The digital recording will be released to all participants on the 19th & 23rd April. The recording and associated resources will then be accessible through your Essential Therapy Training account for 365 days.
Treatment for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors: An Integrative Psychodynamic Approach – Stacy Nakell
PRICE
£109.00
DATE
17 & 21 April 2023 Live & On Demand
TIME
UK: 14:00 – 17:00 North America: 9:00 – 12:00 ET / 6:00 – 9:00 PT
CPD/CE credits
6
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The digital recording will be released to all participants on the 19th & 23rd April. The recording and associated resources will then be accessible through your Essential Therapy Training account for 365 days.
Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) such as trichotillomania and excoriation (skin-picking) disorder are notoriously difficult to treat. In the prevailing approach, cognitive behavioral therapy, therapists are taught to focus on treating symptoms without addressing the roots of the disorders. An integrative psychodynamic approach places the focus directly on these neglected roots, which lead us to attachment disruptions and comorbid conditions. A study of the critical role of the skin in the development of emotional regulation skills clarifies the importance of an attachment-based approach to treatment.
Frustration is the main trigger for picking and pulling behaviors, along with isolation, boredom, and a sense of being trapped. In turn, the behaviors themselves lead to shame, isolation, and deep despair. Therapists working with this population need to be equipped to help clients express some of the aggressive energy that has been released, bit by bit, through picking and pulling behaviors. This training aims to help therapists encourage client anger toward themselves, facing countertransference resistance as it arises. Read More
A psychodynamic approach includes a safety phase, centers the therapeutic relationship and integrates mind, body and skin. Case studies illuminate how this modality is specifically helpful in treating body-focused disorders. Participants will learn how the therapist can restart stymied development through co-regulation. Key therapist tools in this framework include translating body language into words and the therapists’ somatic awareness. Adaptive emotional regulation skills such as emotional expression, assertiveness skills and sublimation of aggressive energy are enhanced within the therapeutic container.
Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) such as trichotillomania and excoriation (skin-picking) disorder are notoriously difficult to treat. In the prevailing approach, cognitive behavioral therapy, therapists are taught to focus on treating symptoms without addressing the roots of the disorders. An integrative psychodynamic approach places the focus directly on these neglected roots, which lead us to attachment disruptions and comorbid conditions. A study of the critical role of the skin in the development of emotional regulation skills clarifies the importance of an attachment-based approach to treatment.
Frustration is the main trigger for picking and pulling behaviors, along with isolation, boredom, and a sense of being trapped. In turn, the behaviors themselves lead to shame, isolation, and deep despair. Therapists working with this population need to be equipped to help clients express some of the aggressive energy that has been released, bit by bit, through picking and pulling behaviors. This training aims to help therapists encourage client anger toward themselves, facing countertransference resistance as it arises. Read More
A psychodynamic approach includes a safety phase, centers the therapeutic relationship and integrates mind, body and skin. Case studies illuminate how this modality is specifically helpful in treating body-focused disorders. Participants will learn how the therapist can restart stymied development through co-regulation. Key therapist tools in this framework include translating body language into words and the therapists’ somatic awareness. Adaptive emotional regulation skills such as emotional expression, assertiveness skills and sublimation of aggressive energy are enhanced within the therapeutic container.
Learning Objectives
1. Understand the underlying psychosocial factors that contribute to body-focused repetitive behavior disorders.
2. Explain the connection between BFRB and a multitude of comorbid conditions.
3. Expand therapist use-of self to include metabolizing client emotions through body awareness.
4. Learn how to help clients increase adaptive regulation skills such as emotional awareness and expression and the sublimation of aggression.
5. Name the 4 main triggers for engagement in BFRBs.
6. Demonstrate an awareness of how attention to the skin and skin-focused behaviors in therapy sessions can deepen the work
7. Describe the perfectionism defense and its connection to the suppression of aggressive energy
8. State the three modern analytic tools that are useful in integrating mind, body and skin in therapy
About the Speaker
Stacy K. Nakell is a licensed clinical social worker, certified group psychotherapist, certified clinical trauma practitioner, and author. She has spent the past fifteen years in private practice in Austin, TX providing individual and group psychotherapy to clients struggling with body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs). She works with pre-teens, teens and adults from an integrative psychodynamic approach. She offers training and consultation for mental health professionals. She is the author of two peer-reviewed articles about her approach, and her book, Treatment for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors: An Integrative Psychodynamic Approach, was published by Routledge on August 1, 2022, as part of the Routledge Focus On Mental Health series.
CPD/CE
CPD / CE / NBCC credits available: 6
How do I receive these credits?
The participant must pass the multiple-choice test with a minimum score of 80%. There is a maximum of three attempts to achieve this.
The post-test is included in the price of the training.
Does my regulatory body accept the credits?
The CPD & CE credits awarded can be used towards your declaration to any governing regulatory body in your state or country, provided the content is relevant to your discipline.
Our trainings are accredited by:
– The CPD Group, London
– Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
– Australian Counselling Association
– National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)
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Treatment for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors: An Integrative Psychodynamic Approach – Stacy Nakell
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