Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors Therapists in Las Cruces, NM

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.

Addressing behaviors like hair pulling or skin picking with tools to increase awareness and control.

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.

Las Cruces is New Mexico's second-largest city and home to New Mexico State University, sitting in the Mesilla Valley near the US-Mexico border, with a population that is roughly 60% Hispanic or Latino and a mental health landscape shaped by border region experience—immigration stress and family separation, the cross-border family ties that define daily life in the borderlands, and the specific challenges of communities living at the intersection of two countries, cultures, and legal systems. NMSU's counseling center serves its student population, and Mesilla Valley Hospital provides inpatient behavioral health services; a private therapy sector serves the professional community. Common therapy concerns include immigration-related stress and family separation trauma, border identity and bicultural experience, student mental health, economic anxiety in a region with significant poverty, and the mental health dimensions of living in a community where the US-Mexico border is a daily reality rather than a political abstraction.

Gender ID

	33%	Female
	33%	Male
	17%	Gender Fluid
	17%	Non-Binary

Session Type

	67%	In Person and Online
	33%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

100%	Behavioral Therapy
100%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
100%	Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
67%	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
67%	Psychoeducational Therapy
67%	Relational Psychotherapy
33%	Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)

Ages Served

100%	Adult
67%	Senior
67%	Teen
67%	Young Adult
33%	Children

Client Focus

100%	Persons with Disabilities
67%	Asian
67%	Black / African American
67%	Christian
67%	Hispanic / Latino

Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors therapists in Las Cruces, NM

Carolyne Mburu-Gerena

Three Oaks Behavioral Health & Wellness

Dr. Christopher Lowery, DHSc, CLCP