About Mark
Mark Henry, a Licensed Professional Counselor and former college and high school basketball coach brings a lifetime of sports experience in applying practical skills to the mental game. He has a passion for helping golfers stretch their performance to new levels through increasing their self-understanding and enjoying the game more.

After leaving a college coaching career, his first act was to integrate what he learned as an athlete and coach with his professional counseling training to found the Sport Psychology Institute Northwest (www.spinw.com).  In 2011, he founded www.northwestgolfers.com, a community website devoted to developing online methods to help golfers learn and improve, play better, and enjoy the game more.

Over the past 10 years, he has integrated his experience and training with Dr. Joseph Parent, author of Zen Golf and Zen Putting, to teach professional, college, and high school golfers practical mental game skills that they can use on the course.  In addition to his golfers enjoying their game more, some of their accomplishments have been, winning professional tournaments, Oregon Professional Player of the Year Awards, and State High School championships. In 2011, 2 made it to the US Open Regional Qualifier, 1 was an alternate for the US Amateur, and 3 finished in the top 8 of the Oregon Stroke Play Championship.

In addition to tackling the challenges in his own golf game, in his spare time, Mark enjoys biking, traveling, and learning new things.