BodyFocusedProcessAddictions

Chaille DeFaria is a Mental Health Consultant and ICF Master Certified Credentialed Coach (MCC) who specializes in helping people heal from BFPAs™ (Body Focused Process Addictions), behavioral addiction, anxiety, and shame. As the co-founder of the BFPA™ Resource Center and a former member of the TLC Foundation for BFRBs Board of Directors, Chaille is dedicated to providing effective BFRB treatment. She is certified as a Daring Way™ Facilitator of Dr. Brené Brown's research, running workshops and working individually with young adults and parents. Chaille also presents at conferences, including NAMI, and writes a monthly column in the Culver City Neighbors magazine called ‘Cultivating Courage with Chaille.’

Karen Pickett, LMFT, is a licensed psychotherapist and co-founder of the BFPA™ Resource Center. She specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders and Body Focused Process Addictions (BFPAs™), including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Skin Picking Disorder, and Trichotillomania. As an expert in behavioral addiction, Karen is a Certified Trauma and Addiction therapist and a former member of the TLC Foundation for BFRBs Board of Directors. She has been featured as a psychotherapist on A&E's series Obsessed, served as faculty in counseling psychology at USM, and held the position of Clinical Director at the OCD Center of Los Angeles. Karen has also co-produced three performances of This Is My Brave™, a live show aimed at ending the stigma surrounding mental illness.