Addiction & recovery
Explore substance use, triggers, cravings, and the needs underneath them. Build skills and supports that help recovery take root in daily life.
Private addiction & recovery counseling · Denver, CO
A private path forward through addiction and recovery.
When substance use is affecting your work, relationships, health, or sense of control, counseling offers a discreet place to understand the pattern, strengthen recovery, and build a next chapter that feels meaningful to you.
Individualized counseling for adults navigating substance use and change
A moment to pauseChange begins with making space to notice.
Recovery can begin with one honest conversation.
PrivatePersonalizedPractical
Lived 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. Struggle can coexist with work, family, responsibility, and outward success. I bring lived experience into counseling with humility, honesty, and hope, while honoring that each person’s recovery path is their own.
Support for the whole person
Recovery support for adults carrying work, family, and significant responsibility.
Whether you are leading at work, caring for family, rebuilding after treatment, or simply trying to regain control, counseling can help you understand what keeps the cycle going and move toward lasting change.
Men’s issues
Talk openly about the pressures, relationships, identity questions, and emotions that can shape substance use and recovery.
Work, life & 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.
Sessions are collaborative, focused, and tailored to your priorities. 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 shape practical 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.
Protect what mattersStrengthen choices that support your health, relationships, work, and future.
Use your time wellKeep sessions focused on what matters most and adjust as your needs change.
Grounded in what matters.
Meet your counselor
Experienced care, grounded in lived recovery.
Chris Nikel brings clinical experience across inpatient, intensive outpatient, recovery-support, and community settings. He understands that substance use does not always look obvious from the outside—and that asking for help can be a significant decision.
His style is warm and direct, with room for thoughtful reflection and practical action. He draws on an existential-humanistic perspective and evidence-informed approaches, including motivational interviewing and skills-based therapies.
Chris Nikel, MA, LPCC, NCCMaster’s-level clinical mental health counselor · Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate · National Certified Counselor
Getting started
A confidential first conversation, without pressure.
You don’t need a perfect explanation or a fixed plan. A brief consultation can help clarify what support could look like and whether working together feels right.
Request a consultation
Call or email with a few words about what brings you here. You do not need to share sensitive details by email.
Clarify fit
We can discuss your goals, questions, and what you would want from counseling.
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
Request a confidential consultation.
Reach out with general questions or to discuss whether working together may be a good fit. You don’t need to know exactly what to say.
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Contact & location
Phone720-295-2559
Office1355 S Colorado Blvd, Suite C-304
Denver, CO 80222
Denver, CO 80222
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