Transform your life with online coaching to stop hair pulling, skin-picking and other BFRBs
As a BFRB non-profit, we independently review and discuss options and success rates for treating BFRBs. We take responsibility for thoroughly training all coaches, who each have BFRBs themselves. While the conditions are treatable. BFRBs are not easy to treat because of a number of underlying factors and co-morbidity. It is more accurate to classify a BFRB free person as in recovery, rather than cured. The services we link to follow best practice in regard to BFRB treatment and donate proceeds to education and information regarding BFRBs.
Pricing starts at £35 for a 25 minute session
25 minute sessions cost £35. If you prefer, you can have a call of 50 minutes duration, for £60. Hypnotherapy is £60 per 50 minute session. Our Advanced Treatment Programme is suitable for adults and children and costs £160 per month for weekly contact and daily reports. The Enhanced Package is £110 per month with fortnightly contact.
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It is a three step process, with foundations in recovery and habit reversal, a ground level of effective life management skills and then we build in relapse prevention strategies in so that you can rest assured you feel safe in your own company.
Nothing at all. We use specialist note-taking AI and will send you anything you need afterwards.
Absolutely, although we might need to redefine what treatment IS. BFRBs can’t be cured in the same way as an infection, but being in recovery is not only possible, it is many people’s reality.
Pick free IS possible and we are committed to helping to bring out this potential for people with trichotillomania and dermatillomania, as well as other BFRBs. To achieve this, we aim to create awareness, continue valuable research, and support and enable individuals. We have done this by giving talks in school assemblies and to doctors’ surgeries, holding BFRB conferences in London and providing written material to explain how BFRBs feel. Much of our work is talking to parents and reassuring them that their child with a BFRB will live a happy and fulfilled life.
You are already in the right place. Help is available and your next step is to book a call.
Many people begin by learning more about trichotillomania or other BFRBs through trusted resources and self-help guides. Others benefit from specialist recovery coaching, support groups, online courses or relaxation recordings. The best approach depends on your circumstances, but the important thing is to seek help from someone who understands BFRBs. BFRB Recovery is possible, and taking the first step is often the hardest part.
It’s natural to want to find someone nearby, but trichotillomania and other BFRBs are highly specialised conditions. Many excellent therapists receive little or no training in BFRBs during their professional education, and very few have experienced the overwhelming urge to pull, pick or bite themselves.
As the UK Trichotillomania Charity, we have spent years developing specialist training for BFRB recovery coaches. To the best of our knowledge, it is the only dedicated training programme created specifically to prepare coaches to support people with trichotillomania and other BFRBs. Every one of our coaches completes this training before supporting clients. Our coaches have recovered from hair pulling or skin picking themselves, understanding urges from both a professional and personal perspective. We understand the urges, not just the diagnosis.
Recovery is not simply about stopping a behaviour. It is about understanding the powerful physical sensations, emotional triggers and internal battle that people with BFRBs face every day. Unless someone has experienced those urges or has received specialist training in treating them, they can easily underestimate just how compelling they can be.
Online coaching also means you are not limited to specialists in your local area. You can choose the coach who is right for you, wherever you live.
The combination of lived experience, specialist knowledge and practical recovery skills enables us to offer support that is difficult to find elsewhere.
We’re here for you and in your corner (of the web).
Ongoing Support and Accountability
BFRB coaching services provide continuous support to encourage you to continue with your recovery. Trichotillomania Support offer regular check-ins and accountability to help you maintain your goal. When the coaching is concluded to everybody’s satisfaction, continued Aftercare is available. Setbacks can be a natural part of recovery and a simple top-up call can help resolve setbacks and trigger another long-term recovery.
Client Testimonials:
“I never thought I would find a coach who pulled their own hair out, who had carved out their own clear path to freedom and could convey it clearly; let alone someone who totally “gets” me and what I feel deep down. The best part was identifying my values and teaching me to work towards them in every moment so that I feel empowered and in control”.
Ruby, Wales
“I was struggling with trichotillomania for years, but with the help of this coaching service, I finally feel in control. The personalized strategies and continuous support made all the difference.” – Sarah L.
Courses in Recovery from BFRBs
Educate yourself about recovery and relapse prevention
Audio
We have some amazing recordings which can help you resist urges with just a few minutes relaxation per day.
Help focusing
Part of the help we offer with BFRBs involves finding out how focus affects your behaviour.
Help for Children
We can chat to your child in a relaxed, friendly manner. It helps to have someone to talk to who has experienced hair pulling.
“I have walked the path to pull freedom myself, and returned to accompany others, many times, successfully. I can’t guarantee that you will triumph, because I can’t walk the path for you, but I can offer you my experience and understanding of the journey. I can keep you company and be your listening ear when things get tough. I can’t stop you turning back, but I can coax you gently forward until, in your own time, I believe you will reach the apex, to take your place alongside others just like you”.
