Mark Farrington, NP, MSN
Mark is a psychiatric clinical nurse practitioner with deep knowledge and experience in mental health care spanning over 35 years. Over the last five years, his focus has been on psychedelic mental health care. In this, he combines his prior skills in this powerful new modality.
Mark believes we have an internal source of wisdom that can be accessed and nurtured through psychotherapy, psychedelic medicine, and other practices that connect mind, body, and spirit, such as meditation, yoga, and qigong.
Mark holds certifications in Psychedelic medicine:
- Psychedelic Therapies and Research at the California Institute of Integral Studies
- Polaris Insight Center’s Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Training Program.
- MDMA therapy by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
Before joining CWC, Mark spent 10 years working with veterans at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Richmond, VA. Prior to that, he founded and managed The Wellness Recovery Center here in Charlottesville. This marked the culmination of his 20 years at Region Ten Community Services. He has extensive experience helping people struggling with depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, trauma, and chronic pain. Recently, he has expanded his work to include end-of-life care.
He has completed training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and is currently enrolled in a year-long professional training program in Compassionate Inquiry, a somatic-based trauma therapy developed from Gabor Mate's work. He has done training as a death doula through The Center for Conscious Living and Dying in Asheville, NC. His psychotherapeutic approach with clients is rooted in compassion, curiosity, and respect.
Mark holds an M.S. in psychiatric nursing from the University of Virginia and a B.S. in Nursing from Eastern Mennonite University.
At the Center for Wellness and Change (CWC), Mark provides Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and individual therapy. Mark is married to Claudia Sencer, who also offers Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy at CWC. They have three children and three grandchildren, and they share a passion for exploring the limits of interpersonal growth, intimacy, vulnerability, and healing.