by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jan 23, 2014 | People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
I just spoke with Sabrina’s mom (for previous updates, see https://stoppullinghairout.com/2013/11/28/a-work-in-progress-update-2/); she is still mostly OCD and urge free. In fact, she hasn’t pulled at all in the last 3 months and rates her urges to pull a “0” on a...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Sep 19, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania
I get asked this question a lot, and rightly so. As a father of two young children, I want to know with a high level of certainty that anything they put into their mouths will be good for them and at the very least, not harm them in any way. That is one of the reasons...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jul 18, 2013 | Support for trichotillomania
We work with a lot of people with trichotillomania. A good number of them are children, so we are usually talking with one or both parents along with the child during our consultations. More often than not, we spend a lot more time speaking with mom throughout the...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jun 6, 2013 | People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
I had written about a client of ours named Sabrina several months ago (see A Work in Progress – Sabrina’s Story). We’ve been working with Sabrina for a couple years now for trichotillomania and OCD. Sabrina had shown dramatic improvements in OCD before the original...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 28, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania
Teresa was sobbing into the phone as we talked. She was telling me about how she couldn’t stop pulling; how she often pulled and didn’t realize it until she saw the bald spots on her head getting larger and larger; how she was so sad because she felt like she was...
