subject nationality article_title education name occupation
health medicine , psychology , psychodermatology , psychotherapy , human skin , alternative medicine , integrative american ted grossbart
 university ph.d. -rrb- of michigan , boston university -lrb- m.a. , ted a. grossbart clinical psychologist , author , educator
ted grossbart

ted grossbart , ph.d. , is a licensed clinical psychologist , assistant clinical professor of psychology at harvard medical school , and the author of `` skin deep : a mind/body program for healthy skin '' .
grossbart was a phi beta kappa graduate of the university of michigan , and he received his m.a. and ph.d. in clinical psychology from boston university .
he has been treating skin complaints with psychotherapy for over 25 years .
grossbart specializes in working with people who have medical issues that have created emotional stress or emotional stress that has triggered medical problems .
relaxation , imaging focused psychotherapy , and hypnosis and self-hypnosis are all part of his multimodal therapy approach .
he also treats compulsive skin picking -lrb- dermatillomania -rrb- and hair pulling -lrb- trichotillomania -rrb- .
in a webmd feature , grossbart states that he encourages people to use mind-body relaxation and stress-reduction methods in addition to conventional medicines when dealing with skin problems `` because mind and skin are intimately connected '' .
dgrossbart also mentions that `` an estimated 30 to 60 percent of people who come to a doctor for help with skin problems also have emotional issues '' , and that these emotional stressors can keep the best skin medicine in the world from working .
in a `` psychology today '' article , grossbart says that psychodermatology is not only about therapies , but about viewing skin in a way that is fundamentally different from dermatology .
