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Roalh is a 29-year-old physics teacher who works in a tough inner city school. He had always been self-conscious about his body size and height but, on taking up his first teaching job, he quickly became concerned that many of his teenage pupils were bigger than him and could physically intimidate him. Unfortunately, his worst fears were realized when he was taunted and bullied by a group of teenage boys and their girlfriends. He was so ashamed that he was unable to stand up to them that he became overly conscious of his size and took up martial arts and bodybuilding. Even though he reached a size that would have been foreboding to the most ferocious youngster he was not satisfied and turned to steroids and other methods of making himself look stronger.

In order to treat his obsession with his body I carried out the appropriate TFT treatment (see chapter five). We then explored his beliefs and focused on working towards self-acceptance.