, by Herbert Benson, MD, Mind/Body Medical Institute, and Eye Movement Desensitization Response (EMDR) Basic Training, Levels I & II.

Mark’s current research interests are in the areas of:

1. mindfulness and smoking cessation among low-income adults

2. mindfulness and chronic kidney disease among veterans

3. mindfulness and smoking cessation among public housing residents

4. mindfulness and stress among emergency medicine residents

See research published by Mark