Self injury
Develop understanding of self-injury and identify helpful responses to working with individuals who self-injure.
This is available as a 1/2 or 1 day in house-course (we come to you).
Develop understanding of self-harm / self-injury as a spectrum of behaviours, the reasons why someone may use self-injury and the challenges for support.
Drawing on the views of people who use self-harm and up to date evidenced based guidance, participants gain information about the needs of people who self-injure and helpful responses and consider self-help strategies that can enable someone to improve their emotional wellbeing.
Also currently available (online for teams).
Course aims
To increase participant’s understanding of self-injury and identify helpful responses to working with individuals who self-injure
Course objectives
By the end of the course participants will have had opportunities to:
- Consider self-harm / self-injury as a spectrum of behaviours
- Explore challenges for staff when providing support
- Understand the reasons why someone may use self-injury
- Gain information about the needs of people who self-injure and helpful responses, drawing on the views of people who use self-harm and up to date evidenced based guidance
- Consider self-help strategies that can enable someone to improve their emotional wellbeing
Venue info:
In-house courses (we come to you)
We would ask you to arrange a suitable venue and refreshments for the training. Contact us for more information.
Trainer: Suzanne Pearson
"I found the day really valuable and confirmed things that I already do and ways in which I can improve our service."
"Suzanne was knowledgeable and informative. Great help in making us understand the background of mental health and coping strategies to help patients."
"Particularly found useful the information around borderline personality disorder and link to previous abuse. Safely planning and coping strategies."
"Strategies for supporting someone with the desire for self-harm. Techniques for when a patient is having a challenging moment."
"Psychological, biological, environmental context and understanding of historical and social factors linked to behaviour. All very relevant. Suzanne shared her depth and breadth of her knowledge and experience. Very good. Thank you."
