John S. Marek loves to see people grow into the individuals their designed to be! He has been in the people development business for 44 years, primarily operating as a psychotherapist. He has been married for 45 years and has one born adult son, two born adult daughters, two chosen adult sons, one chosen adult daughter and seven grandchildren.
He is a born and raised Texan, who loves the outdoors, gets a kick out of watching his garden grow, is a rooting sports fan for Baylor and the Astros, a golfer-wanna-be who really wants to be shooting his age one day, as well as someone who’s discovering a passion for fly fishing.
He has worked as a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. His professional career includes working as a Staff Psychologist in a community mental health center as well as a regional director with a national psychiatric clinic. For the past 32 years John worked has worked as an independent practitioner, the last four years within the context of a group practice. The last 8 years, John has been zealous about guiding others as a life coach to discover his or her unique design and resultant joy for living.
Through this passion of facilitating personal growth, exploring his/her innate attributes of identity, the matrix GOLD was developed. His own GOLD includes:
G StrengthsFinder: Empathy. Adaptability. Belief. Ideation. Developer.
O Myers Briggs Type Indicator: IntrovertIntuitiveFeelingPerceiving with Enneagram 9: Accepting, Peaceable, Goal-oriented
L ove helping
D rivers: relationships, growth and authenticity