Help for Hair Pullers: Understanding and Coping with Trichotillomania

If you suffer from trichotillomania, this book is written for you, your family and loved ones, and the professionals who you might seek out to help you overcome your condition. Written by one of the leading experts in the field, the book reviews the latest medications and treatment options and offers simple and effective cognitive-behavioral techniques for controlling hair-pulling. You'll learn that you are not alone in dealing with this condition. Find out about symptoms and behaviors and other problems associated with trichotillomania, and learn how you can motivate yourself to change. The book explains how families and friends can help you and what you can do to reach out to the growing support community that exists on the Web and within national and local consumer organizations.

This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit — an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.

• Overcoming Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors: A Comprehensive Behavioral Treatment for Hair Pulling and Skin Picking
• Doesn't it Hurt?: Confessions of Compulsive Hair Pullers
• Skin Picking: The Freedom to Finally Stop
• Trichotillomania: An ACT-enhanced Behavior Therapy Approach Therapist Guide (Treatments That Work)
• The Hair Pulling "Habit" and You: How to Solve the Trichotillomania Puzzle
• The Hair-Pulling Problem: A Complete Guide to Trichotillomania
• A Parent Guide to Hair Pulling Disorder: Effective Parenting Strategies for Children with Trichotillomania (Formerly "Stay Out of My Hair")
• Trichotillomania: An ACT-enhanced Behavior Therapy Approach Workbook (Treatments That Work)
• HabitAware Keen: Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling), Dermatillomania (Skin Picking), and Nail Biting Smart Awareness Tracker - Teal S/M
• Life is Trichy: Memoir of a mental health therapist with a mental health disorder