Mark Gorkin MSW, LICSW

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Motivational Humorist, Keynote Speaker & "Psychohumorist" (TM) Expert

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Mark Gorkin, MSW, LICSW, "The Stress Doc" ™, is a psychotherapist and "Motivational Humorist," an acclaimed Keynote, Kickoff and Celebrity Cruise Lines Speaker and an OD/Team Building Consultant. His diverse clients range from Booz Allen Hamilton, DuPont Corporation, Skadden Arps (Intl law Firm) and SAP to the Australian Embassy, the City of Suffolk, VA and Human Resource Associations, including the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) and the Intl. Personnel Management Association (IPMA). Mark is the author of Practice Safe Stress: Healing and Laughing in the Face of Stress, Burnout & Depression and of The Four Faces of Anger: Transforming Anger, Rage, and Conflict Into Inspiring Attitude and Behavior. Also, the Doc is America Online's "Psychohumorist" ™ running his weekly "Shrink Rap ™ and Group Chat." Finally, Mark is an advisor to The Bright Side ™ -- www.the-bright-side.org -- a multi-award winning mental health resource. See his award winning, USA Today Online "HotSite" -- www.stressdoc.com -- cited as a workplace resource by National Public Radio (NPR). Email for his monthly newsletter showcased on List-a-Day.com.

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Clients have included:

Corporations: Booz Allen Hamilton, Dupont Corporation, SAP--Human Capital Forum/ASUGS (Keynote Speaker), Celebrity Cruise Lines, America Online, Kelley School of Business/Indiana University, Day and Zimmerman, Tellabs, Computer Sciences Corporation, Thalle Construction Company, SkyLink: The Airline Ticket Center, Biography Magazine, US Pharmacopeia, Skadden Arps (Intl law Firm), Reed Smith (Intl Law Firm), Patton Boggs (Intl Law Firm), Piper, Marbury, Rudnick & Wolfe (Intl Law Firm), Blackbaud, Georgetown University

Associations: American Chemical Society, CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2005, Human Resource Assn. of the National Capital Area, Society of Human Resources Management, Airplane Owners and Pilots Assn., American Industrial Hygiene Association, Business Owners and Managers Assn Intl, National Council of University Research Administrators, Professional Conference Management Association, Association of Legal Administrators, International Personnel Management Assn, Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors, American College of Physicians, National Wildlife Federation, Defense Research Institute, Southwest Industrial Contractors Association, ColdFusion Conference 2003

Government Agencies: Training Officers Conference Institute, Virginia Human Resource Leadership Conference--2005 (Opening Keynote Speaker), Fairfax County Govt--HR Conference (Opening Keynote Speaker), Australian Embassy, VA Medical Center, Northport, Long Island, Centers for Disease Control, Health & Human Services--Div. of Acquisition Management, DOD/Population Health and Health Promotion, Department of Justice, National Institutes of Health, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (including National Weather Service), Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of Commerce, US Postal Service (as a Stress and Violence Prevention Consultant; the Stress Doc is battle-tested).