Being in the mental-health profession for close to two decades has afforded me the unique opportunity of working with a great number of people from…
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Shawn Dinkel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and a level 2, Certified Addiction Counselor (CACII), in the state of Colorado. Over the past 12-years he has facilitated more than 8,000 therapy sessions, with more than 5,000 of those being groups. He continues to offer direct services to those in his area, and is currently focusing on sharing what he's learned from his personal and professional therapeutic journey in a new blog and podcast.
If you’re like me, you either say or hear someone say, “marriage is hard” on a frequent basis. This belief permeates the culture and therefore…
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I regularly hear people claim that every individual has their own unique healing and recovery path, even among other professionals and colleagues. Today, there are…
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“Love” is a word that I hear referenced weekly in my office. Rarely, however, do I hear what is being described as having anything to…
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A negative sense of self is at the core of all mental-health struggles; the differences are only a matter of degree. For many years now,…
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As unfortunate as it is, everyone will face emotionally challenging times over the course of their lives. Inevitably, we all have to say goodbye to…
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For some reason, this phrase randomly popped into my head just before bed two nights ago. I’m not sure where it came from other than…
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Today, anxiety and depression-related disorders are among the most frequently diagnosed mental-health conditions. As such, much attention has been placed on trying to address these…
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We are currently experiencing an increasing mental-health burden in our society. According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control), in 2015, suicide was the 3rd…
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There are many branches on the therapeutic tree; that is, there are multiple paths we can take to improve our health, the quality of our…
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