Stop hair pulling
How annoying is it when someone tells you to “stop picking”? Like when you’re simply sitting next to them “just” watching TV. Whether you’ve been told this by a parent, a significant other, or even by a teacher who shamed you in class with a phrase like, “stop touching your face” or “get your fingers…
I’m excited to announce the publication of my new books, “The Freedom Companion for Stopping Skin Picking” and “The Freedom Companion for Stopping Hair Pulling“. A nail biting book is on the way in just another week or so. These are beautiful, functional, well thought-out journals designed to help you stop your unwanted behavior. Although…
***Note: (2/21/18) Instead of this post, you may prefer to visit my more recent blog post and video on the awareness bracelet. *** The wearable technology revolution has come to our aid! A new company called HabitAware has developed a smart bracelet, called Liv, that can actually help you stop skin picking, hair pulling, nail biting…
More Effective Treatment for BFRBs From my own personal experience with compulsive skin picking as well as from my health coach training plus four years as a the “Stop Skin Picking Coach”, I have learned a lot about what it takes to recover from body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs). Here I offer some advice for therapists, as well as…
Here I’ve included three video excerpts from a full interview I did recently with Christina Pearson, the visionary who 25 years ago started the Trichotillomania Learning Center (now the TLC Foundation for BFRBs) and more recently the Heart and Soul Academy for BFRBs, where she teaches mindfulness-based impulse reduction courses for those struggling with body-focused…
A common response among my coaching clients, in individual or group programs, when I ask midway through what they’ve found the most helpful, is often simply talking about their picking. Talking about what they’re dealing with with someone who understands and is not judging them. Someone who doesn’t think they are crazy or weird or…
Your chance to ask me your questions on skin picking (or hair pulling or other BFRBs): For about a month, maybe more if I’m loving it, I’ll be broadcasting live videos on periscope. Do you know about periscope? I had been hearing good things about it, so after opening an account and checking out a…
