6 Tips for Talking to Your Teen About Their BFRB
Does your child struggle with hair pulling, skin picking, nail biting, or another BFRB? This articles highlights six helpful tips that can improve your communication about this tricky topic.
The Power of a Group: Overcoming BFRBs Together
In the journey of recovering from Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs), finding support and understanding from others who share similar experiences can be a game-changer. Here are the top 5 benefits of being in a group of peers who are collectively working towards recovery from their BFRBs.
Is Recovery from a BFRB Possible?
When I first started treating Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs) in 2005, I learned that the “success” rate for treating BFRBs was 10%. This shocked me. Here’s what I’ve learned about successfully changing this behavior.
BFRB Awareness Week: The Wondrous Fidget
It’s BFRB Awareness Week! Read a short article about body-focused repetitive behaviors and the amazing fidget.
A BFR What?
A BFRB is an often-overlooked diagnosis and one that so many people hide from the rest of the world. Those individuals suffering from compulsive hair-pulling (trichotillomania), skin-picking (excoriation), nail-biting, and other repetitive behaviors may feel a loss of control, isolated, embarrassed, guilty, shameful, depressed, anxious, and misunderstood.
