Within a field largely astray, there are few individuals whose overall body of work has been of the caliber necessary to right the ship long…
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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.
Many years ago, prior to making the decision to leave my doctoral program, I considered exploring the association between developmental trauma and neurodegenerative diseases (NDs)…
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Over the years I have been blessed to discover many of the reasons that explain the overall lack of progress with regard to the behavioral…
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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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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 is…
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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 is referenced weekly in my office; rarely, however, do I hear what is being described as being related to love.…
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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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