Women Who Hurt Themselves
Title | Women Who Hurt Themselves PDF eBook |
Author | Dusty Miller |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2005-07-06 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9780465045877 |
Many books have described victims of rape and battering, but scant attention has been paid to another form of harm increasingly common among women. Here at last is a book that provides help for the thousands of women who secretly inflict violence on themselves. Filled with moving stories, this powerful and compassionate book is the first to focus on women who harm themselves through self-mutilation, compulsive cosmetic surgeries, eating disorders, and other forms of chronic injury to the body.
Women Who Hurt Themselves
Title | Women Who Hurt Themselves PDF eBook |
Author | Dusty Miller |
Publisher | |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2011-08 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781437978629 |
Filled with moving stories, this powerful and compassionate book was the first to focus on women who harm themselves through self-mutilation, compulsive cosmetic surgeries, eating disorders, and other forms of chronic injury to the body. In an insightful introduction to this 10th anniversary edition, Miller updates the research and discusses what self-harming women and abuse survivors have known all along: that self-injury activates endorphins that actually calm the psychic pain of old wounds. It is a coping mechanism that unfortunately works all too well to ease the distress of early trauma. Miller describes the treatments geared to this perspective and offers hope and understanding to the women themselves and to those who care for them.
Women Who Hurt Themselves
Title | Women Who Hurt Themselves PDF eBook |
Author | Dusty Miller |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1995-04-20 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9780465092192 |
Many books have described victims of rape and battering, but scant attention has been paid to another form of harm increasingly common among women. Here at last is a book that provides help for the th
Women Living With Self-Injury
Title | Women Living With Self-Injury PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Hyman |
Publisher | Temple University Press |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2010-06-17 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 1439905932 |
A compassionate view of a stigmatized condition.
Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
Title | Nonsuicidal Self-Injury PDF eBook |
Author | E. David Klonsky |
Publisher | Hogrefe Publishing GmbH |
Pages | 99 |
Release | 2011-01-01 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 161676337X |
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a baffling, troubling, and hard to treat phenomenon that has increased markedly in recent years. Key issues in diagnosing and treating NSSI adequately include differentiating it from attempted suicide and other mental disorders, as well as understanding the motivations for self-injury and the context in which it occurs. This accessible and practical book provides therapists and students with a clear understanding of these key issues, as well as of suitable assessment techniques. It then goes on to delineate research-informed treatment approaches for NSSI, with an emphasis on functional assessment, emotion regulation, and problem solving, including motivational interviewing, interpersonal skills, CBT, DBT, behavioral management strategies, delay behaviors, exercise, family therapy, risk management, and medication, as well as how to successfully combine methods.
Superficial Self-harm Behavior
Title | Superficial Self-harm Behavior PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Ryan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 57 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Electronic dissertations |
ISBN |
Roughly 1 to 4% of the population engages in self-harm. Superficial self-harm is reported by more young women, than young men. Appropriate responses from family, friends, and other important individuals are a key ingredient in facilitating recovery. Non-therapists, such as family, friends, and school personnel often wish to assist young women who self-harm, but the problem is complex and they are often unsure of how to respond. Current studies primarily focus on the clinical interventions for self-harm, while very few have investigated the perspectives of the individuals who self-harm. This study investigated the perspectives of young women who self-harm in terms of who and what they perceive as helpful when attempting to deal with and/or reduce their self-harming behaviors. Results revealed that participants perceive their friends as the most helpful group. The most preferred helping behaviors included the following: having someone acknowledge the severity of their distress; talking about self-harm with someone who is nonjudgmental and lets them verbalize their feelings; and knowing someone is available.
Women Who Love Too Much
Title | Women Who Love Too Much PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Norwood |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 355 |
Release | 2008-04-08 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 1416550216 |
Discusses "loving too much" as a pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors which certain women develop as a reponse to various problems in their family backgrounds.