Imagine being asked to give up the most effective strategy you have for coping with stressful situations... this is often what it can feel like to people trying to give up self-harm.
In this episode, Dr Lucy Maddox talks to Jane, who first used self-harm when she was 14, and Dr Lucy Taylor, who works with young people to try to overcome self-harm.
This episode contains discussion about self-harm and reference to suicide.
Show Notes
Books
Cutting Down by Lucy Taylor, Mima Simic, & Ulrike Schmidt
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cutting-Down-workbook-treating-self-harm/dp/0415624533
Websites
www.cbtregister.uk for a list of BABCP accredited therapists
https://youngminds.org.uk/ for resources for parents and children about self harm
https://www.minded.org.uk/ for resources on child and adolescent mental health and development
www.babcp.com for more CBT resources
You can also listen to our podcast on Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, or DBT, for more on a different approach to self harming.
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