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Excellent resource for Self Injury-a bit pricey, but worth it!
This book by Barent Walsh is an excellent resource for understanding the many facets of Self Injury (SI), and for being able to move beyond SI as a means of coping.It contains case studies--real life situations with a variety/diversity of ages, genders and backgrounds.Walsh writes for the clinician, but this book is a gem for those who struggle with SI and for those who want to help/treat/support those who struggle with SI.It is a mature and compassionate book.While the price may present as prohibitive (a bit pricey), it's worth every penny.The book is up-to-date, practical and proves insightful into seemingly confusing behaviors.I highly recommend this book, along with Robin Collins, Dusty Miller, et al...

Valuable resource for understanding and treating self-injury
In the first part of this accessible and comprehensive work, Barent does a sterling job of distinguishing the difference between self-injury and body alterations (tattoos, piercing, brands, etc.) and self-injury and suicide.Echoing my own view, he also presents a strong case for steering clear of suicidal language when referring to self-injury, for example, terms such as "attempted suicide," "suicidal gesture," and "parasuicide."

The main thrust of the book is on assessment and treatment of self-injury, for which Barent proposes an inspiring bio-cognitive-behavioural approach.Topics addressed in Part Two include contingency management, replacement skills training, cognitive treatment, body image work, exposure treatment and resolution of trauma, family treatment, psychopharmacological treatment, and managing the reactions of therapists and other caregivers to self-injury.

Later chapters deal with specific issues such as self-injury contagion, managing self-injury in school settings, and treating major self-injury.

Overall, Barent has done a masterful job of blending facts, theories, case examples, and practical exercises to create an engaging and thorough guide to understanding, assessment, and treatment of self-injury.This excellent resource deserves a well-earned place on the bookshelves of mental health practitioners, researchers, and anyone else interested in this challenging and complex behaviour.

Jan Sutton
Author of Healing the Hurt Within: Understand Self-Injury and Self-Harm, and Heal the Emotional Wounds

An Excellent Text For Therapists and Those Seeking Help
There are many self-help paperbacks already published on self-injury that are readable, helpful and under $15. "Treating Self-Injury" is written like a textbook but it is the most organized and comprehensive of all that I have seen. I would recommend it especially for school personnel or therapists who have little experience with "cutters" or those who cope through other forms of self-injury. The text would aid senior clinicians in intergrating various models into a coherent approach for treatment. The author wrote one of the first books that brought self-injury out of the medical closet, "Self-Mutilation: Theory, Research and Treatment" (1988).

Too many times, self-injury is confused with suicidal ideation and this book helps to dispell a lot of old myths. Mr. Walsh has done considerable research in synthesizing what has already has been written and wrote a "bill of rights for people who self-harm" against those myths. This is not a book that will be read in one sitting but one that the reader can consult and review. A more readable approach, though more narrow and less comprehensive, is "Cutting" (1999) by Steve Levonkron (as a matter of full disclosure, I once did a conference with Mr. Levenkron years ago). "A Bright Red Scream" (1998) by Marlee Strong remains the classic in this field. ... Read more

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In Scars That Wound: Scars That heal, you'll walk alongside Jackie, whose arms are marked with reminders of the painful journey she thought she had to take alone.Self-injury is inflicted to deal with stressful situations or traumatic memories; to temporarily ease fears, loneliness, and anxiety; or even as a coping mechanism to turn to again and again.There is a way out of this world of pain.Jesus truly cares-his scars prove it.He's waiting to help heal your wounds and the wounds of the people you care about. ... Read more

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Great book covering all angles
This book is great as it covers the issue of self-harm from all angles. From the perspective of the self harmer, from an external viewpoint and even gives pointers to those trying to help the self injurer. It also provides direction for holistic healing as it demonstrates God's role in the healing. Struggling with self harm myself I really appreciated that this book had raw honesty. It wasn't this fairy tale book of recovery. It was the hard slog of years of work and effort with a hope-filled ending.

Much needed resource
I've worked with teens for over two decades, and Jan Kern addresses the issue of self-injury with compassion and insight, as well as provides tangible help for the teen (or those who love them) seeks answers and help.

An Amazing Book
This book uncovers the secret world of a self-harmer that so many never know or understand. As you read you understand Jackie's pain and why she turned to cutting. I really believe this book is perfect for a self-harmer to read and find healing. God is going to use this book to help so many who struggle, parents who don't know what to do, friends that want to help, and people who just don't understand it. Buy this book for yourself and many other copies for everyone you know. Every youth pastor should read it and have all his staff read it too!! ... Read more

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Unhelpful Booklet That Oversimplifies How We Heal
As the very first Christian resource on self-injury, this booklet accomplished a lot: it brought the issue to light for Christians.As the first resource that could've set the standard and as a potential tool for healing, this booklet falls drastically short.The author writes from a biblical-counseling perspective (the perspective that thinks all the answers to all life's problems can be directly found within the pages of the Bible) and ignores decades, if not centuries, of psychological research.

While the booklet accurately assesses the reasons WHY people give for wanting to self-injure, it reduces their reasons to one: it's all about God.On some level, that may be true, but many things point directly to things in our past.Once we recognize what causes us to act in certain ways, only then can we begin utilizing God's help to overcome our faulty behaviors.And this help can come in many forms: Bible reading, medication, prayer, counseling, talking with family and friends, etc.Prayer and Bible reading are not, as the author suggests, the ONLY answer; they are a PART of the answer.

For a better introductory booklet, read "Cutting: Self-Injury and Emotional Pain" (InterVarsity Press).For full-length Christian treatments of the issue, read Jerusha Clark's "Inside a Cutter's Mind," Jan Kern's "Scars That Wound, Scars That Heal," or Marv Penner's upcoming "Hope and Healing for Kids Who Cut."

Quick Understanding of SI for Christians
This is a very brief book on Self Injury, the title a little misleading regarding pain feeling good.That part misses the point.The book does say there are many reasons why someone would choose SI as a coping mechanism.The book promotes compassion and alternative messages for Self-Injury (SI)such as :encouraging self-love, Christ-like love and utilyzing scripture for direct communication between self and God, rather than self-inflicted violence.This book is a good intro book for persons of faith who struggle with this issue; and this book can be a good book for other persons of faith who may be in a supportive role, helping friends or loved ones who struggle with SI.More needs to be written from a Christian, compassionate perspective that is more in depth.Robin Connors books and Walsh's new book on Treating Self Injury are much more thorough and better, tho without the religious perspective.

helpful overview
I found this book to be a very helpful overview of the topic.Obviously, any major problem that needs counseling is also going to need a thorough amount of research also, and this provides a very basic manual to the causes and some helps for self-injurers.

Not helpful - Non-evidenced based Christian speculation
While I have no idea of the intentions of the author, I can imagine that in the wrong context, this book could be very unhelpful for both parents and/or teens dealing with self injury issues.This a very brief (28 p) and superficial overview of this issue from a decidedly Christian perspective which ultimately associates sinful behavior of self-injury as being associated with the devil.I find such insuations to be unhelpful. ... Read more

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With the rise of self-injury in the adolescent population, counselors,psychologists, nurses, and administrators in schools and on collegecampuses have been challenged to make sense of this often misunderstoodand disturbing behavior and to respond appropriately. Having the schooland college frontline professional in mind, this book presents acompassionate and comprehensive overview of the latest theory, research,and practice regarding self-injury. It offers practical guidelines on howbest to engage and assess self-injuring individuals, and provides concrete strategies for creating effective pathways to further care. Dr. D'Onofriodiscusses the socio-cultural, developmental, and psychological factorsthat may set the stage for the emergence of self-injury, explores therelationship of acute and complex trauma to self-injury, and provides adetailed protocol for assessing self-injuring individuals in educationalsettings. He also makes recommendations for effectively engaging thefamilies, peers, teachers, and others who may have influence in the careof the self-injuring student, and proposes guidelines for developinginstitutional response policies and protocols. ... Read more

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THE Official Book on Self-Injury
There is no better book on the market on the subject of self-injury.

This work provides a well-rounded culmination of explanation, conceptualization, supportive research, and applicable tips for the frontline responder.

D'Onofrio helps us to understand the inner world of the traumatized child, who can later become the self-injuring adolescent.He articulately puts the reader in touch with the pain and complexity of sufferers and the people who surround them. Readers are provided with an opportunity to endure a mere taste of the numbness or "deadness" that often drives self-injurers to inflict pain on themselves.

The later chapters discuss how to best help self-injuring individuals through a firm stance of empathy and clear boundaries combined with useful suggestions and steps to follow so as to best support the needs of the adolescent. D'Onofrio eloquently conveys his profound expertise and understanding to all -- clinicians, parents, as well as novice learners.
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A Compassionate Guide for Parents

As a parent, what's harder to deal with than seeing your child in pain? It's especially frustrating when you feel like you've exhausted the resources you could use to help him or her stop hurting. And if your child is cutting or engaging in another form of self-injury, a behavior that you simply can't make any sense of in the first place, this feeling of helplessness can be unbearable.

This book offers you information and advice for dealing with a child who is hurting him or herself. Learn why self-injury happens, how to identify it, and how to address this sensitive topic with calm and confidence. Follow the book's clear and simple plan for communicating with your child about this problem. Connect with the best kinds of professional help to get him or her through this painful time. Above all, rely on this compassionate and clinically sound book to give you the one thing you really need when your child is in pain—hope.

· Learn about the causes and effects of self-injury · Identify the signs of self-harm · Communicate effectively with a child who is hurting him or herself · Choose the best professional help· Support your child's recovery

"When Your Child Is Cutting is an excellent resource for both parents and professionals. It presents the facts about cutting and how to manage this problem. It is written in an accessible and readable format. The book takes a good deal of the fear out of dealing with cutting behaviors and provides a needed appendix of frequently asked questions. This text is pragmatic and to the point and can be of real help to many concerned parents and health service providers." —Robert W. Motta, Ph.D., ABPP, director of the Doctoral Program in School-Community Psychology at Hofstra University ... Read more

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When Vanessa Vega would feel the darkness begin to come over her, she would do anything, hoping to escape it. Take a hot bath. Read a book. Watch TV. Talk to a friend. But then, finally, unable to fight it any longer, she would give in, head into the bathroom...and cut.

Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light is a disturbing yet ultimately redemptive and inspiring memoir of a young woman compelled to injure herself in an attempt to cope with her overwhelming feelings of anxiety in the only way she knew how. Though still unknown to many, this disorder affects an estimated one percent of the population...and is on the rise, especially among teens.

This affecting, heartwrenching book follows author Vanessa Vega's progress as she climbs her way back to emotional health and rebuilds her life. Readers will go inside the mind of a "cutter," taking the journey with her as she struggles against her exhausting and shameful secret ritual.

As Vega faces the anger and insecurity that lead to each encounter -- while working with a therapist to understand the real motivating factors behind her behavior -- Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light reveals what brings many to this disorder...and what can lead them out. With stunning insight, Vega has written a moving first-person account of self-injury, struggle, and redemption. ... Read more

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VERY TRUE
This type of therapy is exactly what you have to go through to get on the road to recovery from self injury.

deep and chocking
The author shared some really personal and shocking information, and I thought is was very interesting and informative. ... Read more

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To understand self-injury as a coping mechanism, it is often helpful to explore the feelings and issues that underlie the behavior.This book is designed to provide both information and an opportunity to think, write and draw about your experience. ... Read more

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Very Helpful
I use this workbook to aid in my own recovery from Self Mutilation.It certainly helps to see patterns of behavior and to understand them.This would be great for anyone trying to recover from this debilitating addiction.

Great
This workbook has helped me so much.It allows you to sort out and break down your feelings about SI.Working through it actually helped me to understand a lot about the reasons that I self-injure, which helps me to deal with the actual issues.It's completely nonjudgemental, but it does give alternatives to try based on the different ways you might use self-injury.I wish I could find another book as helpful as this.

Understanding Self Injury: a Workbook for Adults
Clear, concise, and nonjudgemental, with helpful exercises in examining and understanding self injury.A good way for self injurers to start examining and thinking about what they do, and a good source forprofessionals to get a feeling for what questions they could be asking, andways that they can be more supportive and helpful.Low pressure, work atyour own pace design, and useful even if using only certain sections orskipping sections one isn't prepared for yet. ... Read more

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Parents, teachers, friends, and even many clinicians are both horrified and mystified upon discovering teenagers who intentionally cut, burn, and otherwise inflict pain on themselves. Often causing permanent and extensive scarring, as well as infections, cutting is increasingly prevalent among today's youth. As many as 1 in 100 adolescents report cutting themselves, representing a growing epidemic of scarred and tormented youth, as we see in this revealing work. Author Plante explains the threat of suicide must always be carefully evaluated, although the vast majority of cutters are not in fact suicidal. Instead, cutting represents a growing teenage method for easing emotional pain and suffering. Bleeding from self-inflicted wounds not only helps to numb and vent despair, it can also be a dramatic means of communicating, controlling, and asking for help from others. In this book, Plante features the stories of self-injurers and helps the reader understand the meaning of the injuries, and how to help teens stop. This author, who is a psychologist, a parent, and a Stanford University Medical School faculty member, explains in clear detail how cutters and the adults who love them can heal the pain and stop self-injury. Plante describes the frightening developmental tasks teenagers and young adults face, and how the central challenges of the three I's (Independence, Intimacy, and Identity) compel them to cope through self-destructive acts. Readers will feel as if they are in the therapy room with Plante and these struggling teenagers as they seek to overcome their internal pain and that desperate need to cut and self-injure. ... Read more

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They cut their arms and legs with knives and razors; scratch at their skin; burn, bruise, or stick themselves with cigarettes, hammers, pins, and other objects; bang their heads and limbs; and break their own bones. Although women who live with self-injury have recently gained recognition in the media, they have, as a result, become even more stigmatized.

In this book, author Jane Wegscheider Hyman sheds light on this misunderstood condition. Fifteen women talk about their battle with self-injury and explain how and why they repeatedly and deliberately injure themselves. Most admit they do it because it makes them feel high or safe. They also describe living with ceaseless shame, secrecy, and fear of discovery which could make them unemployable and ostracized. Candidly discussing their attempted and successful recoveries, they reveal the impact living with self-injury has on their day-to-day lives--where they are competent workers, partners, friends, and mothers.

Hear the voices of these women as they speak to a public that generally sees self-injury as frightening, senseless, and repulsive. Concealing scars or other signs of injury is crucial for them and partly dictates their daily routines, choice of clothes, and the lies they tell to excuse any traces of injury. For these productive women who work outside of the home and often raise children, hiding self-injury is of paramount importance during their workdays and in their relationships with partners, families, and friends.

Hyman's approach is unique in that she not only talked to these women but also really listened to their stories--something rare in the misunderstood realm of self-injury. Professionals, perplexed by self-injury, have not always tolerated its complexity. As a result those who injure themselves have remained shrouded in secrecy, isolation, and shame--until now.

This book offers compassion as well as encouragement for recovery by making available the emotional experiences of sufferers in their own words. It is an important book for those who self-injure, their loved ones, anyone who knows of or suspects self-injury in a friend, and mental care professionals. ... Read more

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Greatly recommended - one of two best books on the topic
In this book, Jane Wegscheider Hyman interviewed fifteen women who self-injure themselves to learn more about their battle with self-injury and explain how and why they continually and intentionally injure themselves. This is a fantastic and informing piece of work. Hyman has obviously done a great deal of work over a period of time. The women talk about their pasts, reasons for their self-injury, and troubles associated with it and their hopes of recovery. Hyman is not only very educated in this field but she also is very compassionate about the women's stories and situations. This is an excellent source of information, and along with, A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain by Marilee Strong, they are the best books on the subject matter. I greatly suggest this book for those who self-injure, those who know someone who does and professionals that care for them.

Review requested: Is this written for a teen reading level?
I need a book on this topic that's written for a teen level: simple wording, not complext clincial concetps, leaning toward insights and solutions rather than research and academic data...But especially something that's not boring or written over the heads of young teens (age 14-16). Would this a good book?

HIGHLY recommended - one of the best books on the topic
As someone who has self injured for over 25 years (since age 5), this was THE book that helped me to start coming out of my denial and being able to seek help.While it can be triggering, it is outweighed by the number of "ahhhh haaa's" one get's from reading it.It was very enlightening and helped me to reduce the shame I'd experienced, enough that I could finally seek help.One thing ESPECIALLY unique about this book is that it does not limit itself to cutting and burning - it deals with all forms of self injury - something that FEW books on the topic of self injury do.If you are looking to buy just one book on the topic, let this be it...

Healing
This book has been a very healing guide for me. Not only from reading it, but also from being one of the 15 who participated in its writing. Reading back now on my own words has given me continued encouragement and hope.Jane did such a wonderful job of being a voice for me and the 14 others whointerviewed. I didn't feel like I was ever heard when I expressed myemotions, and when I expressed them through self-injury, I usually gotnegative feedback. I feel Jane has allowed me to be heard, but this time itis through feedback that has contributed to the healthy lifestyle I livewith today. God bless you Jane.

No longer alone
I respect what the previous reviewer wrote about triggering. But for me, the possibility of triggering is outweighed by the realization that I am not alone in dealing with this issue in my life. I saw real hope in thewords of women who have to a greater or lesser degree found ways tocreatively deal with lessening or eliminating self-injury in their lives. Ispent decades believing I was alone in this struggle.

If you useself-injury in your life, you will find yourself saying "She's justlike me!" countless times. Being able to do this is a greatrelief.

I learned that self-injury is in fact a creative method ofdealing with intolerable situations, and I realized that it in fact serveda valuable, LIFE SAVING purpose in my life. I know this sounds absurd topeople who cannot imagine self-injury at all, but believe me, please, it istrue. I also learned that its value to me properly diminished as I acquirednew, safer ways to deal with the overwhelming memories of my past. Thisbook, in combination with therapy, gave me ideas and tools for retiring myold, dangerous, yet valuable ways of dealing with my feelings.

Thanks toJane Wegscheider Hyman and the fifteen women she interviewed. ... Read more

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What happens when you mix a very traumatic childhood with a very fed up teen looking for a way to cope? You can create a psychopath.Cassidy was like every other normal teenager, except for a few major things. She was neglected by her mother, ill-treated by her father, alienated by her peers, and had a rather gruesome way of dealing with displacement issues.Cassidy’s only friends were in her ant farm until she is befriended by a young, eccentric, witty Anna. And a handsome, confident, knowledgeable Jonathan; who initially set out to help her and support her. Cassidy’s trust issues starts to interfere with her friendship, and suddenly her routine way of coping with pain begins to manifest into something much more disturbing and horrid.Follow Cassidy through her bizarre tunnel of illusions and nightmares, to a place not many people are familiar with . . . The dissociative mind. ... Read more

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Can you imagine cutting away bits of wrist skin with a toenail clipper until it meets the tender sheath of the vein? Alysa Phillips can. This young author, who became entangled with a menacing boyfriend, his cult-leader father, and the deranged vagabond who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart, helps us understand such bizarre acts of harm to one s own body. Growing up in a conventional Utah town with an exacting father who even counts the family's food, she later becomes involved with a polygamous cult and tries to cope with her various traumas through self-mutilation.You can check out a video intro to the book at: http://blip.tv/file/213649 ... Read more

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Reviewed by Barb Radmore
Sometimes a book is born from a creative need, from a story caught in a head, a fantasy world that needs to be released. Sometimes a book comes from facts to be taught or a point to be made. And sometimes, every once in a while, a book is born from bravery.These are books that exemplify the power of words, of the sharing of an experience to both release and capture. These are the books that hug our hearts, embrace our souls and make us human. Stranger in my Skin is such a book.

Stranger in my Skin weaves it way through the life of a young woman. Back and forth through time and place Alysa Philips shares the story ofher battle for survival. As the child of a Mormon family with a strict, harsh father and yielding mother she grew up in an environment she describes in terms that seem both commonplace and extreme. Her father counts the food his family eats and the gas they use with no exceptions.Her mother accepts this and adds her own brand of rigidity. It is from this background that she meets Joel, the man who will come to haunt her every minute for, what seems like now, forever. Joel is the son of a self identified doctor- a man who believes God has shared only with him the secrets to cure all disease. He uses his sons to help sell this idea of lymphnogenesis (not the real name) . His fervor forms the cult that entraps Alysa into a life of starvation, violence and rigidity.

Joel convinces her that she is ugly, unacceptable and unwanted. He and his cult family control every move of Alysa Her mother refuses to speak to her, "Instead, she emailed me or copied inspirational thoughts and scriptures onto pink cards, decorated them with stickers and left them in my shoes, under my pillow, or in my backpack. Her small notes added pounds to my backpack after I found them, but I never had the courage to throw them away."Alysa is alone to cope with the overwhelming stress of trying to measure up to the impossible as judged by the immovable.Her mother, doctors and teachers all ignore the obvious resluts of this strain, the bruises and cuts.With more strength than she ever gives herself credit for in this memoir, Alysa is able to leave Joel. Even though he continues to contact her and tries to see her, she is able to stay away. She begins a series of moves as she looks for a place that will be the answer to her search for relief, small town Arizona to Alaska and back.But the pain follows at every step in her journey; it can not be left behind.

This pain and fear in her life oozes out in the blood of her body as she self-injures. She explains she has "cut, burned, gouged and otherwise mutilated more than two hundred times."This is a powerful look at the world that engulfs her in confusion and panic. As she attempts to find out how to cope in a world seems to ignore her drowning, self mutilation becomes her tool for survival. In graphic descriptions Alysa Phillips has the courage to share her struggle though the fog and terror.

The poignant chapter, Afterword, gives a glimpse into the present, the world that still engulfs Alysa today as she tries to organize the past. The realization that she lived in the same cult with the nomadic pair David and Elidah- who becomes the infamous pair that kidnapped and held Elizabeth Smart- is a hard fact for the reader . It is interesting that Alysa does not use any of the true names of the cult or cult members to avoid a potential legal issue, which is telling in itself. The world protects the abusers but at what price to their victims, both past and future.

This book is a triumphant gift that shares its questions and fears with us. It will find its way to those who will see themselves in its pages, those that will find solace through familiarity. Self-mutilation, self-injury is no longer a hidden secret, Alysa Phillips has brought it from darkness to the front and center of society's consciousness.And in the glaring daylight it can be faced.

Gripping Work of Emotional Honesty
As a somewhat-former cutter, I've read all (that I know of) the available memoirs about cutting, and this one is probably the best.The author describes vividly the feelings that have led her to cut, and I found that her words mirrored my own feelings and experiences.In addition, Alysa is just generally a great writer, putting phrases together beautifully and elegantly.It's a pleasure to read well-written literary nonfiction, even if the topic is a difficult one.

I would recommend this book for people who've come from rigid backgrounds and struggle with cutting.You'll see yourself often in the book.As always, of course, make sure you're in a safe place when you read the book in case you find parts of it triggering.I would also recommend this book for those who want to understand the people they love or care about who struggle with cutting.

Although the author doesn't offer a perfect, neat and tidy ending (is that kind of ending even real, anyway?), she does offer solidarity and hope that we all can begin to make better choices that lead us away from the pain we've been unwittingly subjected to.

An emotionally overwhelming testimony that cannot be put down.
Stranger In My Skin is the true-life memoir of author Alysa Phillips, whose adolescence in a conventional Utah town turned dark and oppressive due to her controlling father and her involvement with a threatening boyfriend and his cult-leader father. The physical, sexual, and emotional abuse she suffered in her childhood left long lasting scars that simple "geographic cures" of moving herself from one place to another could not heal. Post-traumatic stress syndrome from the horrors she experienced drove her to mutilate herself and attempt suicide. Her survivor's story of a long, slow struggle toward the semblance of a normal life is an emotionally overwhelming testimony that cannot be put down. ... Read more

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What happens when you mix a very traumatic childhood with a very fed up teen looking for a way to cope? You can create a psychopath.

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The Sky is Falling...but it's a good thing!
This book was much different than the writer's previous titles.Instead of a fun atmosphere with a little dramatic spice, this story is filled with mystery, intrigue, and childhood morality.It has been a little over a year after reading "Threes a Crowd" and this story was a 180 from what the reader would expect, however, that is a good thing!

The Story -

The story was a rollercoaster of excitement and dramatic experiences for the characters.The author expertly intertwines fiction and real life experiences that are relatable to youth and old alike.

The Characters -

The characters come to life.This is a commonality between the author's books and is strong, if not stronger, than her previous works.Each of the characters faces their own personal dilemmas and is artfully rendered realistically.

The Plot -

I wont ruin the plot for you, but I guarantee that it is packed full of twists, turns, and surprises that you don't want to miss.

Enjoyment -

It's not a very long book so it won't take you more than two weeks to read over it, but you'll be like everyone else I have spoke to and want more of it.Just like you've been wanting more Threes a Crowd, your going to want another sequel to this book.So many questions are unanswered, so many mysteries still remain...your going to be craving for another book!

Final Judgment -

Give it a try!It's for mostly aimed towards teens, however, adults would like this book a lot.I think the book not only has entertainment value, but also has a wealth of resources for friends, family, or victims to self abuse and domestic abuse.
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This digital document is an article from Journal of School Health, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2007. The length of the article is 5874 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Keywords: self-injury; adolescent health; school counselors; mental health.

Citation Details
Title: School counselors and student self-injury.(Research Article)
Author: Susan Roberts-Dobie
Publication: Journal of School Health (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 77Issue: 5Page: 257(8)

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Foreword by Tracy Alderman

The release of this second edition of HTHW could not be more timely.Since the release of the first edition in 1999, we have seen more and more people who are hurting and who are hurting themselves.We have also witnessed an increase in the media attention focused on self-injury; media attention which sometimes sensationalizes this behavior at the cost of accuracy.If we were to believe much of what the media presents, there is a self-injury epidemic infecting our youth, for which there is no cure or prevention (or cause, in many cases).With PR like this, no wonder people react poorly when they hear about self-injury!In HTHW, Jan has done an outstanding job of correcting the media misinformation and showing self-injury for what it is: a method of coping for people who are in emotional distress.Jan clarifies many of the myths and misconceptions surrounding this behavior, helping to reduce the stigma attached to self-injury.

Drawing from her decades of experience as a counselor, trainer, and author, Jan utilizes a variety of sources of information to assist in reinforcing her points.In this book you will read some of the most current research from noted experts in the field of self-injury.Also, the case studies and session transcripts that Jan presents will keep you mesmerized.These courageous individuals allow you to join them in their difficult journeys from hurting and self-injury to healing and health.Finally, Jan lets those who are self-injuring speak for themselves, devoting an entire section to their creative works.

Not being one to shy away from controversial issues, Jan tackles the difficult topic of recovered versus "false" memories.In HTHW, Jan clarifies the way in which self-injury, dissociation, and recovered memories are intertwined, leading to the return of traumatic memories in later life.You'll also see the traumatic effects of rediscovering these memories only to be told by a mental health professional that they're "false" or created.Jan also provides strategies for mental health workers to ensure that they work effectively with their clients so as to not risk allegations of creating "false" memories.

Amazingly enough, many people still view self-injury as the same thing as suicide.While self-injury is usually done to help a person cope and get through a difficult situation (a life-sustaining behavior), suicide is performed as a way of ending life.Although this would seem clear enough, I can't tell you the number of professionals that are unaware of this distinction.Jan helps to allay this confusion and distinguish the differences between these two behaviors.Additionally, Jan provides a comprehensive list of self-harming behaviors and presents a viable definition of self-harm.

HTHW is a book for anyone who has ever dealt with self-injury on any level or even wondered about it.The inclusion of an enormous resource section, tips on healing, and even strategies for therapists to implement, makes this a truly comprehensive and useful book.But perhaps the most important function of HTHW is that it offers hope and help to those who are hurting.

Tracy Alderman, Ph.D. Author of The Scarred Soul: Understanding and Ending Self-Inflicted ViolenceCo-Author of Amongst Ourselves:A Self-Help Guide to Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder ... Read more

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Jan Sutton's Second Edition
Jan Sutton has been a leading advocate for better understanding and treatment of self-injury. She maintains two websites in the U.K. that provide many helpful suggestions and also assist caregivers. The second edition of this book has an attractive cover consisting of artwork by a self-injurer in recovery. Beyond the cover, the book clearly differentiates suicide from self-injury. It also provides many useful suggestions as to how to overcome self-injury. The book is informal in style and is unique in that it gives an equal voice to self-injurers themselves. The book is interspersed with many autobiographical statements, poems, and artwork from self-injurers. Jan Sutton's compassion and respect for self-injurers is clear throughout the book.

I highly recommend this book for self-injurers, their significant others, and helping professionals.

Barent Walsh, Ph.D.
Author of "Treating Self-Injury: A Practical Guide." ... Read more

Book Description
Body Mechanics for Manual Therapists assists manual therapists of all kinds, especially massage therapists, to avoid repetitive-use injuries and develop sound and effective body mechanics. An easy-to-read text that emphasizes body awareness and provides function-specific body mechanics skills that can be integrated into all types of manual therapy.Allows manual therapists to become pro-active in fostering self-care and preventing occupational injury and burnout.

Key Features:
*Clearly stated and detailed information about the use of the body in all styles of manual therapy activities, including standing, sitting, bending, lifting, pushing and pulling and applying pressure:
*48 partner and self-discovery lessons that lead step-by-step through the proper movement of sound body mechanics for all manual therapy techniques;
*480 illustrations that show detailed, clear examples of each concept and of the elements of each lesson;
*Each chapter is dedicated to fostering self-care and teaching new and innovative ways to prevent pain in all parts of the body, including the neck, hands, wrists and knees…and more! ... Read more

Customer Reviews (18)

A new approach
I just heard this author speak at a teacher's conference. The material presented was excellent, and reflected the fresh and new approach of this book. I am so pleased that finally there is a book that treats the subject of body mechanics in a functional and practical way. This book is exactly what our profession has been waiting for. Buy it and enjoy!

The Best
If you are a massage student, therapist, or teacher of massage therapy, you should buy this book. It's the best book written on body mechanics. It provides all the information needed to sustain a healthy massage career. The burn-out rate for massage therapists is too short; this book will help to eliminate it.

A Gem
I've been teaching massage for over 15 years, and in all that time I've never come across such a wonderful book on body mechanics. This book is a gem. As a teacher I find its content up-to-date and concise. The photos are clear, the exercises are brilliant, and the tips for students are an extra bonus. My students have learned an incredible amount from this book, and I see it in their work with each other. I wouldn't be without this book in the classroom, and my students will be so thankful for it after they graduate.

The Best
I was recently at a massage convention. This book was by far the best one there on the subject of body mechanics. Its functional approach, illustrations, layout, and overall format not only make it easy to use, but a pleasure as well. All others fail to brighten up an otherwise historically dry subject. It will relight your fire and renew your, perhaps neglected, promise of self-care!

Save Your Body Now!
If you are a therapist, of any kind, you must buy this book. I use mine almost everyday to help keep myself injury free - and so far, so good. I also use the "client education tips" regularly to education my clients. The book also has helpful "practice tips" which help me to remember good body mechanics when at the table. I love this book - so will you! ... Read more

Book Description
This digital document is an article from Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2006. The length of the article is 6496 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Mindful parenting decreases aggression, noncompliance, and self-injury in children with autism.
Author: Nirbhay N. Singh
Publication: Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 14Issue: 3Page: 169(9)

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Book Description
What is self-injury?Why would people deliberately hurt themselves?Why can't they stop?What can I do to help?These questions are asked and answered in Secret Scars, a revealing look at the addiction of self-injury.Self-injury is one of the fastest growing health problems among teenage girls today.Despite its prevalence, however, self-injury remains a behavior shrouded in mystery and misconceptions.Secret Scars is a groundbreaking book that demystifies self-injury by explaining it as an addiction.The author takes both an engaging and scholarly approach to help the reader understand the dynamics involved in self-injury.Not only does Turner share case histories and her personal struggle as a former self-injurer, she backs it up by citing studies, research findings, and clinical outcomes.Features defines self-injury as a treatable addictive disorder an important resource for parents, educators, and mental health professionals authoritative and accessible information about a growing health concern personal stories validate experiences and concerns of readers V.J.Turner is a pseudonym for a licensed clinical psychologist whose academic credentials include a Ph.D. and a post-doctorate fellowship.She has many years of experience working therapeutically with adolescents and patients with addictive disorders.She has written and published extensively, including academic journal articles, books, and assessment instruments in the field of psychology.She has had firsthand experience with self-injury before successfully recovering over seven years ago. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Somewhat Helpful!
I am a practicing mental health therapist.I deal with adults and adolescence that have a history of or are currently dealing with self injury.This book offered some good insight into self injury and treatment options/tips when dealing with a person who self injurers.I was somewhat disappointed in the lengthy explanation of all the disorders.However, I am reading this book from a therapist point of view and not a person who is trying to recover.

Overall; I felt this book had some good insight but would have liked more focus on the treatment and outcome rather than the different types of disorders.
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Too Religious
This is a good book, but it has too many references to God in it.Just about every page talks about God.If you are not a religious person, and think you can ignore all the religious references, by all means by the book and read it.

Couldn't put it down
This is an amazing story of God's love and human perseverance.I sat down just to look through the book "for a minute" and 2 hours later I was still reading.This book will inspire you!

Inspiring
With one brief phone call, Judy Martin-Urban's life changed forever. Her deeply personal portrayal of the complexity of mourning her grandson while remaining hopeful of her daughter's survival and recovery will touch everyone who reads it. Judy openly acknowledges all of her conflicting emotions surrounding the car accident. Her honest discussion of the accident itself and the devastation that resulted underscores the fact that one choice can change an entire family forever. It took a great deal of courage and faith to share her family so publicly. The book is enhanced by Courtney's description of recovering from traumatic brain injury. It is an effective juxtaposition to read the account from the mother/grandmother and then to read how it feels from Courtney's point of view. This book should be in every traumatic brain injury recovery center and support group library. ... Read more

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Aging warrior lives to play another day.
An excellent reference guide for sports related and everyday injuries. Rather than hand my wallet over to chiropractors I have used this guide to heal myself to health by doing the simple exercises as illustrated in thediagrams. All parts of the body are covered. A must for all gracefullyaging jocks and jockettes! ... Read more