Trichotillomania Support in Kansas

Find a therapist in Kansas who understands trichotillomania. Whether you pull your own hair or you’re supporting a child or someone you love, search by city or town, from Kansas City to Wichita, for someone near you, or choose Online to see who works with people anywhere in Kansas.

Find a therapist for trichotillomania in Kansas

Getting help nearby is hard in Kansas: 96 of the state’s 105 counties are officially short of mental health professionals. Most practitioners work in the Kansas City suburbs, Wichita, Topeka and Lawrence. Finding someone who understands hair pulling is the hard part, and it’s the reason this directory exists.

The directory includes therapists, counselors, psychologists, psychotherapists, occupational therapists, hypnotherapists, EFT and NLP practitioners, and BFRB coaches. Every listing explains how that person works, whether they see people in person, online or both, what they charge, and has a private contact form. If you live in central or western Kansas, you can see who works online across Kansas. New people join regularly.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Trichotillomania in Kansas

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How do I find a trichotillomania therapist near me in Kansas?›

Search the directory by your city or town, or choose Online to see people who work with clients anywhere in Kansas. Every listing shows how the person works, whether they see people in person or online, what they charge, and has a private contact form.

Can I have sessions online from anywhere in Kansas?›

Yes. Anyone licensed in Kansas can see you online wherever you live in the state. Kansas has also joined an agreement that lets many licensed psychologists based in other states work with you online. Hypnotherapists, EFT practitioners and coaches aren’t bound by those rules.

How much does trichotillomania therapy cost in Kansas?›

Private sessions in Kansas usually cost $100–$200, with around $130–$150 typical. Johnson County suburbs tend to sit at the higher end. Every listing shows its own prices, and many people offer a free first call.

What kinds of help are there for hair pulling in Kansas?›

Kansans who pull work with therapists, counselors, psychologists, occupational therapists, hypnotherapists, EFT and NLP practitioners, and BFRB coaches. Different people find different things helpful. What everyone listed here shares is that they understand hair pulling.

Do I need a doctor’s note or a diagnosis to get help in Kansas?›

No. You can contact anyone listed in the directory directly, without a doctor’s note and without a diagnosis. Just say you pull your hair and want someone who understands trichotillomania.

My child pulls their hair. What do I do first?›

Stay steady and don’t tell them off; pressure and punishment reliably make pulling worse. Read The Parent’s Guide to Trichotillomania to understand what your child is going through, then look for someone whose listing says they work with children and teens.

Are there trichotillomania support groups in Kansas?›

We haven’t found an in-person hair pulling group in Kansas right now. Online BFRB groups listed by the International OCD Foundation are open to Kansans, and NAMI Kansas affiliates run general peer groups. If you run one, tell us and we’ll list it for free.

How common is hair pulling in Kansas?›

Trichotillomania affects about 1 in 50 people, which means tens of thousands of Kansans. It usually starts around ages 10–13 but can begin at any age. Most people who pull have never knowingly met another person who does. Read our complete guide to trichotillomania.

How to get in touch with a therapist

You can contact anyone listed here directly, today. You don’t need a doctor’s note, and you don’t need a diagnosis. Use the private contact form on their listing, and say what it is: “I pull my hair. I’m looking for someone who understands trichotillomania.”

In Kansas, most people who understand hair pulling practice in Johnson County, Wichita, Topeka and Lawrence. West of Salina, towns are far apart, and a weekly drive to a city can take hours each way. Online sessions mean you can work with someone who gets it from home, wherever you live in the state.

The Kansas City metro straddles the state line, so many nearby clinicians are licensed in Missouri. A licensed clinician needs the right to practice in Kansas to see you while you’re in Kansas. Kansas has joined the agreement that lets psychologists work online across state lines, and a newer one for counselors is still being set up. Hypnotherapists, EFT practitioners and coaches aren’t bound by these rules.

KanCare (the state’s Medicaid program), insurance through work or your local community mental health center can also connect you with someone. That route exists, but it often takes longer and you usually can’t choose a person who understands hair pulling.

How to choose who to work with

People who pull find help from many directions: therapists, counselors, psychologists, hypnotherapists, EFT and NLP practitioners, occupational therapists and coaches. Different people find different things helpful.

If you’d like to check a licensed clinician, use the free License Verification search from the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. One board covers psychologists, professional counselors (LPC and LCPC), social workers (LMSW and LSCSW), marriage and family therapists, and addiction counselors. Kansas also licenses master’s level psychologists and clinical psychotherapists, so you may see those titles on listings here. Many other kinds of help, like hypnotherapy, EFT, NLP and coaching, belong to their own associations instead.

Everyone on this site has one thing in common: they’ve told us they understand hair pulling. On a first call, you can ask:

Have you helped people who pull their hair before?
How do you work? What happens in the first few sessions?
What if I feel it isn’t right for me?

Charities and groups in Kansas

Kansas has no charity just for hair pulling or skin picking. It does have a statewide OCD organization that covers related conditions, plus statewide mental health support.

International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)

The main US home for BFRB support (BFRB stands for body-focused repetitive behavior, the group that includes hair pulling and skin picking). It runs online events and keeps a directory of support groups, including online groups for people who pull.

OCD Kansas

The official Kansas affiliate of the IOCDF, based in Overland Park and run by a volunteer board of local clinicians. It raises awareness of OCD and related conditions, holds a yearly conference and organizes local 1 Million Steps 4 OCD walks. It doesn’t offer therapy itself.

NAMI Kansas

The Topeka-based state organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, working with local affiliates from Johnson County to southwest Kansas. Its free peer groups and family classes aren’t about hair pulling. They’re open to anyone living with a mental health condition and the people close to them.

HeadQuarters Kansas

A crisis center in Lawrence that answers 988 calls for 102 of Kansas’s 105 counties. It also handles 988 texts and chats statewide. If you’re struggling, call or text 988 any time, day or night. It’s free and confidential.

Support groups in Kansas

We haven’t found an in-person group just for hair pulling anywhere in Kansas right now. Most Kansans who want to meet others who pull do it online:

Online BFRB groups: the IOCDF support group directory lists groups for adults who pull or pick that are open to people anywhere in the US. Many meet on Central Time evenings.
OCD Kansas: lists a free support group in Johnson County led by clinicians. It’s set up for OCD, so ask first whether it fits hair pulling.
NAMI Connection groups: free peer-led groups for adults with any mental health condition, run by NAMI Kansas affiliates in person and online.

For parents: The Parent’s Guide to Trichotillomania helps you understand what your child is going through.

Do you run a Kansas group? Tell us and we’ll list it for free.

Not all hair pulling is the same

Many people who pull notice two different kinds. Automatic pulling happens without much thought. You’re reading, driving or watching TV, and only later notice the hairs on the floor or the gap in a brow. Focused pulling feels different. You know you’re doing it. It often follows an urge, a build-up of tension, or a hunt for a hair that feels “wrong”: coarse, kinked or out of place.

Most people do both, and the mix can shift across a day or across the years. Someone might pull without noticing on a long drive, then search for certain hairs in front of the bathroom mirror at night.

Seeing the two kinds can take some of the mystery out of it. Automatic pulling explains why “just stop” makes so little sense: it’s hard to stop something you don’t notice starting. Focused pulling explains why the urge can feel so strong in the moment, and why a person can want to stop and still pull.

Neither kind is a bad habit or a lack of willpower. Both are simply part of how trichotillomania shows up.

About this page

Sources: PSYPACT Commission and ASPPB; Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board, including its PSYPACT and Counseling Compact notices and License Verification; American Counseling Association; University of Kansas School of Social Welfare; Kansas Health Institute; Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas; Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services; International OCD Foundation (including its support group directory); OCD Kansas; NAMI Kansas; HeadQuarters Kansas and Kansas 988; published Kansas and Kansas City therapy cost data (2024–2026); U.S. Census Bureau.

Things change. We check this page often, but always check prices and qualifications with the person you contact. This page is information, not medical advice.

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About Kansas

Kansas sits at the center of the lower 48 states, a land of wheat fields and prairie that climbs slowly from east to west. Topeka is the capital and Wichita is the largest city. Mount Sunflower, the state’s highest point at 4,039 feet, stands in a pasture near the Colorado border.

Most Kansans live in the east. Overland Park, Olathe and Kansas City, Kansas, make up the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro. Lawrence is home to the University of Kansas and the shops and restaurants of Massachusetts Street. Manhattan is home to Kansas State University. In Wichita, Old Town turns brick warehouses into restaurants and bars. The Flint Hills run north to south through the east of the state, and the west is High Plains farm and ranch country.

Attractions in Kansas

Kansas’s best-known sights tell the story of the prairie, the civil rights movement and the space race, and they’re spread across the state.

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Strong City

Tallgrass prairie once covered about 170 million acres of North America. Less than 4% remains, mostly in the Kansas Flint Hills. This preserve, created in 1996, protects nearly 11,000 acres of it. A bison herd has grazed here since 2009, and the limestone Spring Hill Ranch house was finished in 1881.

Monument Rocks, Gove County

These chalk towers and arches rise up to 70 feet from the plains of western Kansas. They formed on the floor of an inland sea about 80 million years ago, and the chalk holds fossils of ancient sea life. In 1968 they became the first National Natural Landmark in Kansas. They stand on private ranch land that the owners keep open to visitors.

Cosmosphere, Hutchinson

This space museum grew from a planetarium opened on the Kansas State Fairgrounds in 1962. Its collection of US space artifacts is second only to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. It also holds the largest collection of Russian space artifacts outside Moscow. The Apollo 13 command module, Odyssey, is on display.

Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home, Abilene

Dwight D. Eisenhower grew up in Abilene and always called it home. The campus holds his presidential library and museum, and the family house he lived in until he left for West Point in 1911. Eisenhower, his wife Mamie and their first son, Doud, are buried in a small chapel called the Place of Meditation.

Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park, Topeka

The park is set in Monroe Elementary, one of four segregated schools for Black children in Topeka. The brick and limestone building dates from 1926. Congress created the park in 1992. It opened in 2004, 50 years after the Supreme Court ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional.