Bfrb Survival Guide - A Workbook for Overcoming Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors

Hair-pulling and skin picking are common disorders affecting people of all ages. This user-friendly workbook will help the reader to successfully manage these behaviors. Filled with practical tips and exercises, this book is a must read for those suffering with a BFRB.

List of contents

Part I. Preparation, Gaining Perspective, and Heightening Awareness of your BFRB: 1. Getting started on your BFRB journey; 2. Increasing awareness of your BFRB; 3. Gaining a better understanding of your BFRB; Part II. Interventions and Skill Building: Selecting and Using Interventions; 4. The sensory domain; 5. The cognitive domain; 6. The affective domain; 7. The motor domain; 8. The place domain; Part III. Lifestyle Changes and Maintenance of Recovery; 9. The importance of self-care; 10. Putting it all together to move forward; References; Index.

About the author

Suzanne Mouton-Odum is a licensed psychologist and a leader in the field of BFRBs. She has served on the Scientific Advisory Board of the TLC Foundation for Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors for over twenty years and is currently the Vice-Chair of that board.Ruth Goldfinger Golomb, LCPC, is a senior clinician, a leader in the field of treatment of BFRBs, and has served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the TLC Foundation for BFRBs for over twenty years. She has authored many books on this topic.Charles S. Mansueto, PhD is a psychologist, a pioneer in contemporary efforts to understand and treat BFRBs, and creator of the Comprehensive Behavioral (ComB) Model. He received the Christina Pearson Award for contributions to the field by the TLC Foundation for BFRBs and serves as their Scientific Advisory Board member and Director of Training.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Goldfinger Golomb, Charles S. Mansueto, Suzanne (Psychology Houston Mouton-Odum, Mouton-Odum Suzanne
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.05.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781009468503
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0946850-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; MEDICAL / Dermatology, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Self-help & personal development, Psychotherapy, Dermatology, Coping with personal problems, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Coping with / advice about mental health issues, Coping with / advice about body image issues