You’re Tired of Hiding the Damage

The hair pulling has led to partial or total hair loss. If it's in areas visible to others — such as on your head — you may have tried to hide it with a hat, wig, beanie, or by styling your hair a certain way.

You’re left feeling embarrassed and ashamed, and you worry about being judged. As a result, you might avoid social situations or taking pictures — or you endure them while feeling distressed.

Therapy That Helps You Break Free from the Urge

I blend my curiosity and problem-solving skills with a nonjudgmental and empathetic stance. I help you interrupt hair pulling in three stages:

1. We identify and increase your awareness of triggers that occur right before hair pulling — such as specific situations, locations, thoughts, emotions, or bodily sensations.

2. We generate a list of competing responses that make it difficult to engage in hair pulling, and we practice them as a way to interrupt the behavior.

3. We explore and address the stressors, routines, and emotions that maintain the hair pulling over time.

This form of treatment is called Habit Reversal Training (HRT). HRT is one of the most effective and well-researched treatments for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs), including Trichotillomania (hair pulling).

I honor our time together by designating a time slot just for you.  Weekly sessions are required because research has shown that weekly therapy leads to the best outcomes in therapy; however, I wouldn’t want to hold you back from growth, so as you make progress in therapy and towards your goals, we decrease the frequency to every other week, every three weeks, monthly, and so on, leading to the final termination session.