Treating Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors: Utilizing Awareness, Compassion and Evidence-Based Practices

** Pls note date change to Sept 12 2024 (from July 18 2024) **

This workshop is a 6-hr interactive training introducing treatment for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs; e.g., hair pulling, skin picking, nail and cheek biting). This workshop will include a review of diagnostic criteria for BFRBs, an overview of their clinical presentation and related assessment, and a visual framework for conceptualizing BFRBs. We will also discuss evidence-based approaches for working with BFRBs, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), the Comprehensive Behavioral Model (ComB), Habit Revers...Read moreal Training (HRT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI). We will further discuss modifications for special populations (e.g., children and adolescents, cultural orientation factors to consider) and managing treatment setbacks. Experiential activities, small group discussions, role-plays, and sharing lived experience will be used to further application and synthesis of the information provided. Following the training, there will be the opportunity to enroll in a 4-session consult group to receive further support around working with BFRB clients. Less...

Learning Objectives

Describe the diagnostic criteria for, and assessment of, BFRBs.
State the importance of functional assessment in BFRBs and how this assessment informs treatment.
Apply treatment interventions for individuals with BFRBs, including ACT, ComB, HRT, and MI.
Assess for, and address special population considerations (e.g., age, cultural orientation) when working with BFRBs.
Assess for, and address, roadblocks in BFRB treatment and foster relapse awareness and prevention.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Live Interactive Webinar

09:30 AM CDT - 04:30 PM CDT

EARN 6 CE Credit Hours

About the speakers

Lisa A. Conway, PhD ABPP

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Lisa Conway graduated with her PhD from the University of Wyoming in 2010 and then completed a two-year NIMH postdoctoral fellowship in Traumatic Stress at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center in Charleston, SC. She worked as an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology Department at Northern Illinois University before entering full-time clinical work at Rosalind Franklin University's Behavioral Health Clinic and EDGE Counseling Solutions, and then opening Exposure Therapy Chicago. She specializes in treating BFRBs, OCD, anxiety and trauma in adults using ACT and exposure-based therapies. Lisa is Board Certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. She serves on the board of OCD Midwest and is a member of the TLC Foundation, International OCD Foundation and Association for Contextual and Behavioral Science.

Kathryn Atkinson, MA RCC-ACS

Owner of Island Clinical Counselling

Kathryn Atkinson graduated with her MA in Counselling Psychology in 2011 from the Adler School of Professional Psychology. Kathryn has worked with Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours with children, youth, individual adults, couples, families, and groups since beginning her internship in 2010. Kathryn also specializes in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Tourette’s Disorder using Cognitive Behaviour Therapy methods. Kathryn has training to work in an affirming way with neurodiverse populations. Kathryn is the clinic owner of Island Clinical Counselling Ltd. in Nanaimo, BC. She also works as a university instructor at the bachelor and graduate level. Kathryn is designated as an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) and holds a Clinical Supervision Certificate from the University of Ottawa.

Pam Katz, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Pam Katz graduated with her MSW from the University of Illinois Chicago Jane Addams College of Social work in 1997, and earned her LCSW in 1999. She worked as a school social worker for 15 years before transitioning to her suburban private practice full time in 2014. Pam discovered ACT and began treating individuals with BFRBs in 2013. She specializes in treating anxiety, BFRBs, depression, ADHD, and school related issues using ACT. Pam currently serves on the boards of ACBS Social Work SIG and ACBS Chicago.

Jason Yu

Host of Fidget Podcast

Jason Yu is a counselling student at the University of British Columbia and is currently working with Island Clinical Counselling. His main focus is BFRBs (Body focused repetitive behaviours such as hair-pulling, skin-picking, nail-biting). He has found his way into counselling after leaving a career in civil engineering and overcoming a decade of shame with his own compulsive skin-picking. He also hosts Fidget, a podcast for your BFRB toolbox, and organizes communities around mental health and asian identity. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.

Agenda

9:30-11:15 Introductions and BFRB Overview

11:15-11:30 Break

11:30-12:45 BFRB Assessment and Orientation to Treatment

12:45-1:15 Lunch

1:15-2:45 Overview of Treatment Approaches for BFRBs

2:45-3 Break

3-4:30 Treatment Modifications, Relapse Prevention and Next Steps

CE Information - Earn 6 CE Credit Hours

CE Approvals

American Psychological Association

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National Board for Certified Counselors

CE Learning Systems and BFRB Changemakers are cosponsors of this program. The cosponsorship has been approved by NBCC. CE Learning Systems is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5951. The ACEP solely is responsible for this program, including the awarding of NBCC credit.

New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work

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New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors

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