My name is Christina Pearson, and I am the woman who established the world’s first center for BFRBs (The TLC Foundation for BFRBs) in 1990, and worked hard to give this realm of human suffering a voice. TLC received nonprofit status in 1991. Today, 33 years later, the TLC organization I founded is still going strong. Personally, I grew up struggling terribly with both hair pulling and skin picking, thinking I was broken and deeply defective - MORE
BFRB IMPULSE REDUCTION CLASSES
Once I learned to reduce my pulling & picking behaviors, eventually being able to stop completely, people would ask “How did you DO it?” I never had the language that allowed me to explain how I stayed behavior-free until I attended a 7-day mindfulness training taught by Jon Kabbat Zinn, Ph.D. in 2009. I was totally stunned to find that years before, I had stumbled into the state of “living mindfully” and that I utilized this state as the foundation for my recovery… Today my passion is sharing with others the tools I have used to support almost 30 years of strong recovery. MORE
WORKING WITH ME PRIVATELY
I do take on a few Private Students who want/need to work with me individually. The first step is to spend 30-45 minutes speaking with me on a video chat, or on the telephone. This allows us to introduce ourselves, and helps me determine if what I teach could be helpful for you. If we both decide to move forward, our first 4 sessions together will be about 75 minutes long, then moving to a timelength that works with your schedule… MORE
