About Dale
Dale Thompson offers practical, evidence-based help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, trauma, or depression. He draws on three decades of experience as a licensed clinical social worker to guide plainspoken, goal-focused work. Dale meets people where they are and helps them build skills to move forward.
He frames therapy as teamwork. Sessions focus on clear problems and usable tools rather than abstract theory. Dale listens to each person’s story and then designs a straightforward plan for coping, healing, and managing symptoms like low mood, worry, or sleep disruption.
How Dale works
His background includes long experience in military mental health and many years working in hospitals, schools, and community settings. That mix of work has shaped an ability to help with trauma, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and first responder issues. He also understands the practical strains of parenting, separation, and family-of-origin conflicts.
Dale is open about his own recovery from major injury and long medical treatment, which informs his approach to chronic pain and illness. He centers respect for personal values and honest conversation while encouraging real change. His faith is important to him and he incorporates clients' values when invited to do so.
Therapy with Dale is delivered by a licensed clinical social worker. He provides sessions in a range of online formats and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
What Dale works with
The areas below are the ones Dale selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care together
Many clients benefit from structured, evidence-based techniques that focus on symptoms and daily functioning. Cognitive-behavioral approaches help people identify unhelpful thinking and build practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress. Trauma-focused techniques support gradual processing of painful memories and symptoms related to abuse or deployment stress, with attention to pacing and stabilization.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adapt methods over time. Clients are invited to give feedback so the plan can change as progress or obstacles appear.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper connection is helpful. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, coping prompts, or follow-up between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue care across life transitions.
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