Flesh wounds: new ways of understanding self-injury
- Author:
- INCKLE Kay
- Publisher:
- PCCS Books
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 243p.
- Place of publication:
- Ross-on-Wye
This book, which is written around a collection of research-based life-stories, aims to help the reader understand how people might begin to self-harm and the impact their behaviour has on their family, friends and carers. The author does not shy away from dealing with the personal distress involved and describes methods of self-harm in sometimes graphic detail. The stories challenge the stigmatising view of self-injury as something ‘mad’ or ‘bad’ to be prevented at all costs. They highlight the importance of understanding the complexity of each individual and their relationship with self-injury alongside practices which offer acceptance and support across the breadth and depth of someone’s needs. The book explores the meaning and purpose of self-injury in an individual’s life; the experiences that might lead to self-injury; and which approaches and responses to self-injury are helpful and which are not. It is intended to be a resource for people who hurt themselves and for those who live and work with them. Help and support organisations are listed at the end of each chapter.
- Subject terms:
- psychotherapy, self-harm, stereotyped attitudes, case studies;
- Content type:
- practice example
- ISBN print:
- 978 1 906254 29 2