Dr. Mark Minear earned his PH.D in Counseling Psychology from Ball State University in 1997.  He returned to graduate school after 20 years in the pastoral ministry.  Besides Ball State, he holds degrees from the Earlham School of Religion and William Penn University.  He is currently a licensed psychologist in the State of Iowa and practices full-time, providing psychotherapy, assessment, consultation and training.  Mark utilizes a multidimensional model of wellness in his therapeutic approach; this allows for his clients to work across physical, emotional, intellectual, vocational, social, environmental and spiritual domains.  He is the Director of Mental Health Services at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, Iowa, and lives with his family in Marshalltown.