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.
Skin Picking, Hair Pulling, or Other BFRBs: Webinar Recap
By Laura Chackes, Psy.D. This week I launched a webinar training series for those with BFRBs, and thought I’d recap the main points I shared here for those of you who missed it. People with Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs), such as skin picking or hair pulling, often struggle with these compulsive behaviors throughout their entire […]
Body Focused Repetitive Behavior Awareness Week
By Laura Chackes, Psy.D. Body Focused Repetitive Behavior (BFRB) Awareness Week starts Monday, October 1st, and to help spread awareness I want to use some words from my BFRB community to help you understand what it’s like to have a BFRB. First of all, you may be wondering what a BFRB even is, and what they have […]
