
When Teens Self-Harm
how parents, teachers and professionals can provide calm and compassionate support
$40.55
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
20 March 2024
Summary
Understanding and Supporting Teens Who Self-Harm: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839975967 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1839975962 |
| Author: | Monika Parkinson, Lucy Willetts, Kerstin Thirlwall |
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Imprint: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 20 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 127g |
| Dimensions: | 396mm x 138mm x 14mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
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 PsychologistDeals 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
Praise for Free From Panic:This is a vital read for humanity. We all need to understand stress, how it shows up and what happens if left unattended. These pages offer insight, revelation and provide useful tools to create equilibrium again.
– Katy Appleton, author of The Business of Yoga and founder of appleyogaPraise for Free From Panic:The authors have combined their extensive clinical expertise with the latest research evidence to produce this easy to read, engaging self-help book for any young person who is experiencing panic symptoms/panic attacks. Full of straight forward information, practical tips, and exercises, this book will help young people feel empowered to understand and manage their panic and anxiety so that they can once again start to live their lives to the full. A must have resource for young people and any parents/carers and professionals supporting them.
– Dr Sarah Cook, Clinical PsychologistPraise for Free From Panic:This is a lovely, reassuring book for young people, full of practical, creative and kind suggestions. Crucially, it helps to normalise the experience of panic & gives hope that it is possible to live a better life, free from panic.
– Dr Emily Nobes, Clinical Psychologist, DClinPsych, CPsycholAbout The Author
Monika Parkinson
Monika Parkinson (Author) Dr Monika Parkinson is a clinical psychologist and researcher. She is co-author of Am I Depressed and What Can I Do About It?, Teenage Depression - A CBT Guide for Parents, Parent-led CBT for Child Anxiety, and Free From Panic.
Lucy Willetts (Author) Dr Lucy Willetts is a clinical psychologist working in private practice. She is co-author of Can I Tell You About Anxiety?, Overcoming Your Child’s Fears and Worries, Parent-led CBT for Child Anxiety, and Free From Panic.
Kerstin Thirlwall (Author) Dr Kerstin Thirlwall is a clinical psychologist working in private practice. She is co-author of Parent-led CBT for Child Anxiety and Free From Panic.
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