Addiction & recovery
Explore substance use, triggers, cravings, and the needs underneath them. Build skills and supports that help recovery take root in daily life.
Addiction & recovery counseling · Denver, CO
A path forward through addiction and recovery.
When substance use is taking more from life than you want it to, counseling can help you understand the pattern, strengthen recovery, and build a next chapter that feels meaningful to you.
Counseling informed by personal recovery experience
A moment to pauseChange begins with making space to notice.
Recovery can begin with one honest conversation.
Support for real life, at your paceLived experienceRecovery is personal. So is hope.
My own recovery is one of the most meaningful successes of my life.
My experience with addiction has shown me that a life beyond substance use is possible. I bring that lived experience into my counseling with humility, honesty, and hope, while honoring that each person’s recovery path is their own.
A focus on addiction and recovery
Support to move from surviving substance use toward a life you choose.
Recovery is personal. Counseling can help you understand what keeps the cycle going, work with setbacks, and make room for connection, purpose, and change.
Men’s issues
Talk openly about the pressures, relationships, identity questions, and emotions that can shape substance use and recovery.
Life after major change
Find your footing through changes in work, family, health, or relationships as you build a life that supports recovery.
A collaborative approach to recovery
Compassion for the person. Honest attention to the pattern.
You bring the expertise on your life. Together, we’ll look at how substance use fits into it and what you want to move toward.
Our work starts with listening, not judgment. We’ll make room for what substance use has helped you manage and what it is costing you now. Then we can practice useful skills and shape steps that fit your goals and readiness for change.
Understand the patternNotice triggers, emotions, and situations connected with use.
Build recovery skillsPractice coping, communication, and ways to ride out urges.
Make room for meaningReconnect with values, relationships, and a sense of direction.
Work at your paceSet goals together and adjust as your needs change.
Grounded in what matters.
Meet your counselor
Recovery work with room for honesty and hope.
Chris Nikel brings a background in counseling and recovery support, including experience with people navigating substance use, treatment, and the changes that follow. His style is warm and direct, with room for both thoughtful reflection and practical action.
He draws on an existential-humanistic perspective and evidence-informed approaches, including motivational interviewing and skills-based therapies, to help clients understand patterns, strengthen recovery, and move toward lives that feel more meaningful.
Chris Nikel, MA, LPCC, NCC
Getting started
Start with what’s happening now.
You don’t need a perfect explanation or a fixed plan. The first conversation can help clarify what support could look like.
Reach out
Call or email to share what concerns you about substance use and what you hope could change.
Talk through fit
We can discuss your goals, questions, and whether working together may be a good fit.
Choose a next step
If it feels right to continue, we’ll talk about how to move forward and what support makes sense.
Nikel Counseling & Wellness
Whenever you’re ready, let’s talk.
Reach out with questions or to start a conversation about counseling. You don’t need to know exactly what to say.
Email ChrisContact & location
Phone720-295-2559
Emailcnikel64@gmail.com
Office1355 S Colorado Blvd, Suite C-304
Denver, CO 80222
Denver, CO 80222
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