Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors Therapists in New Bedford, MA

Body-focused repetitive behaviors such as hair pulling (trichotillomania) and skin picking (excoriation disorder) can be distressing and difficult to manage alone. Treatment focuses on understanding triggers, improving awareness of behaviors, and developing practical strategies to reduce urges. Medication management and behavioral techniques can help individuals gain greater control and reduce the impact these behaviors have on daily life.

I utilize habit reversal training techniques to address body focused repetitive behaviors that client's may come in with. I help clients identify triggers, strengthen awareness of behavioral patterns, and develop practical tools to interrupt the cycle of pulling, picking, biting, or other repetitive behaviors. Treatment is tailored to each individual, with a focus on increasing control, self-compassion, and overall well-being.

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Dr. Tice specializes in the treatment of BFRBs, such as picking, hairpulling (trichotillomania), and other issues related to repetitive body issues.

This component is for individuals struggling with body-focused repetitive behaviors, supporting self-awareness, coping strategies, and skill-building to reduce urges and improve emotional and daily functioning.

New Bedford is a southeastern Massachusetts city with one of the most distinctive identities of any American city of its size—Herman Melville's Moby-Dick opens here, and the city was once the richest per capita in America thanks to its whaling industry—now home to the highest-volume commercial fishing port in the United States by dollar value, with an economy still anchored by fishing, manufacturing, and logistics. The city has a large Cape Verdean-American community (one of the largest in the world outside Cape Verde), as well as significant Portuguese and Brazilian populations, and the intersection of these communities' mental health needs—including the specific experiences of Cape Verdean identity, immigration, and intergenerational stress—creates important considerations for culturally competent care. Southcoast Health provides behavioral health services, and community health organizations serve the diverse population. Common therapy concerns include fishing industry occupational trauma and risk, Cape Verdean and Portuguese-American identity and immigration stress, economic anxiety, substance use (New Bedford has been significantly affected by opioids), and the mental health challenges of a proud working-class city navigating industrial and demographic change.

Gender ID

	50%	Female
	50%	Male

Session Type

	80%	In Person and Online
	20%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

100%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
80%	Behavioral Therapy
60%	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
60%	Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
40%	Biopsychosocial Therapy
40%	Developmental Therapy
40%	Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

Ages Served

100%	Adult
80%	Teen
80%	Young Adult
60%	Children
40%	Senior

Client Focus

60%	Persons with Disabilities
40%	Asian
40%	Black / African American
40%	Christian
40%	Hispanic / Latino

Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors therapists in New Bedford, MA

Carolyne Mburu-Gerena

Brianna Price

Powell Mental Health

Alexander Tice

Dr. Christopher Lowery, DHSc, CLCP