Anthony Dimitrion, LCSW, CST
Emotionally-Focused | Sex-Positive | Attachment-Informed
102 S. Maple Ave, Suite C
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
P: (609) 401-2983
ANTHONY DIMITRION, LCSW, CST
Clinical Social Worker | AASECT Certified Sex Therapist
(Gay - Cisgender - He /Him)
Clinical Areas of Interest:
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature or Narcissistic Parents
Anxious Attachment
Fearful Avoidant/Disorganized Attachment
Childhood Trauma & Sexual Abuse
Inner Child and Parts-Related Work
LGBTQ+, Kink, and Poly/CNM Affirmative Therapy
Men's Emotional and Sexual Wellness
Overcoming Shame
Education, Credentials, & Training:
Master of Social Work | Syracuse University
Licensed Clinical Social Worker | New Jersey
Certified Sex Therapist | American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists
Certified LGBTQIA Affirmative Therapist | Modern Sex Therapy Institutes
Level 2 EFIT Therapist | ICEEFT
Level 1 AEDP Therapist | AEDP Institute
IFS-Informed Practitioner | IFSCA
Post-Graduate Training:
Core Self Reclamation Therapy | SueAnne Piliero, PhD (in progress)
Somatic Attachment Therapy Training and Mentorship Program | The Embody Lab (in progress)
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Essential Skills Training Program | AEDP Institute (in progress)
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Immersion | AEDP Institute | 2022
Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy Levels 1 & 2 | ICEEFT | 2022
Post-Graduate Sex Therapy Training Program | Sexual Health Alliance | 2021
LGBTQIA Affirmative Therapy 60-hour Certification Program | Modern Sex Therapy Institutes | 2021
Internal Family Systems Therapy 16-Week Training Program | IFSCA | 2020
My Approach to Psychotherapy & Sex Therapy:
I consider myself an emotionally-focused, attachment-informed psychotherapist & sex therapist. I incorporate somatic, experiential, and relational modalities that are informed by attachment theory, relational neuroscience, somatic mindfulness, and transformative studies.
Somatic: Mind-Body Experience
Experiential: Here-and-Now, Moment-to-Moment
Relational: Connection between Client-Therapist, Client-Self, Client-Others (past and present)
Through this emotionally-focused, attachment-informed perspective we will reinforce innate resiliency and self-compassion, as we embrace suppressed emotions and heal old attachment wounds that are impacting how you navigate your world today. This ultimately leads to a rewiring of the nervous system, allowing a secure and authentic sense of self to emerge.
Modalities:
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
Compassion Focused Therapy
Core Self Reclamation Therapy (CSRT)
Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)
Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS)
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP)
What Led Me to Become a Therapist:
As a closeted gay child growing up in suburban PA in the late 90s-early 2000s, I knew I was different from other male students my age. I was scrawny, unathletic, sensitive, and craving acceptance from others. Societal expectations of masculinity and sexuality weighed me down for years. I tried so hard to be cool enough, bro enough, straight enough to be accepted. Deep down inside I felt alone. I felt like I had no one who I could relate to. Most of all, I was fearful to admit any of this to anyone.
Flash Forward...
My aspiration for founding a psychotherapy and sex therapy practice stemmed from wanting men and male-presenting individuals to have a space where they could feel comfortable enough to lower their walls and have real conversations about struggles that many of us face, and most of us feel too shy, embarrassed, or anxious to discuss with someone else. In my office we can explore the many interconnecting variables that are impacting your current concerns, helping you identify alternative ways of relating to your internal, social, sexual, and relational self in a manner that promotes confidence, authenticity, and self-compassion.