Articles about Body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs)

Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapist Morag Stevenson answers your questions on hypnotherapy for nail biting.

Trichotillomania is the Latin term for compulsive hair-pulling and dermotillomania is the name for skin picking. Al...

Have you ever found yourself wondering, "Why can’t I stop doing that?" Whether it's reaching for a cigarette...

Many of us have picked at a scab or a spot at some time in our lives. It’s a natural behaviour and for many k...

Let's start by looking at what a habit actually is. They are routines or behaviours that we carry out regularly. A...

Body focused repetitive behaviour: How to effectively manage it When you have a BFRB (body-focused repetitive behav...

Considered a type of body focused repetitive behaviour (BFRB), here we explore what trichotillomania is and how hyp...

How can we use the practice of hypnotherapy to overcome dermatillomania (skin picking)?

There is a disorder with which the sufferer pulls out their own hair - both head hair and eyebrows. While this init...