Clinicians treating clients with bdd from a perspective focus on them to understand that appearance is only one aspect of their total identity, while at the same time challenging them to question their assumptions that their appearance is, in fact, defective."

cognitive-behavioral

Explanation:

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that solves issues and enhances satisfaction by altering negative feelings, attitudes and thoughts.

In contradistinction to traditional Freudian psychoanalysis, that samples childhood wounds to get to the underlying causes of conflict.

This therapy focuses on approaches that enable clinicians to question distorted cognition's and alter negative behavior patterns.