Beating BDD Podcast #30 – Billie McPhilbin

“What helps me now is to think about what other things I can do in my life that give it worth and value… that are not part of appearance.”

Billie McPhilbin is a trainee counselling psychologist at the University of Manchester and a lead facilitator on the BDD Foundation’s Overcoming BDD Programme. In this episode, she shares her experiences of struggling with BDD in her late teens, the steps she took towards recovery and the lessons she learned along the way.


You can download the transcript for this episode here:

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