Mark Leonhart

I graduated from the University of Manitoba with a 4-year Honours degree in psychology. I work as a counsellor for people that have issues with alcohol or other drugs at the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba, where I worked with youth, young adults, adults, and older adults. I have worked wit clients from all sorts of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. I volunteer at Klinic Community Health Centre as a crisis counselor for people who call in wanting to talk about serious life issues, crises, and suicide. I love that work, as I feel a deep sense of purpose and fulfillment in a direct therapeutic role. I am currently studying to take the GRE and am actively seeking out potential graduate school professors who will take me on as a student. I am eager to take what I have learned and continue research in a field related to what I have already done. I want to take a clinical psychology graduate program so I can practice as a clinical psychologist someday, working four days a week doing psychotherapy, and one day a week conducting research in collaboration with other researchers.

I love music. I play piano, trumpet, guitar, drums, and I sing as well. I play ultimate frisbee and volleyball in my spare time.

What do you like about being involved with Mobilizing Minds?

I got involved with MM to be part of something revolutionary in terms of health/mental health for young adults.

What do you hope to achieve with Mobilizing Minds?

I hope to collaborate in research with world-class people, and create connections with prominent researchers, clinicians, institutions, and universities.