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Depression
The Emotional Impact of Skin Problems

Ted Grossbart Ph.D. on January 9, 2010

People with skin problems are at high risk of developing psychological problems, and they can linger even after the skin gets better. Psychodermatology is especially helpful at erasing the psychological scars left by skin disorders. The psyche-skin conversation goes both ways.

People with skin problems are at high risk of developing psychological problems, and they can linger even after the skin gets better. Psychodermatology is especially helpful at erasing the psychological scars left by skin disorders. The psyche-skin conversation goes both ways.

Hypnosis
Psychodermatology: Four Myths That Can Keep Your Skin From Getting Better

Ted Grossbart Ph.D. on January 1, 2010

Psychodermatology practitioners treat skin the way a psychotherapist treats behavior -- by learning how it responds to emotional and environmental stressors and helping to moderate those responses.

Psychodermatology practitioners treat skin the way a psychotherapist treats behavior -- by learning how it responds to emotional and environmental stressors and helping to moderate those responses.