✋ Break the Cycle: Support for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs)
Struggling with Hair Pulling, Skin Picking, or Nail Biting? You're Not Alone—And You Don't Have to Stay Stuck.
Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs) like trichotillomania (hair pulling), dermatillomania (skin picking), and chronic nail biting can feel confusing, isolating, and difficult to control. Whether you're a teen hiding patches of missing hair, a parent heartbroken over your child’s repeated picking, or an adult silently coping with a lifelong habit—healing is possible.
At The Counseling Corner, we offer compassionate, evidence-based therapy to help you or your child understand, manage, and overcome BFRBs in a safe, judgment-free space.
🧠 What Are BFRBs?
Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors are repetitive, compulsive actions that damage the body and are often used as a coping mechanism for emotional distress, anxiety, boredom, or overwhelm. They’re not “bad habits”—they are legitimate mental health challenges that deserve real support.
Common BFRBs include:
Trichotillomania: Repeated hair pulling (from scalp, eyelashes, eyebrows)
Dermatillomania (Excoriation Disorder): Recurrent skin picking
Onychophagia: Chronic nail biting
Lip or cheek biting and other self-grooming behaviors that cause harm
These behaviors can lead to emotional shame, social withdrawal, physical damage, and even infection.
❤️ Who Experiences BFRBs?
BFRBs often begin in childhood or adolescence, but they can affect people at any age. Many sufferers struggle in silence—feeling ashamed, misunderstood, or dismissed by others who don’t recognize the emotional root of the behavior.
Children and Teens: May hide their behaviors or become anxious about school, friendships, and appearance
Parents: Often feel helpless or guilty watching their child struggle without knowing how to intervene
Adults: May live with longstanding shame, social anxiety, or failed attempts to “just stop”
You're not weak. You're not broken. You're not alone. And there is help that works.
🛠️ How We Help at The Counseling Corner
Our team of licensed therapists offers a warm, supportive, and effective treatment approach tailored to the individual. We use research-based methods to help uncover triggers, reduce urges, and build new tools for self-regulation and self-acceptance.
Evidence-Based Therapies We Use:
CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) to challenge negative thinking and develop healthy behavior patterns
Habit Reversal Training (HRT) to increase awareness and replace the behavior with competing responses
Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Therapies (like ACT) to manage stress and internal discomfort
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(TF-CBT): for Trauma related issues
Supportive Therapy for self-esteem, shame, and body image
Family Therapy & Parent Coaching to educate, support, and empower caregivers
Whether you're a parent looking to help your child, a teen ready to take back control, or an adult seeking freedom from shame—we’re here for you.
🌱 Healing Starts Here
You don’t have to fight this alone. With the right support, freedom is possible—and so is peace, confidence, and self-compassion.
Take the first step today.
Contact The Counseling Corner today at 📞 Call (407) 843-4968 or email info@counselingcorner.net to begin your recovery journey.
The Counseling Corner has an expert in treating Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs) including Trichotillomania, Dermatillomania (Excoriation Disorder), Onychophagia and Lip or cheek biting ready to help you today:
Michelle Buchanan, LMHC, LMFT