Virtual Professional Training Institute.

This training is made possible by the generous donations from our community, such as the Shanthi Empowerment Fund.

TLC’s Virtual Professional Training Institute (VPTI) is a specialized, one-of-a-kind, comprehensive CBT-based training for medical and therapeutic providers interested in becoming more knowledgeable in treating patients presenting with hair pulling, skin picking, nail biting, cheek biting, and associated behaviors.

This 13-hour online, self-guided course, led by clinical pioneers Dr. Charles Mansueto, Dr. Fred Penzel, and Ruth Golomb, M.Ed., LCPC, provides BFRB curriculum and instruction found nowhere else.

TLC's VPTI training is designed for licensed therapeutic providers actively serving patients in a clinical setting or through telehealth, clinical students completing their rotations under supervision, licensed school psychologists, and licensed school counselors. TLC's VPTI offers the option to purchase individual or group supervision to gain additional BFRB treatment knowledge.

Licensed therapeutic providers who successfully complete TLC's VPTI training will receive a certificate of completion and can then apply to be listed on TLC’s Online Referral Directory, provided eligibility criteria is met.

PURCHASE HERE

PTI FACULTY.

TEACHING FACULTY:

Charles S. Mansueto, Ph.D.

PTI Director
TLC Foundation for BFRBs Scientific Advisory Board‍
Director, Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington
Silver Spring, MD

Suzanne Mouton-Odum, Ph.D.

Vice Chair, TLC Foundation for BFRBs Scientific Advisory Board
Private Practice
Houston, TX

Jon E. Grant, MD, JD, MPH

TLC Foundation for BFRBs Scientific Advisory Board
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Ruth Golomb, M.Ed., LCPC

PTI Supervisory Director
TLC Foundation for BFRBs Scientific Advisory Board
Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington
Silver Spring, MD

Stacy Shaw Welch, Ph.D.

Director, Anxiety & Stress Reduction Center of Seattle
Seattle, WA

Fred Penzel, Ph.D.

PTI Senior Faculty
TLC Foundation for BFRBs Scientific Advisory Board
Director, Western Suffolk Psychological Services
Huntington, NY

John Piacentini, Ph.D., ABPP

TLC Foundation for BFRBs Board and Scientific Advisory Board Chair
Director, Child Anxiety and Tic Disorders Program UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

ADJUNCT FACULTY:

Noah Weintraub, Psy.D.

Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington
Silver Spring, MD

Allen Weg, Ed.D.

Director, Stress and Anxiety Services of NJ
East Brunswick, NJ

Jennifer Kessler, Ph.D.

MidAtlantic Center for OCD and Anxiety
Silver Spring, MD

PURCHASE THE COURSE HERE