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Safe with Self-Injury: A practical guide to understanding, responding and harm-reduction - Softcover
Synopsis
Written in a clear and accessible manner for professionals or non-professional carers this book includes chapters on: the facts and misconceptions about self-injury; understanding self-injury in the context of human embodiment and a social-model approach to distress and illness; exploring practical strategies for responding in meaningful ways including using creative practices and harm-reduction; a clear guide to producing a harm-reduction.
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About the Author
Dr Kay Inckle is a course convener in the sociology of health and medicine at the London School of Economics and Political Science. For a number of years she worked as a service-provider in a range of health and social care contexts supporting both adults and young people, and these experiences inspired her PhD and post-doctoral research. From 2009-2012 she ran a self-injury training service which specialized in delivering programmes based on a holistic and harm-reduction approach to self-injury. She remains passionate about transforming attitudes and practice around self-injury and she has a number of publications in the field including her previous book with PCCS books "Flesh Wounds? New Ways of Understanding Self-Injury".
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