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Treating Self-Injury: A Practical Guide
This trusted practitioner resource is acclaimed for its clear, compassionate, and hopeful approach to working with clients who self-injure. Barent Walsh provides current, evidence-based knowledge about the variety and causes of self-injurious behavior, its relationship to suicidality, and how to assess and treat it effectively. Illustrated with detailed case examples, chapters review a wide range of cognitive-behavioral interventions. Essential guidance is provided on tailoring the intensity of intervention to each client's unique needs. Walsh is joined by several colleagues who have contributed chapters in their respective areas of expertise. Reproducible assessment tools and handouts can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
New to This Edition *Incorporates up-to-date research and clinical advances. *Now uses a stepped-care framework to match interventions to client needs. *Chapters on the relationship between suicide and self-injury, formal assessment, family therapy, and residential treatment for adolescents. *Special-topic chapters on the "choking game," foreign body ingestion, multiple self-harm behaviors, and self-injury in correctional settings.
New to This Edition *Incorporates up-to-date research and clinical advances. *Now uses a stepped-care framework to match interventions to client needs. *Chapters on the relationship between suicide and self-injury, formal assessment, family therapy, and residential treatment for adolescents. *Special-topic chapters on the "choking game," foreign body ingestion, multiple self-harm behaviors, and self-injury in correctional settings.
413 pages, Hardcover
Published July 1, 2012
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December 16, 2018
This book details all aspects of self-injury, from different types, motivations, and triggers to scientific dissections, case studies and treatments. The language is common enough for laypeople but doesn't dumb it down. Wonderful both for research and helping those who self-harm.
July 9, 2008
Dry & textbook-y (as expected), but very informative. Good, detailed interventions given.
October 17, 2014
Best book regarding self-injury so far.
May 10, 2024
love this book, I’m writing an essay about wound care in the context of deliberate self harm and this book is a godsend for many aspects of self injury. Amazing that I could access it freely on the internet archive also. I can see myself coming back to this book many times throughout my career. recommend.
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