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Dennis Siefker, LPC

Addictions Relationships Family conflicts Trauma, Abuse Depression
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About me

I have been working in the mental health field for the last 27 years in which I have experience in several different genres of clientele. I have worked in both inpatient care and outpatient services. These services have included family systems, individual and family counseling, domestic violence, chemical addiction-gambling addictions, and severe mental health needs. Currently, I am serving in a correctional setting with incarcerated offenders with a specialized program for Juveniles Convicted as Adults Program assisting the offender to transfer from a correctional setting after serving at least 25 years of their sentence.
To assist those to understand my clinical approach to counseling, I take a client-centered, solution-focused approached to counseling. By using both cognitive-behavioral and logotherapy techniques, I assist those who chose to engage in therapy to understand the drivers to their behaviors and addressing purpose and meaning in their lives.
To understand Logotherapy, it is a school of psychology and a philosophy based on the idea that we are strongly motivated to live purposefully and meaningfully, and that we find meaning in life as a result of responding authentically and humanely (i.e. meaningfully) to life's challenges. By using Logotherapy and understanding our belief systems we can better understand how we can make changes to our thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Professional experience

27yrs in practice
Addictions Relationships Family conflicts Trauma, Abuse Depression

Additional areas of focus: Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Antisocial Personality, Attachment Issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant Personality, Blended Family Issues, Body Image, Cancer, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication Problems, Control Issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dependent Personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and Separation, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and Shame, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual Disability, Isolation / Loneliness, Jealousy, Life Purpose, Men's Issues, Midlife Crisis, Mood Disorders, Narcissism, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic Disorder and Panic Attacks, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic Stress, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-Love, Sex Addiction, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Social Anxiety and Phobia, Traumatic Brain Injury, Workplace Issues, Young Adult Issues

Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
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License information

CO LPC 12839

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Dennis Siefker. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

Dennis is amazing and understands how to direct the conversation when I have issues expressing myself

Written on Mar 20, 2024 after therapy with Dennis for 1 year and 3 months on issues concerning depression, addictions, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and anger management

Dennis is a thoughtful therapist with insightful guidance.

Written on Jan 20, 2024 after therapy with Dennis for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes

He is extremely knowledgeable and helpful provides only talk therapy, but examples of what we’re discussing work sheets everything he would need to get better.

Written on Aug 24, 2023 after therapy with Dennis for 1 year and 11 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, anger management, and coping with life changes

He is fantastic so far. He’s the best therapist I’ve ever had because he brings actual frameworks into our conversations in an Illuminating way and finds tactical methods for me (vs only trying to find the source but not having solutions)

Written on May 03, 2023 after therapy with Dennis for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, and coping with life changes

Dennis and my sessions with him have played such an important role in where I am now and where I want to be headed. He’s funny, sincere, professional, committed, and encouraging. He consistently provides new views and concepts that, though foreign to me, have been genuine “ahhaaaa” moments that have helped me facilitate a better understanding about myself and my family.
Without hesitation, I would (and do) recommend Dennis and BetterHelp often.

Written on Jan 25, 2023 after therapy with Dennis for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, and compassion fatigue

I feel respected, secure, and understood,

Written on Jan 08, 2023 after therapy with Dennis for 1 year and 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping disorders, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd