1st Edition
Self-Harm in Adolescents Understanding and Supporting the Cessation of Self-Harming Behaviour
1. Defining Self-Harm
2. Understanding and Treating Self-Harm
3. Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Self-Harm Amongst Adolescents
4. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Adolescent Self-Harm Reduction and Cessation
5. Systemic Input for Adolescents who Self-Harm
6. Menatlisation-Based Approach to Adolescent Self-Harm Cessation
7. Case Study 1 – ‘Lola’
8. Case Study 2 – ‘Myrna’
9. Case Study 3 – ‘Neekita’
10. Case Study 4 – ‘Stella’
11. Case Study 5 – ‘Yasna’
12. Research on female adolescent self-harm cessation
13. How Does Social Media Contribute to or Hinder Female Adolescents’ Lived Experience of Self-Harm?
Biography
Helen Holmes is a Clinical Director with over 35 years’ experience working in education and hospital mental health settings. Trained and qualified in multiple therapy modalities, Child and Family, Autism and ADHD Assessment, Clinical Supervision and Mediation.
‘Helen Holmes’ book provides a timely guide to how to support young people who are self-harming. Fully informed by the latest research, the book draws on a range of theoretical perspectives, and includes a number of powerful case studies, to provide the reader with both an understanding, and practical advice, on how best to support young people.’
Nick Midgley, PhD, Professor of Psychological Therapies with Children and Young People, Anna Freud and UCL, London, UK‘This book will be of great interest to anyone who has lived experience of self-harm in adolescence and also to those professionals, guardians and parents who sometimes struggle to know how best to help. It offers a comprehensive review of both theories of why young people self-harm, and the evidence base for different kinds of treatment. But most importantly, it offers a message of hope and optimism to young people who often feel stigmatised and rejected by services.’
Dr. Gwen Adshead, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Broadmoor Hospital‘This is an extraordinarily well thought-through discussion of the rising rates of self-harm in adolescents, both causes and approaches to help. Helen Holmes has worked hard to document all the details of growing up into an individual in a society that homogenises us and exploits us. Self-harm is a scream to society as well as to one’s own self. This is a go-to book for parents, schools and helping agencies.’
R. D. Hinshelwood, Fellow British Psychoanalytic Society, Professor Emeritus, University of Essex, UK
