Articles, Treatment Guides & Brochures

The Comprehensive Information Guide contains over 200 pages of the most up-to-date information on these behaviors. Free to TLC Members, or available separately through the TLC Bookstore, you may preview the Table of Contents here.

Treatment Guides

Expert Consensus Treatment Guidelines for Trichotillomania, Skin Picking

And Other Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors

Members of TLC's Scientific Advisory Board have reviewed the latest state-of-the-art treatments and provided these guidelines for those seeking treatment for hair pulling and skin picking problems. ReadGuidelines for Trichotillomania and Skin Picking >>

*TLC Brochures and treatment guides are available for bulk orders >>

Brochures:

Overview of Hair Pulling and Skin Picking

Skin Picking and Nail Biting: Related Habits

Frederick Penzel, PhD
Director, Western Suffolk Psychological Services, Huntington, NY

The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Hair Pulling Scale

Massachusetts General Hospital

Trichotillomania Among Depressed Adults: Prevalence and Psychiatric Comorbidity

Depression Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Comprehensive Information Guide to Living with and Healing from Trichotillomania and Skin Picking
The Comprehensive Information Guide: A disc containing PDF format of 200+ pages of the most complete information to living with, and healing from, pulling and picking. Free to TLC Members, preview the Table of Contents here>>

Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

What Cognitive Therapy Can Do For TTM

Frederick Penzel, PhD
Director, Western Suffolk Psychological Services, Huntington, NY

A Comprehensive Model for Behavioral Treatment of Trichotillomania

Charles S. Mansueto, Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington
Ruth Goldfinger Golomb, Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington
Amanda McCombs Thomas and Ruth M. Townsley Stemberger, Loyola College in Maryland

A Stimulus Regulation Model of Trichotillomania

Frederick Penzel, PhD
Director, Western Suffolk Psychological Services, Huntington, NY

Help Yourself: A Self-Help Program to Managing Trichotillomania

Sherrie Vavrichek, LCSW, CBCD
Ruth Golomb, LCPC
Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington, Silver Spring, MD

In Search of the Elusive Behavior Therapist

Frederick Penzel, PhD
Director, Western Suffolk Psychological Services, Huntington, NY

Barriers to Recovery from Hair Pulling

Carol Novak, MD
Regions - Behavioral Health, St. Paul, MN

Recovering from the Trauma of Trichotillomania

Hugh Grubb, MA, MFT
Los Gatos, CA

The Comprehensive Information Guide contains over 200 pages of the most up-to-date information on these behaviors. Free to TLC Members, preview the Table of Contents here >>

Alternative Therapies

N-acetylcysteine for Trichotillomania, Skin Picking, and Nail Biting

Jon E. Grant, MD, JD, MPH
University of Minnesota, Department of Psychiatry
TLC Scientific Advisory Board Member

Can Hypnosis Help My Pulling or Picking?

Ted Grossbart, PhD
Massachusetts Mental Health Center and Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology,
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School

Biofeedback: Its Use and Application

Marc Lehrer, PhD
Director, Biofeedback Clinic of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

Hypnosis and Trichotillomania

Naomi Sarna, CSW, LSW and Paul Weinberg, CSW, LSW
New York, NY

Inositol and Trichotillomania

Frederick Penzel, PhD
Director, Western Suffolk Psychological Services, Huntington, NY

The Comprehensive Information Guide contains over 200 pages of the most up-to-date information on these behaviors. Free to TLC Members, preview the Table of Contents here >>

Medication

Medications for Treatment of Trichotillomania and Skin Picking

Jon Grant, MD
University of Minnesota Medical Center

The Comprehensive Information Guide contains over 200 pages of the most up-to-date information on these behaviors. Free to TLC Members, preview the Table of Contents here >>

Personal Stories & Essays

A Call to Freedom

Trich Whisperer

The Trichotillomania Conference: My Experience

Carmen Lepine

Self-Help Strategies

50 Ways to Stop Pulling Your Hair

Lindy Hahn

Skin Picking Strategies (good read for trich, too!):
Based on the Comprehensive Model for Behavioral Treatment of BFRBs (ComB)

R.S.

What Worked for Kali (New!)

Kali, TLC Member

Celebrating 20 years of service

Articles, Treatment Guides & Brochures

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Overview of Hair Pulling and Skin Picking

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What Worked for Kali (New!)

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