Anxiety can flood your head with endless fears.  It can feel unmanageable if it is tackled alone, or if you try to ignore it.  Chronic anxiety can even cause problems for your physical health. Examples include changes in your respiratory, cardiovascular,  digestive, and immune systems.

But you do not need to struggle alone.  With the help of a trained professional, you can find a way to manage your anxiety.

Get in contact today.  You can send an email, telephone, or use the online booking system.

Email - chris@exploretransform.com
Telephone - (201) 779-6917
Online booking 

​EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing. It is a form of therapy used for negative experiences including stress, anxiety, phobias, pain disorders, and trauma. Find out more by booking a consultation with Chris Warren-Dickins LPC (201) 779-6917 

This morning the American Counseling Association published my article.
Have a read!
​https://ct.counseling.org/2019/01/volcanic-adolescence/

Chris Warren-Dickins LPC
Psychotherapist in Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey
T: (201) 779-6917                                         
W: www.exploretransform.com

If a relationship is failing, or a work issue still is not being resolved, try to resist blaming yourself.  It is so easy to be self-critical.  Gather all the information, assess all the potential reasons, and ask for help if necessary.

If it still remains broken, maybe it is meant to end.  It might be hard to end an unhealthy relationship or work situation, but this might clear the way for something more worthwhile.

It is sometimes hard to get perspective on things like this, so you may need to talk to a trained professional who can offer confidential and impartial help.
Book a consultation today by calling (201) 779-6917

​Chris Warren-Dickins LPC
Psychotherapist in Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey
T: (201) 779-6917                                          
W: www.exploretransform.com

In a bid to improve our lives, we often live according to rules or assumptions.  For example, we might have a rule that we cannot make a mistake at work.  However, we might also assume that if we make even one mistake then this means we are a failure.  If we are not careful, these rules or assumptions can trap us in a prison of depression. 

Below are five assumptions that trap us in depression.  How many do you live by, and how helpful is this for you?  

Chris Warren-Dickins is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Ridgewood, New Jersey.  He specializes in psychotherapy for couples, adolescents, men, and the LGBTQ+ community. 
Sessions are available in-person at 162 E Ridgewood Ave, Ridgewood NJ 07451, or via the internet or telephone. Book a consultation today www.exploretransform.com
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Yesterday I was honoured to have the Mayor of Ridgewood stop by my office.  He really cares about Ridgewood, and it is great to know that key figures in the community consider mental health and wellbeing to be a priority.

After the Mayor's visit, I thought about the relationship between my role as a psychotherapist, and my influence on the wider community.  I try my best to empower people to make the changes they need, but often they need more to achieve this change.  They need change at a societal level. 

As a member of the American Counseling Association, I am aware that counselors are in a unique position to work towards social justice.  As Charmaine Perry wrote, "counseling does not exist in a vacuum", and she suggested that counselors should become "advocates for our clients".

Working with (and a member of) the LGBTQ+ community, I have seen how the need for advocacy has arisen.  When I lived in the United Kingdom, I worked at an LGBTQ+ counseling charity, and the clients would sometimes include asylum seekers. They were fleeing countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Uganda, where they had experienced violent acts of homophobia. 

Yes, the clients needed to process their traumatic experiences - often it had been family members who had tried to kill them when they had found out about their sexuality.  And yes, they had to make sense of the conflict between their identity as a gay man, their identity as a Muslim, and their identity as an asylum seeker.  But they also needed advocacy - they needed help on a structural level.  For example, they needed help navigating the British asylum process, they needed help with finding medical treatment, and they needed their counselor to have an awareness of the power imbalances and discrimination that they may experience.

To advocate for a client, awareness is an important first step.  And the process of raising awareness never ends.  

Get in contact today. You can send an email, telephone, or use the online booking system.

Telephone - (201) 779-6917
https://www.exploretransform.com/
Online booking https://www.therapyportal.com/p/cwarrendickins/ 

Low self-esteem can be debilitating.  It drags you down because it catches you in a trap:  You already feel bad, so you become self-critical, and this makes you feel even worse.  You feel bad about yourself, so you cannot ask for help, and so things get worse.
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Take the first step in breaking free of low self-esteem:  Accept the help that is on offer.  You deserve kindness as much as any other person.

Call the office to book a confidential, non-judgmental consultation with Chris Warren-Dickins LPC:  (201) 779-6917

Chris Warren-Dickins LPC
Psychotherapist in Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey
T: (201) 779-6917              E: chris@exploretransform.com                              
W: www.exploretransform.com

​Tomorrow the Men’s Group is meeting in downtown Ridgewood, NJ. If you would like to join us, please send me an email.  We meet at 7.30pm every second Wednesday of the month