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Category: self harm

mental health…

a 1 hour seminar on self harm Wednesday 10th March 2021

28 Feb 202128 Feb 2021
Self-harm can be confusing and bewildering for both staff and service-users. Ideas about ‘manipulation’ or a ‘cry for help’ do little or nothing to help prevent future self-harm. This course…
Courses…

The picture on the box

16 Feb 2021
Making sense of mental health Mental health work needn’t drive you up the wall! Mental health work can seem so complicated… and not just for beginners. Many seasoned practitioners go…
Carers in mind…

Self-harm parents

6 Jan 201929 Dec 2018
It's unfair and inaccurate to pretend that all parents of people who harm themselves are to blame. There are parents who treat their children in horrendous ways and who really…
challenging behaviour…

Mental health training – a short sample

16 Nov 201712 Apr 2018
This abridged, edited audio (& video slideshow) is taken from the introductory session of a 2012 mental health training day in Glasgow. Although not all of the session is included…
mental health…

Self harm part 3: Life’s just one big sweetshop

19 Sep 20176 Nov 2017
In part 3 of the series we consider how best to work with people who harm themselves. We know it's not about us. We know it's a coping strategy that…
mental health…

Self-harm 2: It’s all in the chemistry

17 Sep 20176 Nov 2017
TRIGGER WARNING In part 1 we asked the question 'what would you do to make it stop?' For some people, when they feel so completely overwhelmed, self-harm, self-injury is the…
challenging behaviour…

Self harm part 1: What would you do to make it stop?

23 Aug 20176 Nov 2017
TRIGGER WARNING We all know what it’s like to feel bad. To be sad and frustrated, even overwhelmed – if only for a moment. We all know how desperate we…
challenging behaviour…

Social and mental health care training

15 Feb 201729 Apr 2017
I've been getting a lot of new inquiries lately, which is wonderful. It seems that training budgets are becoming available to the small specialist trainers again without organisations having to…
Courses…

Introduction to Self Injury

28 Jan 201728 Jan 2017
This 1 day Introduction to self injury training course is only a basic introduction to the topic. It's intended for social care workers who may or may not have any prior experience…
challenging behaviour…

14 key points to manage self-harm

3 May 20163 May 2016
Do you find it difficult to deal with people who self-harm. Are your staff at a loss to know how best to respond? Download our free PDF today. self harm in…

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