Dean Alan Sims, MAR, LCDC

I utilize a Collaborative Conversational Model grounded in intentional authentic presence. I am interested in you and your story and helping you unwind it to find the meaning and message that is there for you. I am not going to pathologize you. I am going to treat you like a competent human being who has the ability to muster all the resources required to live a life of recovery. By the way, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) definition of recovery is: A process of change where individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential. Real recovery for me is recovering my True Self. Integrative & Trauma-informed Theoretical Orientation – I combine Jungian theory of personality, past insight, and archetypes, including the view of addiction as a form of Initiation; Attachment Theory – how you connected with your primary caregivers as a child and whether you felt the world is a safe place or not; Bowen Family Systems which tells us that we are products of a family system and that we must look at our relationships to understand the individual behavior; Choice Theory also known as Reality Therapy which says we have basic needs and we will choose to act in ways to get those needs met; Solution Focused, which is all about doing. Awareness without action gets me nowhere. I am always learning and will show you how having this perspective will make your life more interesting and meaningful. I am also aware of the convergence happening in any situation, i.e., my past propelling me into the future. I look forward to discovering with clients who they are and how they want to be. I can teach you the methods that will facilitate your own story coming together in an AMAZING way you probably could never have imagined.