When Teens Self-Harm How Parents, Teachers and Professionals Can Provide Calm and Compassionate Support

When Teens Self-Harm
How Parents, Teachers and Professionals Can Provide Calm and Compassionate Support

By: Monika Parkinson, Lucy Willetts, Kerstin Thirlwall

Supporting teens who self-harm can be stressful, with panic and anxiety muddying the waters and making it difficult to know how to respond. How do you help? What if you make it worse?

This book guides you through the potential reasons for self-harming behaviour, helping you to respond with compassion and support. Quotes from young people who self-harm give insight into the mindset behind the behaviour, while expert guidance gives you the tools to help. Advice on regulating your own emotions, combined with a better understanding of why teens self-harm, allows you to provide a safe, nurturing environment to support your young person and reduce their self-harming behaviour.

Grounded in the authors' extensive clinical experience in young people's mental health, this book guides you out of panic mode to create a secure, validating environment for teens who self-harm.

Industry Reviews
This book provides a much needed, helpful and very accessible guide to understanding and supporting young people who are struggling with self-harm. The authors take a thoughtful, calm and practical approach to managing self harm which I think is very helpful for both parents and professionals. -- Dr Cyra Neave, Clinical Psychologist
Deals calmly, compassionately and confidently with a subject that could touch anyone's life. Each chapter contains helpful summaries, strategies and ways forward. A book that is full of hope. Essential reading for the teaching profession. -- Louise Robinson, 38 years of teaching experience

Paperback-112 pages