0 Pooky Knightsmith, Elise Evans, Jonathan Singer
Meet Asher - a teenager who self-harms to manage their feelings when it all feels like too much.
This practical book in the best-selling Can I Tell You About... series describes what self-harm is, along with the wide range of behaviours that qualify, why teens do it, and how to get help if you feel the need to self-harm. Reflecting on the different aspects of self-harming behaviour, including treatment of injuries and scars, this concise introduction dispels common myths and offers helpful resources to break the cycle of self-harm. By initiating the conversation around self-harm, this guide will offer alternative avenues for children and young adults to pursue when dealing with big feelings, such as professional counselling, distraction, and friends and family.
This easy-to-read guide is suitable for readers 7+, along with their parents, teachers, and friends. All author royalties from the book will go towards the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust.
Acknowledgements.
Foreword by Jonathan Singer.
15. How can you distract yourself?
16. Injuries and scars?
17. How friends can help.
18. How family members can help.
19. How professionals can help.
20. What next?
21. Talking to younger children about self-harm?
22. Final thoughts from Pooky.
"Pooky has a knack of taking really complex situations and making them seen easier to deal with and matter-of-fact. Great advice here for anyone whose life is touched by self-harm."
- Colin Gambles, Rector at Hutchesons’ Grammar School, Glasgow
"Pooky Knightsmith writes in an engaging, accessible style in straightforward language which oozes compassion and heart. Young people, families and professionals will find this a valuable tool to help them understand, cope with and start a journey of recovery from self-harm."
- Steven Walker, MPhil, author of Responding to Self-Harm in Children and Adolescents
"Truly insightful ... Captures all the questions we have about self-harm."
- Shamyla Naveed, Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
"This small book enables us to understand the complexities of self-harm and is essential reading for anyone trying to overcome self-harming behaviour, as well as their families, friends, teachers and health care professionals."
- Maxine Jameson, Associate Professor in Primary Care, London South Bank University
