Do you have Male Labeled friends or family members who might be struggling with depression, anxiety, relationship conflict, or trauma, and they are not accessing the right kind of help?

There are higher rates of suicide and trauma amongst the Male Labeled, and yet they are less likely to access adequate mental healthcare.  This is even more of a problem when you consider structural obstacles to healthcare such as racism, transphobia, biphobia, and homophobia.

Beyond the Blue is a Survival Guide for the Male Labeled.  It offers techniques for identifying, and lessening the impact of, depression, anxiety, relationship conflict and anger, and trauma.
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Beyond the Blue is due for release in October 2021, and I will shortly release a link to pre-order your copy.  To be the first to know about further developments, sign up for updates here - http://eepurl.com/gD41jr

Chris Warren-Dickins LLB MA LPC
www.chriswarrendickins.com
Psychotherapist, writer, educator, and LGBTQ+ advocate
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Life is hard enough, but if you are dragging the weight of a trauma from your past, things can be so much harder.

Trauma can color the way you view yourself and the world around you (for example, ‘I am powerless’, ‘I am unlovable’, or ‘the world is an unsafe place’).

A powerful first step is to identify that what you experienced was trauma, and then to get the right kind of help.  Beyond the Blue, a Survival Guide for the Male Labelled, can help you with each of these two steps.

Beyond the Blue is due for release in October 2021, and I will shortly release a link to pre-order your copy.  To be the first to know about further developments, sign up for updates here - http://eepurl.com/gD41jr

Chris Warren-Dickins LLB MA LPC
www.chriswarrendickins.com
Psychotherapist, writer, educator, and LGBTQ+ advocate
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No matter how annoying they can be, research proves that the people who accompany us during life’s journey are essential for our mental health.

So how can we learn to survive and thrive around other people?

Beyond the Blue offers strategies to navigate relationship conflict and anger.

Beyond the Blue is due for release in October 2021, and I will shortly release a link to pre-order your copy.  To be the first to know about further developments, sign up for updates here - http://eepurl.com/gD41jr

Chris Warren-Dickins LLB MA LPC
www.chriswarrendickins.com
Psychotherapist, writer, educator, and LGBTQ+ advocate
#beyondtheblue #beyondthebluebook 

Does your mind race with fears of a future uncertain?  Do you check, and check again, just in case you send a mis-worded email, or in case that conversation with your neighbor came off as rude?  Chances are, you might be struggling with anxiety.

Anxiety impacts millions of people each year, and left unchecked, it can cause havoc in your life at work and at home.

Beyond the Blue, a Survival Guide for the Male Labelled, offers strategies to help survive the wilderness that is your life, ensuring that you not only survive but thrive.

Beyond the Blue is due for release in October 2021, and I will shortly release a link to pre-order your copy.  To be the first to know about further developments, sign up for updates here - http://eepurl.com/gD41jr

Chris Warren-Dickins LLB MA LPC
www.chriswarrendickins.com
Psychotherapist, writer, educator, and LGBTQ+ advocate
#beyondtheblue #beyondthebluebook 

Would you know depression if you were struggling with it? Would you know what to do to help yourself, or to get help?

Beyond the Blue is a survival guide for the Male Labelled who might be struggling with depression, anxiety, relationship conflict, and trauma.

Beyond the Blue is due for release in October 2021, and I will shortly release a link to pre-order your copy.  To be the first to know about further developments, sign up for updates here - http://eepurl.com/gD41jr

Chris Warren-Dickins LLB MA LPC
www.chriswarrendickins.com
Psychotherapist, writer, educator, and LGBTQ+ advocate
#beyondtheblue #beyondthebluebook 

I have created a new TikTok profile for the book Beyond the Blue.

I would love for you to follow, like, and share any of the videos on there.  Please also add any comments, so we can keep the debate alive.

Remember, the Male Labelled are the least likely to access mental healthcare, and yet the suicide and trauma rates are the highest.  Untreated depression, anxiety, relationship conflict, and trauma, leads to a less healthy society for all.

Chris Warren-Dickins LLB MA LPC
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Untreated depression, anxiety, and trauma can threaten your relationships, career, or education.  But the good news is that there are ways that you can identify the symptoms of these significant mental health issues, and there are strategies to lessen the impact.

Using the latest research in neuroscience, I have put together a Survival Guide to help you live to your full potential; to survive, but also to thrive.

Beyond the Blue is due for release in October 2021, and I will shortly release a link to pre-order your copy.  To be the first to know about further developments, sign up for updates here - http://eepurl.com/gD41jr

Chris Warren-Dickins LLB MA LPC
www.chriswarrendickins.com
Psychotherapist, writer, educator, and LGBTQ+ advocate
#beyondtheblue #beyondthebluebook 

As a psychotherapist, I want to make sure that mental healthcare is accessible for as many people as possible.  After all, untreated depression, anxiety, and trauma, is a serious issue for all of us.

The trouble is, society is set up to create obstacles to mental healthcare.  One such obstacle is the way we condition people who have been given the Male Label (for example, there are expectations that the Male Labelled must remain silent about emotional distress).  Add to that structural obstacles to mental healthcare, such as racism, transphobia, biphobia, and homophobia, and we are faced with a significant societal issue.

To take one step towards addressing at least some of this, I have produced a Survival Guide to help the Male Labelled recognize the signs of, and reduce the impact of, depression, anxiety, relationship conflict, and trauma.  With the help of these simple survival strategies, the Male Labelled can survive but also thrive, and this can lead to a healthier, safer society for all.

Beyond the Blue is due for release in October 2021, and I will shortly release a link to pre-order your copy.  To be the first to know about further developments, sign up for updates here - http://eepurl.com/gD41jr

Chris Warren-Dickins LLB MA LPC
www.chriswarrendickins.com
Psychotherapist, writer, educator, and LGBTQ+ advocate
#beyondtheblue #beyondthebluebook 

Do you spend late nights wide-eyed staring at every conversation that spins out of your mind like unravelling yarn?  Do you pick them apart as you find the smallest of details that suggests a hint of potential conflict with a work colleague, a neighbor, a friend, or family member?  Do you peer into that future uncertain and see overwhelming threats just waiting to topple onto you?

Sounds a bit like anxiety.

Anxiety is a disproportionate and inappropriate response, so it needs to be distinguished from proportionate and appropriate fear.  When your dog snarls at you, it is proportionate to be afraid, and it is appropriate to withdraw from it.  Like a cloud of malcontent, anxiety can hang over a whole range of seemingly innocuous situations;  you end up avoiding making that telephone call, or you fear seeing your friends at the shop, or you avoid collecting your trash cans from the front of your house.

Anxiety is serious mental health issue, and it affects millions of people throughout this country.  Anxiety can be debilitating, and it can impact your physical, not just mental, health, and this can all sound very gloom and doom until you realize that you have tools that can help you survive anxiety.  In fact, you can use these tools to improve your life.

Beyond the Blue is a survival guide to help you navigate the challenges of anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, and trauma.

To be the first to know about further developments, sign up for updates here - http://eepurl.com/gD41jr

Chris Warren-Dickins LLB MA LPC
www.chriswarrendickins.com
Psychotherapist, writer, educator, and LGBTQ+ advocate
#beyondtheblue #beyondthebluebook