“This book is for you – if you self-harm or feel at risk from self-harm. By self-harm we mean any activity that you do to yourself that is not kind or hurts yourself. For many people this is cutting, burning, overdosing, alcohol – but it…
Category: Self-harm
Self Harm – Distraction Techniques & Alternative Coping Strategies
Below are several booklets which outline distraction techniques and alternative coping strategies to self-harm. View/download View/download View/download View/download View/download
Calm Harm – Mobile App to manage self-harming
Calm Harm provides tasks that help you resist or manage the urge to self-harm and it’s completely private and password protected. What does it do? The four categories of tasks target the main reasons for why people self harm: Distract helps to combat the urge by…
Coping with self-harm: A Guide for Parents and Carers
The guide provides information for parents and families about self-harm and its causes and effects. It is based on current research on self-harm and on the interviews with parents whose children self-harmed. It contains quotes from them with advice for other parents as well as…
Understanding self-harm booklet
This booklet is for anyone who self-harms, and their friends and family. It explains what self-harm is, the reasons for it and how to go about making changes. It includes self-help ideas and information about other forms of support. Contents What is self-harm? Why do people harm themselves? How…