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Why is it important to seek treatment for body dysmorphic disorder?

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Anna Saunders, a clinical psychologist in London, explores the topic of body dysmorphic disorder and what can happen to sufferers if they don’t seek therapy soon enough. Chelsea Psychology Clinic are a group of London psychologists and psychiatrists offering private psychological therapy and psychiatry treatment from their premises across central London and Chelsea. The private therapy sessions cover the following areas: – Acceptance & Commitment Therapy – Cognitive Analytic Therapy – Cognitive-behavioural Therapy – Couples Therapy – Dialectical-behaviour Therapy – Mentalisation Based Treatment – Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy – Schema Therapy https://www.thechelseapsychologyclinic.com

Video Transcription

People who are not treated or diagnosed can resort to quite extreme measures to try and manage their distress about their particular body part. This can mean that they go and try and achieve their desired results through surgical means, and often the people who they’re asking will invalidate their distress and this can be very difficult for them to manage.

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Dr Anna Saunders

Dr Anna Saunders

19 June 2022

"Dr Anna Saunders completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at University College, London (UCL) with first class honours. She also completely her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at UCL in 2007. Dr Saunders worked in a specialist treatment service in central London for the NHS working with complex difficulties for many years as well as developing a private practice since 2015."

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