Body Dysmorphic Disorder Treatment

Therapy in Lexington, KY or online throughout Kentucky to help work on your relationship with your body.

Do you find yourself avoiding mirrors or reflective surfaces? Or maybe you notice frequently checking or spending a lot of time checking your body or parts of your body? Maybe you find yourself avoiding situations or events because of your body image or spend much time in social setting worrying how other’s are judging your body or parts of your body. You may find yourself frequently changing outfits for fear of how it fits? If any of these sound familiar you maybe struggling with body dysmorphic disorder. New Step Therapy have therapist trained to work with individuals struggling with body dysmorphic disorder and other related body image related concerns both in person in Lexington, KY and online throughout Kentucky.

Body dysmorphic disorder is more than just not liking how your body looks or feeling insecure about your body. Individuals with body dysmorphic disorder are often pre-occupied and spend a lot of their time fixated on part of their body or their overall appearance. Individuals may struggle with intrusive, repetitive thoughts or even compulsions related to their appearance that often impact their daily functioning, relationships with others and focus at school and/or work.

Common area of concerns for BDD may include:

• Skin texture, coloring and etc…

• Concerns about specific parts of body or symmetry of body

• Muscle or body shape

• Hair or eyebrows shape

• Body odor

Common Symptoms of Body Dysmorphic Disorder May Include:

• Frequently checking body or parts of their body in a mirror or reflective surface

• Frequently changing of clothes because of how it presents their appearance or area of concern

• Avoiding going places because of how they look

• Frequently plucking at skin, hair or eyebrows

• Excessive rituals or redoing grooming or make-up routine

• Wearing clothing to hide area of concerns

• Avoiding socializing with others or dating

• Excessively seeking reassurance or validation from other about their appearance

• Feelings stressed or ashamed about their body and/or often pre-occupied negatively about their appearance

• May express feelings of hopelessness or wishing to be dead regarding their body image

Learn more about how doing therapy at New Step Therapy in Kentucky can help improve your relationship with your body!

New Step Therapy has experts treating body dysmorphic disorder and related body image struggles in our Lexington, Ky office and online throughout Kentucky

Our experts: Danielle Jennings, LCSW

How therapy at New Step Therapy can help with body dysmorphic disorder and/or struggles with body image

At New Step Therapy, our goal with treating body dysmorphic disorder and related body image struggles is to reduce time spent thinking or completing rituals related to your body, increase self esteem, finding self worth beyond physical appearance, building and allowing secure relationship with others, and more. We take approach to help you identify and challenge thoughts or beliefs that are causing stress related to your body or appearance, help you learn and build tolerance to stress and shame related to your body or appearance to decrease impact it has on your daily functioning and how you live, and challenge and work to reduce any behaviors or compulsions related to your body image or appearance that is negatively impacting how you live. The modalities used at New Step Therapy consists of a specific form cognitive behavioral therapy known as cognitive behavioral therapy for body dysmorphic disorder or CBT-BDD that includes CBT and exposure therapy. We also utilize component of Acceptance Commitment Therapy.