Cutting take the reader through the psycological experience of the person who seeks relief from the mental anguish in self inflicted psychical pain. He traces the components that predispose a personality to self-harm: genetic, family experience, childhood trauma, and parental behaviour. Written for self-harmers, parents, friends and workers, this book explains why the disorder manifests itself in self-harming behavior and, most of all, describes how self-harmers can be helped.
With many examples from his practice, he provides clear and comprehensive information on the causes and effective treatments of this mysterious disorder, specific advice for workers, and an encouraging sense of hope for self-harmers and their families.
A passionate book that casts much needed light on one of the darkest of family secrets: Self-harm. She not only captures the raw honesty of self-harmers themselves, but makes a connection between self-harm and child abuse. It is this telling of secrets, this sharing of the truths that is the first step in overcoming shame.
The excellently written, sensitively told account of people who self-harm is filled with riveting stories that will haunt the reader long after the last page has, been turned. Every person who has ever taken a razor to their body, along with the professionals who treat these women and men, will benifit from reading this book.
This book reveals the truth about why people self-harm, misuse food and abuse alcohol. Many sufferers voices are included. Their courage and words will offer comfort, hope amd relief to others. The important discoveries made by the author will also give those who have contact with the suffers a deeper understanding of self-harming behavior and what helps to relieve the emotional suffering.
A ground breaking book, in the subject material and presentation. It's easy to read, yet helps the reader understand the complex nature of self-harm. The life stories are authentic and incredibly moving.
This book will be of great value to anyone who is self-harming. Tracey Alderman teaches the rest of us - workers, family members and friends - how to be helpful to those who take on the task of ending the secret and the experience of feelings. The Scarred Soul is clearly written and accessible and will help people to help.
This book will bring a sigh of relief to those seeking reasonable and logical insights and solutions to the problem of self-harm. It fills a gaping void in self-help literature.
This powerful book gathers the personal testimonies of a broad range of women who self-harm. It explores the causes and effects of self-harming behaviour and offers strategies for understanding, overcoming and healing from self-harm.
Women and Self-harm is essential for any women who harms or has considered doing so, concerned family and friends and professionals in all fields where self-harm exists.
Mark Williams explores the whole issue of suicide and attempted suicide. He reviews the changing patterns of suicidal behaviour: the rapid increase in suicide in young men, its decreases in women, and the large increase in self-harm in both sexes. he discusses psychiatric factors such as depression and scizophrenia; social factors such as unemployment and isolation; and the psychological facts, such as the impaired memory of the past that prevents the person from seeing ways of coping with the present.
Informative and clearly written, this wide-ranging book is essential for health and mentel health professionals, as well as anyone seeking a greater understanding of suicidal behaviour.