Therapy usually happens once a week. That means we spend one hour a week in the therapy room and 167 hours outside of it. Many people come to counseling because they aren’t satisfied with how they are feeling. They want to feel better, function better, or live differently. But if we want therapy to create meaningful, lasting change, we have to look beyond the one hour we spend in the therapy room. If we want to feel better, we first need to understand why we are feeling the

Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), such as skin picking, nail biting, and hair pulling are common. Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) are quite prevalent, with studies indicating that between 23% and 60% of individuals report participating in at least one BFRB. Of these, roughly 0.5% to 4.4% meet the criteria for a diagnosable clinical BFRB disorder. Research highlights that BFRBs are more commonly observed in females. These behaviors typically begin during lat