Treatment for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors is the first book to establish the theory and practice of a psychodynamic approach to treating body-focused repetitive behavior disorders (BFRBDs), such as hair pulling, skin picking, and cheek, lip and cuticle biting. Chapters set out a new framework for understanding and treating BFRBDs, one grounded in attachment theory and neurobiological research.
Author(s): Stacy K. Nakell
Series: Routledge Focus on Mental Health
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 135
City: New York
Cover
Endorsements
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1 Understanding body-focused repetitive behavior disorders (BFRBDs)
1 The who, what, where, when, why and how of picking, pulling and biting behaviors
2 The psychic skin: sensory processing, attachment and perfectionism in BFRBDs
3 The history of BFRBD treatment
Part 2 Integrative psychodynamic treatment for BFRBDs
4 Integrative psychodynamic therapy: a relational path to earned secure attachment
5 The safety phase: goal-setting, assessment and self-compassion
6 The exploration and skill-building phase
7 A healing herd: group psychotherapy to build community
8 Families in therapy: healing the system
9 Moving into maintenance or ending treatment
Appendices
Appendix 1 Psychodynamic assessment
Appendix 2 Goals: behavioral, adaptive emotional regulation skills, improved quality of life
Appendix 3 Building self-compassion
Appendix 4 Keys to the unconscious
Index
