Non-Suicidal Self Injury

Parenting Strategies and Self-Injury

• Information for parents: What you need to know 

• Dealing with power struggles

• Family policies: Safety concerns and contracts

• For parents: the importance of self-care

• Positive communication strategies.

• Respectful curiosity

• Telling family and friends

• Understanding and using the stages of change model

• How does self-injury change feelings?

• What is the link? The relationship between non-suicidal self-injury and social media

People Who Self-Injure

• What is self-injury

• 15 Misconceptions 

• Coping: Stress management strategies 

• Distraction techniques and alternative coping strategies

• Finding your voice: Talking about self-injury

• Wounds heal but scars remain: Responding when someone notices and asks about your past self-injury

• Recovering from self-injury

• Therapy: Myths and misconceptions 

• Therapy: What to expect

• Understanding and using the stages of change to assess your own progress (for individuals who self-injure)

• How does self-injury change feelings?

• Reaching out for help: Talking about ongoing self-injury

• What’s the relationship? Non-suicidal self-injury and eating disorders 

• The relationship between non-suicidal self-injury and suicide

• What role do emotions play in non-suicidal self-injury?

• What is emotion regulation and how do we do it?

• What is the link? The relationship between non-suicidal self-injury and social media

Friends

• How can I help a friend who self-injures? 

• 15 Misconceptions 

• Self-injury in the media

• Respectful curiosity 

Coping

• Coping: Stress management strategies

• Distraction techniques and alternative coping strategies

• Finding your voice: Talking about self-injury

• Telling family and friends

• What is emotion regulation and how do we do it?

Resources:

• Helping Teens Who Cut by Dr. Michael Hollander