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SoulStreet Bookstore
Here are a selection of self-injury books, browse
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A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain
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Marilee Strong
Mistakenly viewed as suicide attempts or senseless masochism--even by many
health professionals--"cutting" is actually a complex means of coping with
emotional pain. Marilee Strong explores this hidden epidemic through case
studies, startling new research from psychologists, trauma experts, and
neuroscientists, and the heartbreaking insights of cutters themselves--who
range from troubled teenagers to middle-age professionals to grandparents.
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Secret Scars: Uncovering and Understanding the Addiction of Self-Injury
by
V. J. Turner
What is self-injury? Why would people deliberately hurt themselves? Why can't
they stop? What can I do to help? These question are asked and answered in
SECRET SCARS, a revealing look at the addiction of self-injury. Self-injury is
one of the fastest growing health problems among teenage girls today. Despite
its prevalence, however, self-injury remains a behavior shrouded in mystery and
misconceptions. SECRET SCARS is a groundbreaking book that demystifies
self-injury by explaining it as an addiction.
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Understanding Self-Injury: A Workbook for Adults
by
Kristy Trautmann,
Robin Connors
To understand self-injury as a coping mechanism, it is often helpful to explore
the feelings and issues that underlie the behavior. This book is designed to
provide both information and an opportunity to think, write and draw about your
experience.
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Self Injury: Psychotherapy With People Who Engage in Self-Inflicted Violence
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Robin Connors
Offers guidelines for working with people who directly injure their bodies.
Explains the function of self-inflicted violence and its relationship to
unresolved traumas and losses, and focuses on the role of trauma in disrupting
the formation of the self-boundary. Identifies therapeutic tasks, gives
examples of interventions, and offers concrete recommendations for interaction
with patients about self- injury.
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Women Living With Self-Injury
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Jane Wegscheider Hyman
In this book, author Jane Wegscheider Hyman sheds light on this misunderstood
condition. Fifteen women talk about their battle with self-injury and explain
how and why they repeatedly and deliberately injure themselves. Most admit they
do it because it makes them feel high or safe. They also describe living with
ceaseless shame, secrecy, and fear of discovery which could make them
unemployable and ostracized. Candidly discussing their attempted and successful
recoveries, they reveal the impact living with self-injury has on their
day-to-day lives--where they are competent workers, partners, friends, and
mothers.
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Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program for Self Injurers
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Wendy Karen/Lader Conterio
Operating a clinic in the Chicago area since 1985, Conterio and Lader have
developed a program for people who cut, burn and otherwise mutilate themselves.
This behavior, in their view, is neither a disease nor an addiction, but rather
"a matter of choice... a mechanism to cope with stress, relieve inexpressible
feelings, and gain attention." The authors take this view not to blame the
afflicted, but to emphasize that, in their "S.A.F.E. (Self Abuse Finally Ends)
Alternatives" program, patients can and do "learn to make a different choice."
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When the Body Is the Target: Self-Harm, Pain, and Traumatic Attachments
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Author
In this comprehensive and insightful work, Dr. Sharon K. Farber provides an
invaluable resource for the mental health professional who is struggling to
understand self-harm and its origins.
From eating disorders to body modifications such as tattooing, Dr. Farber
explores the language of self-harm, and the translation of that language and
its psychic functions in the therapeutic setting. She tells us, "When the body
weeps tears of blood, we need to wonder what terrible sorrows cannot be
spoken."
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Hidden Self-Harm: Narratives from Psychotherapy
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Maggie Turp
Hidden Self-Harm: Narratives from Psychotherapy
by: Maggie Turp
This practical and accessible book of case studies takes a new look at
self-harm, focusing on the under-explored area of 'hidden' self-harming
behavior.
The case studies revolve around examples of low-level self-cutting,
self-hitting, eating distress and 'self-harm by omission,' including
unconsciously invited accidents and failures to 'take care' and to seek
appropriate medical care. As well as examining self-harming symptoms, the
author highlights the importance of identifying and building on the self-caring
tendency that brings the client to psychotherapy.
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Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation
by
Steven Levenkron
The author of the seminal and groundbreaking Treating and Overcoming Anorexia
Nervosa now explains the phenomena of self-mutilation, a disorder that affects
as many as two million Americans. Cutting takes the reader through the
psychological experience of the person who seeks relief from mental pain and
anguish in self-inflicted physical pain. Steven Levenkron traces the components
that predispose a personality to becoming a self-mutilator: genetics, family
experience, childhood trauma, and parental behavior.
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The Scarred Soul: Understanding & Ending Self-Inflicted Violence
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Tracy Alderman
Self-inflicted violence. Written for the victims of this addiction--and for
mental health professionals--The Scarred Soul explores the reasons behind this
behavior and shows how to overcome the psychological traps that lead to
self-destructive acts.
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