Some of the causes of extremism11/26/2024 Some of the causes of extremism include our intolerance of uncertainty, a sense of identity, the growth in technology such as social media, the widening gap between the rich and the poor, and our need for attachment and belonging. Reach beyond extremism and get Beyond Your Confines, the key to free your mind. Chris Warren-Dickins Author & Psychotherapist
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Our vulnerability to extremism11/26/2024 Extremism poses a threat to civilization. Without awareness of how extremism might take hold, we become a victim of it. Our intolerance of uncertainty, our tendency to fill in the gaps with an overly narrated story, and our need to attach and belonging to a group are just some of the mental processes that leave us vulnerable to extremism. But there is hope: With awareness, we e can notice these mental processes and make them less automatic. We can challenge our instincts and live up to the evolved state that we have been heading towards. Reach beyond extremism and get Beyond Your Confines, the key to free your mind. Chris Warren-Dickins Author & Psychotherapist #HopeBeyondHate #BookTok #Healing d. Help your kids to talk about their difficult feelings. One useful strategy is to dispel the myths about depression:
Depression is more common than you think, so having these feelings is far from “abnormal.” Depression is often temporary, so kids need to know that these difficult feelings will reduce in time. Kids need to know that it helps to talk to others about these difficult feelings. They might not be ready to do this, but just to know that you are there for them when they are ready, is tremendously helpful. If you need more support, get in contact. Chris Warren-Dickins Psychotherapist in Ridgewood, New Jersey Difficult feelings10/13/2024 We can't wrap our kids in bubble wrap any more than we can deny the reality that they will experience difficult feelings.
If we deny, ignore, invalidate, or shame difficult feelings, they are likely to grow and grow. Instead, we can help them identify, express, validate, and allow those difficult feelings so they can ride the natural course of emotions' ups and downs. The good news: Monkey see, monkey do, so if our kids see us doing this, they will find it easier to do it for themselves. Thank you, everyone9/22/2024 Thank you for all your kind words about Beyond Your Confines: The Workbook. I am beyond touched to hear that pediatricians, psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals have found this workbook useful.
Here are just some of the reviews: “As a psychotherapist, I find this workbook to be an extremely valuable tool. It deals with a host of issues people face at times, such as anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Chris has a wonderful way of clarifying topics and giving the reader an opportunity to think and reflect on their own life story. My best to all the readers who will benefit from this.” - Nancy Dykstra-Powers, Licensed Clinical Social Worker "The individuals who are going to be using this as a tool for growth and healing are lucky to have such an attentive and compassionate writer and clinician. Chris Warren-Dickins has written a wonder. This workbook walks the reader through each step, detailing and offering insights on each point. It was amazing to see how much work and effort Chris has put towards this project; as I can only imagine Chris has put towards so many projects." - Candra Savage, Licensed Clinical Social Worker “A post-pandemic workbook that makes self-work accessible to all: whether you are working with your therapist, or you are ready to work on your own at home. Understand the thought distortions and distracted behaviors that keep you trapped; give yourself a greater awareness and acceptance of your emotional state and the underlying past and current traumas that have brought you here; and most importantly learn the tools to break free of them.” - Dr Katrina Munteanu, Pediatrician "We need more workbooks like this in the current climate of polarization. Our mental health post-pandemic has certainly taken a battering and it’s more important than ever to work on ourselves to stay in balance. Psychotherapist Chris Warren-Dickins explains how our need for certainty, and our belief that we are right, can imprison us in a life of eternal limitations.” - Graeme Smith, award-winning podcaster and radio presenter Published this year, Beyond Your Confines: The Workbook is available now. And if you missed Beyond Your Confines when it was originally published in 2022, it is free for members of Kindle Unlimited. Chris Warren-Dickins Psychotherapist and Author Thank you, Anna Lazowski9/21/2024 Thank you to Anna Lazowski for her kind words about The Beast of Gloom:
“You have some really lovely imagery in here, I especially like the idea of the beast filling the room, because that's so accurate as it truly feels like it takes up all the space available.” The Beast of Gloom is available now. When the Beast of Gloom appears in your life, please remember:
When you are depressed, your brain can't function as well as it might. So lean on the support and guidance of others until the shadow of the Beast of Gloom reduces, and you can see your way to those better days. Chris Warren-Dickins Psychotherapist & Author (Illustrations by the wonderful Theodore Key) Why not use the summer to catch up on some summer reading. More importantly, use it to tackle those habits and traps that hold you back. Here are four books that can help you:
Beyond Your Confines: The key to free your mind Beyond Your Confines introduces you to the mental prisons we create for ourselves, including our intolerance of uncertainty and the narrative fallacies we create. Some argue that the growth in technology has trapped us further in these mental prisons, so now, more than ever, we need to reach beyond our confines to free our minds and benefit from our inner wisdom and natural rhythms. Beyond Your Confines: The Workbook Based on the popular Beyond Your Confines comes the invaluable companion guide to using your nervous system to free your mind. Empowering, resourceful, a practical guide all in one, Beyond Your Confines: The Workbook is an essential guide to using your nervous system to break free of your mental prison and free your mind. The Beast of Gloom: A children's book about depression. Help your child learn that difficult feelings are inevitable, and how you respond to it makes all the difference. Compassion and talking to others are just two of the strategies suggested in this book. Beautifully illustrated by Theodore Key, with words from a psychotherapist, this is an essential guide to help kids realize that it doesn’t have to be scary to talk to children about depression. Help them to learn about how to recognize depression, and what to do about it. Beyond the Blue A survival guide to depression, anxiety, relationship conflict, and trauma. Loneliness and the queer experience7/23/2024 Loneliness defines a queer or trans experience. There is a struggle to come to terms with an identity that doesn't fit expectations, and at first this is something that is struggled with alone.
Then there is the catch-22 experience that concealing an identity can compound distress, whereas 'coming out' can increase risk of hostile reactions, the loss of employment, social groups, etc. The risk for loneliness and social isolation is compounded when someone then experiences violence or other hostility due to their identity. Isolation and avoidance are seen as coping strategies that can end up being overly used in response to such hostile experiences. Many professionals advocate social connection as an essential component to mental health. However, there is a need to assess the quality of those social connections, especially for the queer and trans experience. hashtag#loneliness hashtag#queer hashtag#trans hashtag#mentalhealth Beyond Powerlessness7/15/2024 Written by psychotherapist Chris Warren-Dickins, these journal prompts offer a chance for you to regain a sense of autonomy over your life. Chris has used their many years of clinical experience to help people work through one of the most fundamental challenges of our modern age: To address the sense of powerlessness that we face in this ever-increasingly technological age.
Chris makes use of Polyvagal theory and other therapeutic approaches to guide people through challenges to their mental health. These include anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship conflict. Seize control of your life by using these journal prompts to identify strengths, resources, and areas of improvement. Beyond Powerlessness is coming soon. Chris
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