Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, Tic Disorders, & Tourette Syndrome
Do you find yourself pulling, picking, or biting at your hair, skin, or nails even when you try not to?
Do you have urges to pull hair from your scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes?
Do you make sudden movements, sounds, or facial expressions that you can’t fully control?
Dr. Denese can you help you decrease these urges and spend more time focused on activities more aligned with your values and goals in life.
To accomplish this, she will teach you techniques through research-based interventions proven to work called Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) and Habit Reversal Training (HRT). Learn more below!
Habit Reversal Training (HRT)
Habit Reversal Training (HRT) helps you manage repetitive behaviors such as pulling hair, by teaching you how to recognize triggers and urges that lead to the behavior, use competing responses, track and monitor behaviors, and develop coping strategies to manage stress.
What does HRT help with?
Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling Disorder)
Excoriation/Dermatillomania (Skin Picking Disorder)
Onychophagia (Chronic Nail Biting)
Cheek, Lip, or Tongue Biting
Tic Disorders
Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT)
Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) helps you manage tics (motor and vocal) by teaching you to notice early warning signs and urges for tics, helping you practice competing responses that cannot be possible to do at the same time as the tic, reducing triggers in your environment that could be worsening tics, and building coping skills that decrease your overall level of stress.
What does CBIT help with?
Tourette Syndrome
Chronic Motor Tic Disorder
Chronic Vocal Tic Disorder
Provisional Tic Disorder