Freedom From Self-Harm

Name: Freedom From Self-Harm
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SKU: 9781572246164
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Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills from DBT and Other Treatments

By Alexander L. Chapman, PhD, RPsych and Kim L. Gratz, PhD

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Freedom From Self-Harm offers a compassionate and practical approach to overcoming self-injury, a behaviour often accompanied by secrecy and shame. It provides clear facts, dispels common myths, and introduces self-soothing techniques to regulate overwhelming emotions. The book includes self-assessment worksheets, advice on seeking professional help, and information on effective therapies and medications, drawing from dialectical behaviour therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy.
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This book is ideal for individuals struggling with self-harm who are seeking healthy coping strategies, as well as for mental health professionals looking for comprehensive therapeutic tools.

In Freedom from Self-Harm, two psychologists specializing in self-injury treatment present a program based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for overcoming cutting and other self-harming behaviors. Readers learn coping skills for handling difficult emotions and urges to injure themselves.

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Self-injury can be as addictive as any drug, and the secrecy and shame many sufferers feel about this behavior can keep them feeling trapped. But if you're ready to replace self-harm with a set of healthy coping skills, this compassionate and practical book can help. This complete guide to stopping self-injury gives you the facts about self-harm, corrects common myths about this behavior, and provides self-soothing techniques you can begin using right away for regulating difficult or overwhelming emotions.

Freedom from Self-Harm also includes self-assessment worksheets, guidance for seeking professional help, and information about the most effective therapies and medications. Drawn from treatments such as dialectical behavior therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy, the tools in this book can help you cope with your emotions whenever you feel the urge to self-harm.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781572246164

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 May 2009

Country: United States

Imprint: New Harbinger Publications

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 380g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Alexander L. Chapman, PhD, RPsych, is professor, director of clinical training, and coordinator of the clinical science area in the psychology department at Simon Fraser University in Canada, as well as a registered psychologist and president of the DBT Centre of Vancouver. Chapman directs the Personality and Emotion Research Lab, where he studies the role of emotion regulation in borderline personality disorder (BPD), self-harm, impulsivity, as well as other related issues. His research has been funded by major grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Chapman has received the Young Investigator's Award from the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEABPD), the Canadian Psychological Association's Scientist Practitioner Early Career Award, and a Career Investigator award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. Chapman has coauthored twelve books for consumers and clinicians. Board certified in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) (Canadian Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) (DBT-Linehan Board of Certification), Chapman cofounded a psychology practice focused on DBT, and regularly gives workshops and presentations to clinicians and community groups both nationally and internationally. He also has been practicing martial arts and mindfulness meditation for many years, and enjoys cooking, reading, outdoor activities, and spending time with his family. Kim L. Gratz, PhD, is a senior clinical quality manager and clinical lead of the dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) program at Lyra Health. She has received multiple awards for her research on emotion regulation, personality disorders, and self-injury; and has authored several books on borderline personality disorder (BPD), self-injury, and DBT.