The Bfrb Workbook for Teens and Young Adults - by Laura Chackes (Paperback)

About the Book

Written by licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB), Laura Chackes, this workbook will teach you what exactly a BFRB is, whether you have one, and start you off on your 10-week journey to recovery. Also includes contributions from Lauren McKeaney, founder of The Picking Me Foundation.

Book Synopsis

This workbook is for you if:
- You are missing out on living the life you want to live because of your body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB).
- You are tired of trying to manage your BFRB on your own with little success and are ready to find something that actually works.
- You feel embarrassed, frustrated, or ashamed of your BFRB and its effects on your life.

Within this book you will find a 10-week plan for recovery written by psychologist Laura Chackes, as well as practical exercises and access to meditation recordings. There are also contributions from Lauren McKeaney, founder of The Picking Me Foundation, sharing her lived experience of BFRBs and the advice that helped in her recovery.

This workbook will give you the tools to manage not only your BFRB, but also your thoughts and feelings about other stressors in your life. It's time to end the cycle for good!

Review Quotes

This book is invaluable for anyone attempting to recover from or better understand a BFRB. Dr. Chackes clearly elucidates the steps of her comprehensive program, while Ms. McKeaney provides complementary vignettes describing her personal journey in overcoming skin-picking disorder.--C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Family & Community Medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Founding Director of the Center for OCD & Anxiety-Related Disorders at Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute

This practical workbook offers "you got this" support for teens and young adults with BFRBs, guiding them through a 10-week program to set intentions, build awareness, seek appropriate support, and identify intervention strategies to gain confidence on their road to recovery.--Dr. Renae Reinardy, Co-author of The BFRB Recovery Workbook and Free to Be Me with a BFRB

A powerful, compassionate, and practical guide that speaks directly to teens and young adults with BFRBs. Through mindfulness-based strategies, Chackes and McKeaney offer real tools, real stories, and real hope - an empowering guide to insight, resilience, and lasting change.--Marla W. Deibler, PsyD, ABPP, Licensed Clinical Psychologist & CEO, The Center for Emotional Health, Co-Author of The BFRB Recovery Workbook and Free to be me with a BFRB

Skin picking, hair pulling, and other BFRBs can feel isolating and hard to change. This workbook gives teens and young adults clear explanations, practical tools, and step-by-step strategies to build awareness, create new habits, and make lasting progress.--Katie K. May, LPC, Founder of Creative Healing Teen Support Centers

About the Author

Laura Chackes, Psy.D., owner of The Center for Mindfulness & CBT, is a licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of BFRBs. She has presented at several international conferences on group therapy for teens and adults with BFRBs, has run group therapy for BFRBs since 2012, and is researching her treatment approach at UCLA. She is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Lauren McKeaney is a silent-sufferer turned award-winning advocate of dermatillomania, founding the only skin picking disorder focused nonprofit, Picking Me Foundation, in 2016. As Picking Me's CEO Lauren stands for recovering with, not from, mental illness, offering hope, help, and healing for dermatillomania worldwide. See her work in Vogue, Women's Health, VICE, Dermatology Times and more. She is based in Chicago, Illinois.