Live Event

Treating Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors: Utilizing Awareness, Compassion and Evidence-Based Practices

Fri, Sep 25th, 2026

10:00am – 5:00pm US Eastern Time

$147 Included free with an Ignite membership!

Event Details

Fri, Sep 25th, 2026

10:00am – 5:00pm US Eastern Time

(7:00am – 2:00pm US Pacific Time)

6 CE Hours

Live Event

Profession Group

About the Event

This interactive training introduces treatment for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs; e.g., hair pulling, skin picking, nail and cheek biting). It will include a review of diagnostic criteria for BFRBs, an overview of their clinical presentation and related assessment, and a visual framework for conceptualizing BFRBs.

We will also discuss evidence-based approaches for working with BFRBs, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), the Comprehensive Behavioral Model (ComB), Habit Reversal Training (HRT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI). We will further discuss modifications for special populations (e.g., children and adolescents, cultural orientation factors to consider) and managing treatment setbacks. Experiential activities, small group discussions, role-plays, and sharing lived experience will be used to further application and synthesis of the information provided.

Following the training, attendees will have the opportunity to enroll in a 4-session consult group to receive further support around working with BFRB clients.

Live Event This is a live online event. It will be conducted via Zoom Webinar.

Live Event Instructors

Lisa A. Conway, PhD ABPP

Lisa Conway graduated with her PhD from the University of Wyoming in 2010 and then completed a two-year NIMH postdoctoral fellowship in Traumatic Stress at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center in Charleston, SC. She worked as an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology Department at Northern Illinois University before entering full-time clinical work at Rosalind Franklin University's Behavioral Health Clinic and EDGE Counseling Solutions, and then opening Exposure Therapy Chicago. She specializes in treating BFRBs, OCD, anxiety and trauma in adults using ACT and exposure-based therapies. Lisa is Board Certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. She is involved with educational and outreach efforts with OCD Midwest, and is a member of the International OCD Foundation and Association for Contextual and Behavioral Science.

Jason Yu

Jason Yu is a counselling student with Island Clinical Counselling. His two main focuses are BFRBs (Body focused repetitive behaviours such as hair-pulling, skin-picking, nail-biting) and cultural identity. He has found his way into counselling after leaving a career in civil engineering and overcoming his shame with his own compulsive skin-picking and growing up in white spaces. He also hosts Fidget, a podcast for your BFRB toolbox. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.

Pam Katz, LCSW

Pam Katz graduated with her MSW from the University of Illinois Chicago Jane Addams College of Social work in 1997, and earned her LCSW in 1999. She worked as a school social worker for 15 years before transitioning to her suburban private practice full time in 2014. Pam discovered ACT and began treating individuals with BFRBs in 2013. She specializes in treating anxiety, BFRBs, depression, ADHD, and school related issues using ACT. Pam currently serves on the boards of ACBS Social Work SIG and ACBS Chicago.

Kathryn Atkinson, MA RCC-ACS

Kathryn Atkinson graduated with her MA in Counselling Psychology in 2011 from the Adler School of Professional Psychology. Kathryn has worked with Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours with children, youth, individual adults, couples, families, and groups since beginning her internship in 2010. Kathryn also specializes in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Tourette’s Disorder using Cognitive Behaviour Therapy methods. Kathryn has training to work in an affirming way with neurodiverse populations. Kathryn is the clinic owner of Island Clinical Counselling Ltd. in Nanaimo, BC. She also works as a university instructor at the bachelor and graduate level. Kathryn is designated as an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) and holds a Clinical Supervision Certificate from the University of Ottawa.

Target Audience

This live interactive is intended for Behavioral Health and Addictions professionals, including psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage & family therapists, art therapists, school psychologists, psychoanalysts, music therapists, behavior analysts, school counselors, and addiction counselors. It is appropriate for intermediate levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

1 Describe the diagnostic criteria for, and assessment of, BFRBs.
2 State the importance of functional assessment in BFRBs and how this assessment informs treatment.
3 Apply treatment interventions for individuals with BFRBs, including ACT, ComB, HRT, and MI.
4 Assess for, and address special population considerations (e.g., age, cultural orientation) when working with BFRBs.
5 Assess for, and address, roadblocks in BFRB treatment and foster relapse awareness and prevention.

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Faculty

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There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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6 Psychologist CE credit hours

6 Social Worker CE credit hours Clinical

Eligible until Sep 25th, 2026

In support of improving patient care, CE Learning Systems, LLC, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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American Psychological Association (APA)

6 CE credit hours Clinical

Eligible until Sep 25th, 2026

Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

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Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB ACE)

6 CE credit hours Clinical

Eligible until Sep 25th, 2026

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, CE Learning Systems LLC is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 6 clinical continuing education credit(s).

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6 CE credit hours

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Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling (FL CSW, MFT, MHC)

6 CE credit hours

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Eligible until Mar 27th, 2027

Impact CE, a service of CE Learning Systems, is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling (Provider # 50-315).

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6 CE credit hours

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Impact CE, a service of CE learning Systems, is approved by the Florida Certification Board (FCB) to offer continuing education programs (Provider # 5069A).

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Florida Board of Psychology

6 CE credit hours

20-1393787

Eligible until Jul 27th, 2028

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Missouri Credentialing Board (MCB)

6 CE credit hours

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AddictionCounselorCE is an approved provider of the Missouri Substance Abuse Professional Credentialing Board (Provider #101). AddictionCounselorCE maintains responsibility for this course and its contents.

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New York Education Department Board of Social Work

6 contact hours

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6 CE credit hours

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New York Education Department Board of Mental Health Counseling

6 CE credit hours

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6 CE credit hours

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6 CE credit hours

Eligible until Jul 31st, 2026

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Event Agenda

Agenda times are listed in US Eastern Time. That is 3 hours later than US Pacific Time. The event starts at 7:00am US Pacific Time.

10:00-11:45 Introductions and BFRB Overview

11:45-12:00 Break

12:00-1:15 BFRB Assessment and Orientation to Treatment

1:15-1:45 Lunch

1:45-3:15 Overview of Treatment Approaches for BFRBs

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30-5:00 Treatment Modifications, Relapse Prevention and Next Steps

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