Treating BFRB in children and adolescents: Interview with Dr Jennifer Gola and Dr Renae Reinardy

When a child engages in hair pulling, skin picking and other body focused repetitive behaviors, it can be very alarming for parents. Children feel compelled to engage in the BFRB but often feel quite embarrassed and ashamed. Drs Jennifer Gola, Marla Deibler and Renae Reinardy talk about their new book, Free To Be Me with a BFRB: The Ultimate Kid's Guide to Living Well with Hair Pulling, Skin Picking, Nail Biting, and other Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors. This book provides a very comprehensive and compassionate approach to the treatment and management of BFRB's. Our discussion provides an excellent introduction to this topic and to a very useful resource for parents, children and therapists. For more information and also see Dr Marla Deibler's blog on Psychology Today

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Treating BFRB in children and adolescents: Interview with Dr Jennifer Gola and Dr Renae Reinardy is an episode from Your Anxious Child by Edward Plimpton.

This episode is 59:01 long.

This episode was published on Mar 2, 2026.

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