Dean Sunseri
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Dean Sunseri is a Licensed Professional Counselor or therapist experienced in General Mental Health Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Substance Abuse Counseling, Christian Counseling, Family Counseling and Sports Performance Psychology in Baton Rouge, LA. He provides premarital counseling for Louisiana Covenant Marriages. As a interventionist, he is also a trained to do an intervention, and has helped countless families find help for a loved one suffering with self destructive addictions, substance abuse or alcoholism in Louisiana and throughout the Southeast.
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The Psychological Recovery from Injury
Recovery from a sports related injury is 50% physical and 50% psychological. If an athletic does the physical rehabilitation, and fails to do the psychological rehabilitation, he will not return to his prior level of performance. In fact, his performance will decrease, and his chance of re-injury escalates. Careers have been shortened, teams have lost games, and athletes have failed to play at their potential because athletes have not done the appropriate psychological recovery.
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What is a Covenant Marriage?
There are 3 levels of agreement. The first level is the lightest and most casual which we will call an agreement. An agreement is a simple commitment between two people, such as making an appointment to go to lunch next Friday at a certain restaurant. The next level of agreement is a Contract. This type of agreement has some legal ramifications, and is often done in the form of writing. This type of agreement carries more responsibility, and more consequences if it is broken. An example is a contract to borrow money from a bank to purchase a house.
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Overcoming Depression?
Defined: Depression is a debilitating state that has a negative impact on a person’s mood, and a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities. A depressed person will describe their mood as sad or empty, and sometimes he or she becomes irritable easily. Some other characteristics are weight loss, difficulty sleeping or sleeping too much, low energy level, feeling worthless, difficulty concentrating and suicidal feelings. This last factor is the reason why depression must be treated and addressed. Depression can create a hopelessness that is so severe that it could lead to death.
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Recovery: What are your Re-Covering?
When I use to run an outpatient substance abuse program, there were many standard phrases that we spoke often, such as, “How long have you been sober?,” “Do you have a sponsor?” or “I am in recovery.” What does that really mean to be in recovery? Were you hurt in an accident, and are you rehabilitating an injury? Were you recovering the old sofa that needed to be reupholstered? Are you saying you quit drinking or using drugs? I have been puzzled by this comment for many years. After much consideration, I arrived at my own answer of what is meant by the term recovery.r
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Do Interventions really Work?
Intervention means to interfere in the affairs of another person in order to bring about a positive change. The common use today in the mental health field is to interfere in life of a person who is in a self-destructive cycle. Most of the time, the self destructive cycle has to do with habitual use of alcohol or drugs, yet it could also be self-destructive behaviors such as overeating, gambling and compulsive sexual behavior. If a person is in a self-destructive cycle they will be intervened upon at some point by the legal system, financial institution, employer, spouse or the grave.
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Substance Abuse Evaluations. Who Needs One?
A substance abuse evaluation is an assessment of an individual to disce whether the drugs or alcohol use is a problem in the person’s life. There are basically three general categories of using drugs, which are social use, abuse and addiction.r
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A Guide for Blended Families (Step Parenting)
A blended family or step parenting can be a very big challenge for everyone involved. The following are some guidelines to make the new family unit function more effectively. 1. Be Patient – A natural family is created slowly, yet a blended family is more abrupt. Allow time for adjustment. 2. Make Respect a Rule – Demand that each member of the family is treated with respect. Members may not like each other, yet acting with respectful actions and attitude is mandatory. Discipline behavior and character.r
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