A Getting Started Guide for Parents

January 6, 2012 – 11:11 am

TLC’s Parent’s  Email Support Group is a fantastic resource for parents across the world. With over 1500 members, the email group (just one of several) provides support, advice and guidance for parents, from other parents. In response to a series of recent questions from group members, I posted the following info as a guide to [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Trichsters Heading Off to College

July 28, 2011 – 9:02 am

Another great post form TLC’s Summer Intern, Maddie M. We’d love to hear from other trichsters heading off to college…share your thoughts below! -TLC   As a child I never got homesick.  Whenever I went to wilderness camp for the summer I never wanted to go home or asked for my parents. Now I’m going [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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, [...]

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Action Needed: Feedback needed on DSM-V Revisions

June 7, 2011 – 11:45 am

The Task Force undertaking the revision of the The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has made the current draft revisions available for public comment until June 15, 2011.  Christina and I urge you to take a few minutes to voice your opinions to the DSM-V Task Force about the current draft of proposed [...]

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Retreat Reflections by Jennifer Raikes

May 26, 2011 – 12:56 pm

A quick note from TLC: What was formerly “Christina’s Blog” is now the “TLC Blog.” This new format will provide a forum for TLC staff, Board and Scientific Advisory Board Members to share organizational news, treatment and research updates, and reader-submitted essays. Don’t worry, Christina will still continue to share her thoughts and musings on [...]

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