Mark D. Stauffer, PhD

Mark D. Stauffer, PhD, is a core faculty member in the mental health counseling program at Walden University. He has served as co-chair of the American Counseling Association International Committee and on ACA’s Climate Change task force. Dr. Stauffer served as President of the Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC, 2018-2019) and organized and co-chaired the AHC 2019 conference: Counseling in the Age of Climate Change, International Collaboration, and Cross-Cultural Action. As a clinician, he has worked in the Portland Metro Area in Oregon at crises centers and other non-profit organizations. He has studied and trained in various Buddhist traditions and leads courses and retreats at the local Zen Center, where he has been a member for over 25 years. Dr. Stauffer recently completed a year-long program in Buddhist Ecochaplaincy. Additional, he has co-edited several textbooks in the counseling field: Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theories and Interventions (2017, 2022); Group Counseling (2019), Foundations of Addictions Counseling (2008, 2012, 2016, 2019), Foundations of Couples, Marriage and Family Counseling (2015, 2020), and Human Growth and Development Across the Life Span: Applications for Counselors (2016).