Huffington Post Article on Hair Pulling and Skin Picking
One of my specialties is working with people who struggle with repetitive hair pulling (called trichotillomania) and/or skin picking (called dermatillomania or excoriation). Individuals with these...
View ArticleA Brief Video about OCD
I ran across this excellent 5 minute video on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) by Helen Blair Simpson, MD, PhD through the Mental Health Channel. Dr. Simpson is a professor at Columbia University...
View ArticleThe Difficulties of Accessing Effective Treatment: OCD as an Example
I resonated with a recent article in Psychology Today about the difficulties people have in finding therapists who offer effective treatment. The authors Dean McKay and Scott Lilienfeld—especially Dr....
View ArticleEvaluating Self Help: The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety
There’s no shortage of self-help books on the market. There is, however, a paucity of research on whether those self-help books are actually helpful to the people who use them. In an ideal world, every...
View ArticleArticle: My Secret Life as a Skin Picker
One of the problems I specialize in working with is repetitive skin picking (also known as excoriation or dermatillomania). People struggling with this problem experience intense urges to pick at...
View ArticleSelf-Help for Anxiety in an International Sample
Since I saw him present on some preliminary results at a conference 6 years ago, I’ve been following with interest University of Albany – SUNY professor John Forsyth’s, PhD, research on his self-help...
View ArticleThe Importance of Treating OCD Earlier: The Washington Post Article on...
In people who develop obsessive-compulsive disorder, there are often signs in childhood. However, OCD in children can be hard to distinguish from childhood fears and age-appropriate magical thinking....
View ArticlePeople with OCD Prefer Exposure to Alternative Treatments
Mad in America published a summary of a recent study that surveyed people with OCD about treatment preferences. I spent the last hour trying to track down a copy of the actual research article, which...
View ArticleThe Importance of Acceptance in Dealing with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
People with OCD are often plagued with a wide variety of painful thoughts. These include horrible images, worries they might harm themselves or others, or beliefs that they are condemned altogether....
View ArticleTelehealth Treatment for Hairpulling: As Effective as In-Person Treatment
In Portland, Oregon, where I live, potential therapy clients have access to wide range of therapists who use evidence-based practices. However, this is not true for people who live in many other areas...
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