Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors Therapists in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Break cycles with compassion and understanding. Mindful With You recognizes that behaviors such as hair pulling or skin picking are often connected to emotional regulation, anxiety, or sensory needs. Therapy supports you in identifying triggers, increasing awareness, and developing alternative coping strategies. It helps reduce shame and build self-acceptance while working toward change at your own pace. Our work together will help you feel more in control and connected to your body.

If you find yourself pulling your hair, picking at your skin, biting your nails, or engaging in other repetitive behaviours that feel hard to stop, you are not alone. Body-focused repetitive behaviours often develop as a way to manage stress, anxiety, boredom, or nervous system overwhelm. They can provide temporary relief but leave you feeling frustrated, ashamed, or out of control afterward. At Selah Counselling, we approach these behaviours with compassion and curiosity, not judgment. Together, we explore what is driving the behaviour beneath the surface. We examine triggers, emotional patterns, and nervous system regulation while developing practical tools to interrupt the cycle. Our work focuses on increasing awareness, strengthening coping skills, and helping your body feel safer without relying on habits that cause distress. The goal is not simply to stop the behaviour, but to understand it and support lasting change from the inside out.

BFRBs such as hair pulling, skin picking, or nail biting can feel impossible to control and often come with feelings of shame or frustration. I provide evidence-based treatment including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with Habit Reversal Training (HRT) and elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). My goal is to help you build awareness, reduce harmful patterns, and develop healthier coping strategies so you can feel more in control and compassionate toward yourself.

I approach body-focused repetitive behaviors—such as skin picking, hair pulling, or nail biting—as meaningful responses, often serving as ways the body regulates tension or unmet emotional needs. Together, we explore what these behaviors are expressing and the patterns behind them. Through increased awareness and a more compassionate relationship with oneself, change can emerge in a way that is both sustainable and respectful.

Unwanted body focused repetitive behaviours often originate in the subconscious mind as coping mechanisms for stress, boredom, or emotional discomfort. Hypnosis works by accessing that subconscious space and helping to reframe the mind’s association with the habit, release the need for it, and create new mental pathways that support calm, awareness, and control.

Saskatoon is Saskatchewan's largest city and an emerging hub for agriculture technology, mining, and biotechnology — sectors that shape an occupational therapy landscape distinct from more diversified Canadian metros. The city has a significant Indigenous population, with First Nations and Métis residents comprising a larger proportion of urban residents than in most Canadian cities outside Winnipeg, and therapists offering trauma-informed, culturally grounded care — including work on intergenerational trauma from residential schools — are an especially important part of the local mental health landscape. Saskatchewan Health Authority provides public mental health services, while the University of Saskatchewan's psychology programs supply clinical training to the local community. Saskatoon's cold winters and geographic isolation contribute to seasonal mood challenges that therapists here address as a recurring clinical priority.

Gender ID

	83%	Female
	17%	Male

Session Type

	60%	Online Only
	40%	In Person and Online

Top Treatment Approaches

100%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
60%	Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
60%	Gottman Method Couples Therapy
60%	Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)
60%	Internal Family Systems (IFS)
60%	Somatic Therapy
60%	Behavioral Therapy

Ages Served

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

Client Focus

40%	Men
40%	Women
20%	Black / African American
20%	LGBTQ+

Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors therapists in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan SK, Canada CA

Mindful With You Psychotherapy & Counselling Services

Selah Counselling, Mediation, and Training Center

Angela Jones

Marjan Emami

Shelley Murphy, Food & Body Image Hypnotherapist