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Trichotillomania: An ACT-enhanced Behavior Therapy Approach Therapist Guide (Treatments That Work)

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I am currently treating someone with trichotillomania and had nothing to fall back upon but this book. Training in psychiatry does not necessarily include training in acceptance and commitment therapy, nor in habit reversal training which are the two methods used in this book to break a seemingly unbreakable habit. My supervisors also couldn't figure out what to do. Enter Treatments That Work! I love this series for the simple language, for the reduction in anxiety both for me and for my patients that a manualized session-by-session guideline can provide, and basically for the mastery that, after reading this book, I can possess. Check out their other titles - they have books for treating OCD, social phobia, panic disorder, GAD, and specific phobias. All are concise, informative, and incredibly useful, especially when one does not have patients with a lifetime of psychoanalytic therapy covered by insurance. Of note, behavioral approach to treatment of trichotillomania has been found to be most productive when comparison of all available literature had been done in meta-analysis review; be assured this will likely be much more productive, therefore, than psychodynamic approach to treatment of this illness (though it would be my own preference if I had any choice in the matter).

This book is one of the very few books currently in market, written for those therapists,providers, residents and fellows in the field of Psychiatry or Psychology, who are interested in treating Trichotillomania. The book is very nicely categorized into describing different strategies of acceptance and committment therapy, with multiple tables and case vignettes. The workbook associated with this book is also very user friendly for therapists and patients alike. I would highly recommend this book and the associated workbook for every practitioner who wants to learn the basics of acceptance and committment therapy in the treatment of trichotillomania.

I am using this workbook as a tool with clients who are diagnosed with Trichotillomania and it is the best tool I have found for this purpose. I also have the clinician's guide for my own use in working with the clients. One needs a step-by-step "program" when working with this disorder and the workbook offers that very structured program. One of my clients said it is the perfect accompaniment for her weekly efforts as she attempts to reduce her hair pulling behavior. She likes taking the homework assignments with her as a comforting reminder and guide.