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Don’t Miss the Tax Deadline: Give now and Get a free year of TLC

December 30, 2011 – 9:56 am

As Founding Director of TLC, I have dedicated my life to finding a cure for Hair Pulling and Skin Picking disorders. For you, me, our children, and our children’s children. I believe that together, we CAN achieve this, and should. THIS is why TLC was established. THIS is why our Staff, Executive Board, and Science [...]

By Christina Pearson, TLC | Leave a Comment

Call for Proposals: TLC Research Grant Program

November 1, 2011 – 11:56 am

About the Program TLC’s Research Grant Program is a donor-funded program designed to provide funding for seed projects. The goal is that these smaller projects, once completed, will garner interest from larger funding organizations. TLC will not fund any indirect costs. Please contact us if you would like more information. Eligible Research Programs Any research [...]

By tlcprograms | Also posted in Hair Pulling, Resources, Sharing, skin picking, Treatment | Comments (3)

Update: College, Pulling, Picking, Support from Maddie M

October 3, 2011 – 12:16 pm

Hello fellow trich-sters, Here I am, in college.  I feel so frustrated.  I thought I’d finally gotten control of my trichotillomania, being one-hundred-and-forty-something days pull-free, only to find the disorder manifesting in a new and unusual way. I started picking the skin on one little spot on the top of my head a month ago.  [...]

By tlcprograms | Also posted in Hair Pulling, Resources, Sharing, skin picking | Comments (10)

Is Trich another bourgeois problem?

August 29, 2011 – 12:56 pm

One of TLC’s wonderful, amazing donors recently sent in a check with a short comment attached: “Keep up the good works!  PS: It seems like such a bourgeois problem–that is my challenge when thinking about it.” That unease about supporting Trich as a charitable cause struck a chord with me.  I could really relate to [...]

By Jennifer Raikes | Also posted in Hair Pulling, Resources, Sharing, skin picking, Treatment | Comments (10)

Trich on My Mind

August 15, 2011 – 9:27 am

by Inez Asante From TLC: Another great post by a TLC Volunteer. if you have a personal story you’d like us to consider for the blog or our member newsletter, email leslie at (@) trich.org. When you look at yourself in the mirror, you see so many different aspects of who you are, who you [...]

By Christina Pearson, TLC | Also posted in Hair Pulling, Resources, Sharing | Comments (3)

Musings from Christina

August 8, 2011 – 3:19 pm

Happy Summer! I am growing my hair long. Why? It’s a personal quest to better understand the impact of all the treatment, strategies, and ongoing awareness practice I have put into place in my life. Yes, I want deeper cognition into my own recovery process. At the grand and amazing age of 54 (soon to [...]

By Christina Pearson, TLC | Also posted in Hair Pulling, Resources, skin picking, Treatment | Comments (1)

Speaking Out #Trichotillomania

August 4, 2011 – 9:49 am

Speaking Out #Trichotillomania.   Great post! Thank you for sharing and giving TLC a Shout Out!

By Christina Pearson, TLC | Also posted in Hair Pulling, Resources, Sharing | Comments (1)

A Call to Freedom

July 26, 2011 – 2:42 pm

New Personal essay up in Articles! Originally published in TLC’s quarterly newsletter, InTouch, (delivered to TLC members every four months), our friend Tina Miller, AKA Trich Whisperer, and group moderator for the popular facebook support group Learning2Live Pull-Free Private Network Page , wrote this poignant story of her own struggle and pursuit of freedom and [...]

By Christina Pearson, TLC | Also posted in Hair Pulling, Resources, Sharing | Leave a Comment

Reflections

July 7, 2011 – 11:40 am

Recently, TLC had the honor of  working with an incredibly intelligent young woman, Maddie,  who interned  for Jen Raikes, TLC’s Executive Director, at her Los Angeles office. Maddie was kind enough to share a bit about her personal struggles with trich…be kind in your comments, but know that we all want to hear from you, [...]

By tlcprograms | Also posted in Hair Pulling, Resources, Sharing | Comments (5)

Do you want better answers?

June 29, 2011 – 3:22 pm

Yes, the fact is we DO need better treatments, more trained doctors and therapists, and much greater public awareness. Put simply, we need better answers for the millions of people suffering with hair pulling and skin picking disorders.     Do you agree? If so, we need YOU.  Please JOIN TLC. Together, we will advance research, [...]

By Christina Pearson, TLC | Also posted in Hair Pulling, Resources, Sharing, Treatment | Leave a Comment
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