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About This Course

This course introduces mindfulness practices specifically adapted for individuals managing Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs), including skin picking, hair pulling, nail biting, and related conditions. Co-led by Dr. Laura Chackes, licensed psychologist and BFRB treatment expert at the Center for Mindfulness & CBT, and Lauren McKeaney, founder and CEO of The Picking Me Foundation and lived experience expert, this training offers a unique blend of clinical knowledge and firsthand insight. Participants will practice present-moment awareness, explore sensory input and urge awareness, learn effective logging strategies, and discover how to build support systems, including the transformative role of peer support groups in BFRB recovery.

This is a live, interactive webinar course that will take place on June 12, 2026 at 10am EST. It will be recorded for subsequent posting as a self-paced, on-demand course.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain how mindfulness interrupts automatic BFRB behaviors by cultivating present-moment awareness without judgment.


  • Discuss urge awareness techniques, including acknowledging, re-routing, or sitting with urges, paired with self-compassion strategies applicable to anyone with a BFRB.


  • Describe logging and tracking methods to better understand BFRB triggers, unmet needs, and treatment progress.

Instructor(s)

Laura Chackes, PsyD

Licensed Psychologist and Owner of The Center for Mindfulness & CBT; Chief Clinical Advisor for The BFRB Foundation

Laura Chackes, Psy.D., owner of The Center for Mindfulness & CBT, is a licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of OCD and BFRBs. She received her doctorate degree in clinical psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in 2005, and completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship at St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute’s Anxiety Disorders Center under the supervision of Dr. Alec Pollard. Dr. Chackes has run group therapy for BFRBs in St. Louis since 2012, and teaches online courses to adults with BFRBs and to train therapists. Her Mindfulness-based BFRB Group Treatment (MBGT) is currently being researched with Dr. Erika Nurmi at UCLA, with promising pilot data showing clinically significant results. Her BFRB Workbook for Teens & Young Adults written with Lauren McKeaney was published in December 2025.

Lauren McKeaney

CEO and Founder of The Picking Me Foundation

Lauren McKeaney is a silent-sufferer turned award-winning advocate and published author on dermatillomania, founding the only skin picking disorder focused nonprofit, the Picking Me Foundation in 2016. As Picking Me’s CEO and a former skin picking sufferer, Lauren stands for recovering with, not from, mental illness, offering hope, help, and healing for dermatillomania worldwide. She encourages sufferers to choose themselves over what chose them by #PickingMe over Skin Picking. Her work has been featured in Vogue, Women’s Health Magazine, VICE, Dermatology Times, and more. Lauren loves her family, music by Red Hot Chili Peppers, and time with her sweet pup Bug.

Course curriculum

Live Webinar Event: June 12, 2026 at 10am EST

    1. Mindfulness for BFRBs: Integrating Clinical Practice and Lived Experience

    1. Post-Test

    1. Course Evaluation Survey

About this course

  • $35.00
  • CE Credits: 1.0 hours
  • Live Interactive Webinar Course
  • Level: Intermediate

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Course Approvals

  • The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC is not responsible to verify that American Psychological Association continuing education credits are approved by an attendee's respective state licensing Board.


  • The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0189. Provider Name:  The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC Address:  1910 Route 70, E, Suite 7, Cherry Hill, NJ  08003-2123 Email address: [email protected] 


  • The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No.7263. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.


  • The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC, #1820, 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 as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 6/15/2023 - 6/15/2026. 


  • *A post test must be taken and passed in order to receive CE credit. Participants may retake the posttest a maximum of 3 times to receive a passing score. A qualifying passing score is 80% or above.

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