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Laura Chackes, Psy.D., owner of The Center for Mindfulness & CBT, is a licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of BFRBs. She has presented at several international conferences on group therapy for teens and adults with BFRBs, has run group therapy for BFRBs since 2012, and is researching her treatment approach at UCLA. She is based in St. Louis, Missouri. Lauren McKeaney is a silent-sufferer turned award-winning advocate of dermatillomania, founding the only skin picking disorder focused nonprofit, Picking Me Foundation, in 2016. As Picking Me's CEO Lauren stands for recovering with, not from, mental illness, offering hope, help, and healing for dermatillomania worldwide. See her work in Vogue, Women's Health, VICE, Dermatology Times and more. She is based in Chicago, Illinois.