Comprehensive Behavioral (ComB) Treatment of Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors: A Clinical Guide

Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) affect as many as 1 in 20 people, and this book provides a practical and user-friendly manual for therapists on an effective, individualized treatment approach. It covers preparing the client for treatment, encouraging healthy approaches to hair/skin care, preventing relapse, dealing with co-morbidities, trouble-shooting impediments to therapy, and modifying treatment for children, adolescents, and their families.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 250 pages
Publication date: 21 September 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

More people are affected by body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) than previously thought. As many as 1 in 20 people may be affected by these behaviors, which were written by the experts who created and developed the ComB Model. This practical and user-friendly manual provides therapists with an effective, individualized treatment approach for BFRBs. It features the most up-to-date information on BFRBs and guides clinicians from conceptualization of the problem through all aspects of clinical treatment. The internal and external influences for hair-pulling and skin-picking disorders are addressed thoroughly and from a functional analytical perspective. A valuable case example illustrates exactly how specific concepts and techniques are implemented in therapy. Chapters cover preparing the client for treatment, encouraging healthy approaches to hair/skin care, preventing relapse, dealing with co-morbidities, trouble-shooting impediments to therapy, and modifying treatment for children, adolescents, and their families. This book is the best single resource available for mental health professionals for conceptualizing and treating BFRBs.

Weight: 274g
Dimension: 156 x 234 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781009181730