Mark Perlman, MA

Family Mediation / Training / Consulting

Mark has worked with parents, children and families for more than 30 years.  Mark is the proud father of two grown sons, Jaime and Corey.  He is the past Executive Director of the Family Counseling Center, The Child Protection Center and Fathers United Network (FUN) of Sarasota, Florida.  He is currently the Director of the Connecting Fathers and Families Initiative.

Author of The Nurturing Father's Program, a 13-week curriculum which has become a national model for helping men learn the skills and attitudes for nurturing.

Recently authored a book entitled A Nurturing Father's Journal which is a workbook format created to engage men/fathers in an interactive process to explore and strengthen their nurturing skills.  A wealth of information and practical tools are presented, along with questions that guide the father to write his own attitudes, values, experiences and feelings about each area.

Some related themes addressed in the book include:

Discipline without violence or fear;

Fathers as role models for the sons (being a man/father) and daughters (relating to men);

A cooperative and respectful teamwork between fathers and spouse/co-parent;

How our own fathers influence us as fathers;

and much more.