Helping you heal your hair, skin and behaviours, in an evidenced based and holistic process for BFRB’s.

(Suitable for compulsive skin picking, hair pulling, nail biting, and all body focussed repetitive behaviours)

Is hair pulling, skin picking or nail baiting affecting your quality of life? You are not alone.

This repetitive behaviour can lead to low self esteem, anxiety and shame. It can destroy your confidence and leave you feeling out of control. Perhaps you’ve already tried CBT or other therapies to manage it but are still struggling to stop this unwanted behaviour and would like help from a different approach.

For many people, these behaviours bring relief from a growing tension within the body. Using a blend of hypnotherapy, nervous system support and NLP techniques to get to the root cause, I can help you replace this tension with comfort, so that your urge to pull, pick or bite is eliminated.

Are you experiencing a BFRB?
An intense urge to pull or pick and your hair or body? Followed by a short-lived relief?
Self conscious?

This Program is a referred Therapy Provider by the TLC Foundation, the BFRB charity. Contact me today to book an appointment to start managing this BFRB once and for all.

This program could be for you if:

You pick, pull, or bite your hair or body and want to take steps to reduce and manage better. You're trapped in the same old behaviours currently. You feel exhausted, stressed, frustrated, sad about it. You’re self conscious about the physical damage, patches, scars. You spend a lot of time covering up. Even your friends or family don’t understand how hard it is.

You’ve tried to stop many times, and are tired of trying alone. Struggle with self esteem and body confidence.

You have a busy life so want a structured supported process. You think it could be possible to feel better, and are ready to put in the work to HEAL. Want more energy and ease in the body to more fully enjoy life. You are motivated and committed to help yourself grow through this. Prefer one-to-one support to groups.

Benefits of this Program

  • Getting to the root of the issue.

  • The confidence of knowing you have practical tools that work when you need them.

  • A new understanding of these behaviours in a compassionate light.

  • Improved Self Esteem and Confidence.

  • Empowerment through knowledge about BFRB’s and yourself.

  • Release self-judgement and limiting beliefs that hold you back from what you want.

  • Knowing you are not alone with this.

  • Space and methods for your feelings and needs to be recognised and given your attention.

  • Practical exercises to calm you instantly and build your resilience to stress.

  • A route to feeling more in control of this behaviour.

About Me

I'm a Therapy Provider referred by TLC Foundation, the BFRB charity supporting Skin Pickers, Hair Pullers, Nail Biters and more.

I'm a Clinical and Somatic Hypnotherapist helping those with BFRB’s uncover what their behaviours are signalling so they release, manage and move forward. I integrate therapy models such as IFS, NLP, TRE, EFT, & Breathwork in a structured process.

After I found there was very little support out there and many needing help, I became passionate to share what I’ve learnt myself and experienced with other 1:1clients. I have witnessed countless client transformations in people just like you.

I have designed this powerful program for those who are committed to change and going deep to heal from the inside out.

I know what it's like...

I used to have Body Focussed Repetitive Behaviours.

I know the struggle and distress of it.

I now use what I have learned as a trauma-informed Clinical Hypnotherapist, to help other’s struggling with BFRB’s find more freedom.

What are BFRB’s?

Body-focused repetitive behaviour (BFRB) is a general term for a group of related disorders that includes hair pulling, skin picking, and nail-biting, that affect at least 5% of the population. These behaviours are not habits or tics, they are complex disorders that cause people to repeatedly touch their hair and body in ways that result in physical damage.

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If now is the right time to work through your BFRB please share a little info and I will answer any questions and share availability.

How does it work?

BFRB’s are a multi-dimensional challenge. Anyone who has a BFRB or has tried to stop countlesss times, know’s it’s tough. This program’s journey is designed to support on multiple fronts, in a multidimensional way.

We will work in stages, much like building a house. First we survey, increasing conscious awareness, tracking the behaviour. You’ll get some quick wins with the subconscious, inviting dialogue and alternative choices to the BFRB behaviour. Then we work with the subconscious to resolve the cause and related relearning, whilst also working to regulate the nervous system, increase comfort in the body, and learn to soothe in other ways. We’ll build confidence, tap into creativity, and develop your voice and self expression. We will look to the future with excitement and and plan with renewed possibility.

How long does it take?

This programme is 6 weeks. In this time we will follow a structured process to understand your behaviours, and build in strategies to release and manage emotions and stresses in a better way, so you can feel equipped moving forward with assurance.

Everyone has a unique life situation and are at different stages in their healing journey. Many people have breakthroughs in the first session, and others sometimes need longer than 6 weeks when they have more complex co-occurring challenges. But this programme is structured not with the promise of never picking, pulling, biting again,( though that can happen). That black and white thinking leads to despair, feeling a failure despite great progress.

This is a programme achievable for everyone with a BFRB, to gain clarity and self compassion, identify the signals so you can soothe effectively in those difficult moments, change unhelpful beliefs, learn to work with emotion, build stress resilience from the body up and feel more freedom and perspective from the grip of your old behaviours.

Healing isn't linear or 'all or nothing'.

Hypnotherapy and working with the body is effective and deep, and clients experience relief quite quickly.

It's about understanding and releasing what keeps you stuck. It's about healing at the root cause, and feeling empowered with tools to build a stronger and more resilient baseline to triggers, for those potential future struggles to prevent relapse.  You can develop compassion in those moments of struggle, so triggers that used to set off the downward spiral lose their sting. You develop new beneficial beliefs and self image.

Our sessions will cover:

CONSCIOUS

  • Awareness training, Stimulus review and consultation

SUBCONSCIOUS

  • 4 1:1 Bespoke BFRB Hypnotherapy sessions (75 min each) via zoom 

  • Personalised recordings for daily listening, to compound the change from live sessions

BODY

  • Nervous System Review

  • Compassionate touch & embodiment practices

INTEGRATIVE

  • The Journey Journal workbook for reflections 

  • Email and message check-ins with Sarah (a pocket coach!)

  • Clear and established process with weekly guidance 

“I noticed a difference from the first session, even sitting at the laptop I just didn’t have the same urge to pull. And if my hand did go up to my head, it would just come down again, like it didn’t know what to do. It didn’t know how to pull. I am blown away that this is what it took.”

— Lucy S

What Clients have Experienced

 

“The shame I have always felt about doing this has melted away. Thank you Sarah”

— Lilian V

“I’ve stopped chewing the skin around my fingers, after 38 years. I now like looking at my hands and putting creams on them, I look at them holding pens, typing, and I think they look lovely now! I am still processing the time lost to this BFRB but feeling free.”

— Jules M

“The tapping especially has helped me manage in other areas of life. Would recommend even for just the tapping part. It was unexpectedly quick”

— James

“BFRB’s are a complex multi-dimensional disorder and require a multi-dimensional healing approach”.

BFREE Program is suitable for all BFRB’s

The only thing required is your desire to be free of it, and the belief that it can happen, somehow.

:

  • Trichotillomania (hair pulling)

  • Excoriation Disorder (skin picking)

  • Onychotillomania (nail picking)

  • Onychophagia (nail biting)

  • Dermatophagia (skin eating)

  • Lip biting (lip bite keratosis)

  • Cheek biting (cheek keratosis)

  • Tongue chewing

  • Hair eating

 

To join the BFREE Programme:

  • You are ready to put in the self work to heal, and you want direction on how to start.

  • You are above the age of 18

  • You are prepared for a deep experience and understand unresolved material from the past can arise to be addressed and released.

  • You are ready for real change now and can invest in yourself

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