The BDD Foundation

📢 Save the date! 10th October 2026 We are so excited to share the date of our upcoming in-person conference. Centred on recovery tools & interactive workshops, this conference is about coming together to inspire hope and support the next step in your recovery. More to come!💙

Meet our first ever, INCREDIBLE London Marathon team - bddfoundation.org/2026-london-ma…

Join us, alongside Dr Pikoos on 8th December for a webinar about BDD and Cosmetic Procedures. ⌚7-8pm GMT Register: bddfoundation.org/webinar-bdd-an…

📣 We’re hiring!⁠ ⁠ We’re looking for someone to cover a team member for a 3-month period (April–July 2026). More info 👇 ⁠bddfoundation.org/were-hiring-ad… bddfoundation.org/were-hiring-pr…

Join us for an interview with Dr Katharine Phillips, one of the world’s leading experts on BDD, as she explores the lesser known but deeply painful condition known as BDD by Proxy. Register your place: bddfoundation.org/webinar-bdd-by… 📅 1st December: 7-8pm GMT

Join us for an engaging, practical and highly requested session with Dr Rob Willson, cognitive behavioural therapist and Chair of the BDD Foundation, as he explores mirror retraining in the treatment of BDD. Register: bddfoundation.org/webinar-mirror… 📅 24th November: 7-8pm GMT

For our second webinar of the series, we are joined by Dr Sarah Lavender to understand what CBT for BDD should include to be helpful and effective. Register via: bddfoundation.org/webinar-good-c… 📅 17th November: 7-8pm GMT

We’re so excited to share with you the first topic of our Winter Webinar series: Medication for BDD in Young People with Dr Bruce Clark. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Our Winter Webinar series is coming very soon! 💻 We’ve got an exciting lineup of highly requested topics, expert guest speakers, and voices of lived experience. More info coming soon! We’ll be kicking off the series in November #recovery #bodydysmorphicdisorder #BDD #webinars

We’d love to know the impact the BDD Foundation has had on you… big or small! We’re creating our next Impact Report and would love to include voices from our community. 📝Share here: forms.office.com/e/zE2pB4zLvF

🔎 Researchers at Trinity College Dublin are exploring the experiences of individuals with BDD Participation involves 3 interviews with the hope to develop a better understanding of what it's like for people who struggle with BDD 📩darcyfa@tcd.ie for more info & to take part

🔍 New research conducted by University of Surrey has shared some interesting findings on what caregivers experience when someone they love is struggling with BDD.⁠ ⁠ Thank you to Study Lead Deanna Fallah for sharing their outcomes and findings. bddfoundation.org/bdd-caregiver-…

Come and join us! More info and apply here: bddfoundation.org/volunteer-peer…

🎙️Episode 33 of Beating BDD is now live!⁠ This month, we chatted with Liv Wood about her experiences of living with both BDD and AuDHD, offering a perspective and voice we’ve not yet featured on the podcast. ⁠ 🎧 Available on our website and all usual podcast platforms⁠

Save this one for those tough days. ⁠ ⁠ BDD is so testing on our relationship with ourselves, and our relationship with those around us. But it never means you are a burden 💙⁠ ⁠ #recovery #bodydysmorphicdisorder #bodydysmorphia #BDD #mentalhealth #awareness⁠

We’ve been doing the rounds on the radio lately, and continuing the conversation about BDD. On BBC 5 Live, our chair Dr Rob Willson and ambassador Danny Bowman have been chatting on male body image and BDD. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… (begins at 1hr 26) #bodydysmorphicdisorder

Our BDDF ambassadors recently joined BBC newsbeat to share their lived experiences of BDD and highlight the challenges many men face with body image.   🎧 Listen here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…   #recovery #bodydysmorphicdisorder #mentalhealth #awareness #radio #malebodyimage

Research project still recruiting! 📢 Please consider taking part (seeking people with or without BDD) and supporting crucial research into BDD. bddfoundation.org/research-parti…

Have your say in BDD Research - join an advisory group! UCL are looking for individuals w/lived experience to help shape crucial research. Deadline to apply 25th August! bddfoundation.org/bdd-advisory-g… or contact emma.dunford.20@ucl.ac.uk and/or emma.denton.24@ucl.ac.uk

Our services simply wouldn’t be what they are without our incredible volunteers. We’re currently looking for volunteers to join our Peer Support Group team. 📩 Apply via volunteers@bddfoundation.org 📍 UK based, age 18+ 🛡️ Subject to enhanced DBS check #bodydysmorphicdisorder