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  • HOME
  • BOOK ONLINE
  • SERVICES
    • CPTSD
    • EMDR & TRAUMA
    • POLYVAGAL THEORY
    • BURNOUT
    • LONELINESS
    • CLINICAL CONSULTATION >
      • GROW YOUR PRACTICE
    • CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR CLINICIANS
  • AREAS SERVED
  • ABOUT
  • TESTIMONIALS
  • CONTACT YOUR THERAPIST
  • FEES
  • FREE RESOURCES
  • BLOG
  • BOOKS
    • Beyond Your Confines by therapist Chris Warren-Dickins
    • Workbook companion to Beyond Your Confines by Chris Warren-Dickins
    • Beyond the Blue by Chris Warren-Dickins
    • The Beast of Gloom by Chris Warren-Dickins
    • Coming soon
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2/15/2026

For a therapist, social justice is a requirement (not an aspiration)

​I am beyond frustrated when I hear someone tell me that a therapist should “not get involved with politics.” This attitude comes from a place of ignorance about the ethical framework that regulates therapists in the United States.
 
Here is why…

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2/4/2026

Some people still believe that trauma is a lifelong legacy…

Some people still believe that trauma was indelible like a tattoo that you longed to remove. Then I learned that the nervous system can be befriended or parented so that you restore its beauty and flexibility. This realization didn't come from a textbook. It came from years of watching what actually helps people heal; and what doesn't

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2/2/2026

What is validation? And how do you find it?

Maturing is realizing that the only person who can give you true validation is yourself.
 
I say this as a psychotherapist in New Jersey (and the United Kingdom) who specializes in working with complex trauma using somatic approaches, Polyvagal theory and EMDR. I sit every day with people who are accomplished, insightful, and deeply relational, and who still feel a quiet, persistent ache for reassurance. An ache that doesn't disappear when they succeed or when they've are finally loved. Or when finally someone says that they are enough.

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1/27/2026

I tried Polyvagal techniques for 5 days...And this is what happened

On day one, nothing dramatic occurred. No emotional breakthrough. No sudden sense of calm. Just an unfamiliar awareness of my body: my jaw clenched, my shoulders hovering near my ears, my breaths shallow without me realizing it had been that way for hours.


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1/21/2026

Hard truths about trauma therapy

I'm a psychotherapist in Ridgewood, New Jersey (and the United Kingdom), and I specialize in working with complex trauma using somatic approaches, Polyvagal theory, and EMDR. I work with people who are thoughtful, capable and exhausted from carrying too much for too long. Many come to therapy hoping that this will finally be the place where everything makes sense and stops hurting.

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Chris Warren-Dickins, EMDR Therapist in Ridgewood, NJ and the UK
Serving New Jersey, the United Kingdom, and beyond.
Telephone: (USA) +1-201-779-6917 / (UK) +44 7735 361209
Sessions are online. Mailing address: 235 Orchard Pl, Ridgewood, NJ 07450, USA.
© Copyright 2026 Chris Warren-Dickins. All rights reserved.
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