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Author Smith, Carolyn, 1975-

Title Cutting it out : a journey through psychotherapy and self-harm / Carolyn Smith ; foreword by Maggie Turp
Edition 1st American pbk. ed
Published London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (128 pages)
Contents Foreword / by Maggie Turp -- Mind the gap -- Sweet rebellion -- The traveller -- Can you keep a secret? -- Is it a bird? -- Rituals and legends -- Let's face the music -- Treacle Tuesday -- Bedrooms and nests -- Well trained -- Dream on -- Timber! -- Anthropomorphic adventures -- Ejected -- An understanding -- Reflections -- Operation bin -- Silent scrawl -- Childish interpretations -- Rescue me -- A break too many -- Fruit bowl stuff -- All change
Summary The first-person narrative offers a vividly honest voice to the feelings and compulsions that drive someone to harm themselves and explores the conflict between the desire to self-harm and the struggle to control and overcome this addictive, self-destructive behaviour. It also explores the complex nature of her relationship with her therapist
Cutting it Out is a largely autobiographical account of a young woman's battle with self-harm. Carolyn's story documents her own challenging journey, offering unique insights into her feelings about self-harming and also her attitudes towards the therapy sessions commonly employed to help people who self-harm. It explores the complex nature of her relationship with the therapist, her initial resistance to recovery and her eventual progression towards self-knowledge and taking responsibility for her own actions. The first-person narrative offers a vividly honest voice to the feelings and compulsions that drive someone to harm themselves and explores the conflict between the desire to self-harm and the struggle to control and overcome this addictive, self-destructive behaviour. This timely book breaks the silence surrounding a difficult subject. It will provide valuable insights for therapists, counsellors, people who self-harm and their families and friends
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Smith, Carolyn, 1975- -- Health
SUBJECT Smith, Carolyn, 1975- fast
Subject Self-injurious behavior -- Patients -- England -- Biography
Self-mutilation -- Patients -- England -- Biography
Psychotherapy.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
Health
Psychotherapy
England
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781846424564
1846424569