Habit Reversal Training for Trichotillomania and Excoriation

Date:  March 20, 2023

 

Time:  9:00am to 5:00pm EST

Cost:  $450.00 per person

Location:  Zoom (you will be sent an invitation with instructions prior to the workshop)

Workshop Description:

Habit Reversal Training (HRT) is the leading empirically supported treatment to address the body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) found in excoriation disorder (skin picking) and trichotillomania (hair pulling). HRT recognizes the rewarding and appetitive nature of these behaviors and utilizes a practical and personalized approach to reducing symptom interference.

In this webinar, attendees will learn to assess BFRBs and related disorders using gold standard measures and become educated in current treatment research. Other topics include:

  • Completing a functional analysis to examine the behavioral antecedents (e.g., premonitory urges) and consequences of picking and pulling behaviors
  • Awareness training
  • Stimulus control strategies
  • Competing responses
  • Motivating patients through lapses
  • Collaboration with medical providers (e.g., dermatologists)
  • Addressing comorbidities (e.g., anxiety, depression) related to BFRBs

HRT is an easy-to-learn treatment modality and being trained in this niche area would benefit many practitioners, particularly those who treat common comorbid disorders such as anxiety and OCD.  Clinicians will have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss therapy challenges unique to these cases.

CE Learning Objectives

At the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:

  1. Assess Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs) such as excoriation (skin-picking) and trichotillomania (hair-pulling) using gold standard measures and a functional analysis to examine the behavioral antecedents (e.g., premonitory urges) and consequences of picking and pulling behaviors 
  2. Discuss up-to-date treatment research regarding the effective interventions for BFRBs 
  3. Facilitate the components of habit-reversal training
  4. Understand stimulus control strategies 
  5. Develop appropriate competing responses in collaboration with patients
  6. Motivate patients through lapses and address comorbidities (e.g., anxiety, depression) related to BFRBs 
  7. Collaborate with medical providers (e.g., dermatologists, psychiatrists) and family members 

About the Presenter

Dr. Jessica Bodie, director of child services at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, will lead this webinar. Dr. Bodie is a licensed clinical psychologist who received a degree in clinical psychology from Temple University and completed her internship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  Dr. Bodie’s is an experienced HRT provider and has treated children, adolescents, and adults in this modality. She served as a study therapist for seminal pediatric trichotillomania trials run through Penn.

Target Audience

This presentation is intended for mental health professionals, researchers, and graduate students. The instructional level of this presentation is intermediate.

Continuing Education

Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists*. Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

* PBTA does not currently offer CE to practitioners licensed in the state of New York.

PBTA is also an authorized provider of CE credits for Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Clinical Social Workers licensed in the state of Pennsylvania. Licensed providers outside of PA please confirm in advance with your respective licensing boards that this training meets criteria for CE for your licensing board.

This program provides 6.5 hours of CE credits.

Full attendance with video display is required to obtain CE credit for this program. APA guidelines do not permit PBTA to issue partial CE credits. No refunds are provided for CE programs. No exceptions allowed.

In order to receive continuing education credits, participants must:

  • attend each hour of the workshop (no late arrivals or early departures)
  • complete a post-test and course evaluation

If both of these requirements are met, you will receive a continuing education certificate after the conclusion of the workshop.

Registration

Registrations are due one week in advance and must be completed in full. 

To register, complete the online registration.

If you need to withdraw your application for any reason, please email Dr. Sandy Capaldi. Note that workshop fees are non-refundable after the application due date (one week before the start of the workshop). 

 

 


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