For BFRB Week, team HabitAware decided to host a series of Instagram lives with changemakers in the BFRB community: from treatment professionals, to advocates, to creative innovators. Co-founder Aneela hosted these interviews and they are all compiled here for you!
Mallory Moore @mylooseleaflife
Social worker blending lived experience with skin-picking and research on BFRBs and stigma.
In this Instalive we talk about how judgement from health professionals impacts recovery & care, share how @bfrbchangemakers non-profit helps the community and how to retrain your brain with @habitaware
Laura Schulz @trichy.nutrition
Founder of Trichy Nutrition, addressing nutritional deficiencies, gut imbalances, and other drivers of hair-pulling.
In this Instalive we talk about how whole body health (sleep, diet, nutrition, exercise) can impact Body Focused Repetitive behaviors like hair pulling, skin picking and nail biting.
Dr. Mike Twohig, PhD @utahact
Psychologist & professor specializing in anxiety disorders at Utah State University, training graduate students.
In this Instalive we talk about the origins of BFRB treatment - Habit Reversal Training (HRT) and how, as a student, Dr. Twohig’s curiousity led to integrating HRT with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to create the evidence-based Acceptance Enhanced Behavioral Therapy (AEBT).
Karen Pickett, LMFT @bodyfocusedprocessaddiction
Psychotherapist and co-founder of the BFPA™; Resource Center, specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders and BFRBs.
In this Instalive we talk what are BFRBs, what BFPAs means, how addiction treatment models can support BFRB recovery.
Meryl Da Costa Rohland @skinpick_com & @trichstop_com
Counselor and community manager at TrichStop and SkinPick, works to create resources and compassionate communities.
Meryl leads initiatives to de-stigmatize these conditions and provides access to evidence-based resources and programs through SkinPick and TrichStop, helping people learn practical strategies and find effective treatment.
Tommy Butler @tcbscorps & @scabs_film
Award-winning writer & director working his debut narrative feature-length film, Scabs, which highlights dermatillomania.
The role of creativity in our healing and raising awareness in our BFRB Awareness Week convo with Tommy Butler
HabitAware Peer Coaches Ellen & Barbara @itsbarbaralally @ellencrupi
Our Peer Coaches share how HabitAware and Keen2 can help YOU take control of hair pulling, skin picking, nail biting and other BFRBS in our BFRB Awareness Week convo with HabitAware team
Caroline @stickwithit.ink
Mental health advocate & founder of Stick With It ink, providing people with helpful reminder stickers in their mental health journey.
Creating stickers to raise awareness of hair pulling, skin picking, nail biting and other BFRBS in our BFRB Awareness Week convo with Caroline!
Becca Schneider @trichplay
NYC-based actor and producer, with a critically-acclaimed solo show, TRICH. Becca continues to perform TRICH around the country for both theatre audiences and at mental health conferences, creating a safe space for understanding and connection.
This conversation talks about how sharing our stories can make an incredible difference.
Linda Hollatz @lindahollatz_research
Holistic Hair expert working on a dissertation "Trichotillomania and Hair Care & in pursuit of specializing in BFRBs.
We discuss how compassionate hair CARE can lead to trichotillomania healing in our BFRB Awareness Week convo.
Mel Lundholm @metallotuscoach
Holistic strength & wellness coach drawing on her own BFRB experience to empower others with breath & movement.
The power of holistic wellness and breathwork in hair pulling, skin picking, nail biting recovery in our BFRB Awareness Week convo with Melody Lundholm
Rev. Dr. Katie O'Dunne @revkrunsbeyondocd
Ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and founder of Stick with the Ick, an inclusive interfaith community app for those navigating faith and OCD.
We talked with Rev. Dr. Katie O’Dunne on her journey with OCD, becoming a reverend, scrupulosity, and skin picking. We find commonality and differences in OCD and BFRB treatment and find common ground in knowing HOPE exists and RECOVERY is possible!
Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT @youranxietytoolkit
Therapist & counselor, as well as fierce advocate, for those with OCD, BFRBs, and eating disorders.
Demystifying OCD and BFRBs and highlighting the power of COMPASSION in hair pulling, skin picking, nail biting recovery in our BFRB Awareness Week convo with Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT
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