Join TLC Founding Director Christina Pearson in Manhattan, and learn what it feels like to discover that you do have choices, and how to build a decision-making process that can free you from a behavioral prison. The goal of this day-long workshop is to help you understand current research, develop new perspectives, and give you concrete tools for healing from hair pulling and skin picking.
Challenging our beliefs about living with compulsive hair pulling or skin picking is an important step in recovery. Often, people feel that "it's too hard," or "I can't change," or "there's no answer, so why bother?" Or the big one, "I've tried everything, nothing works." Confronting these states of mind helps us move beyond them and prepares us for the next stage.
Space is limited and filling up fast, sign up today!
November 21: Manhattan One-Day Workshop
New York CityPathways to Recovery:Cultivating Behavioral ChangeA One-Day Workshop: Healing from Compulsive Hair Pulling And Skin Picking
November 21, 200910:00am - 5:00pmSLC Conference Center352 7th Ave. (at 30th Street)*Please note the location is 7th Ave. NOT 7th Street.)16th FloorNew York Citywww.slccenters.com
facilitated byChristina PearsonFounding Director, Trichotillomania Learning Center
Pre-registration: $105/personRegister Now >>or register by phone :831-457-1004Walk-in registration: $125/person(very limited space available, pre-registration is recommended)
Limited partial scholarships and payment plans are available. For information, contact the TLC office directly.
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This program is a fundraiser: all proceeds support TLC's ongoing effort to decrease the isolation and increase the knowledge of these disorders.
About the FacilitatorChristina Pearson is the Founding Director of the Trichotillomania Learning Center, a national nonprofit organization in existence since 1991. She grew up with both trichotillomania and skin picking, and today is no longer controlled by these compulsions, which she attributes to the recovery work she has done over the past 19 years. Christina is a dynamic advocate for effective treatment, and consults with practitioners nationwide. She was involved in organizing the TLC Genetics Consortium and Field Study, has been a consultant on 3 NIMH Grants, and has facilitated bringing together the world's leading researchers and clinicians to develop a deeper understanding of trichotillomania and related problems. As part of continuing to develop resources, she has designed a series of workshops for those who seek recovery. Christina presents regularly at conferences, workshops and retreats around the country, and has worked with thousands struggling with compulsive hair pulling and skin picking. She has been pull and pick free now for many years, after suffering more than two decades with severe hair pulling and skin picking behavior.