Thought Changing Card Kit for People Who Self-Injure

Created by Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph.D. This kit is intended to help clients control their self-injury & address the common emotional problems that accompany this behaviour. The kit contains 50 cards that show cognitive distortions on one side, and rational responses and positive behavioural activities on the other that discuss the common emotional problems that lead to and accompany self-injury.

This card deck has been created to assist in the treatment of clients who self-injure, offering a variety of clinically-proven cognitive behavioural therapy tech€niques that can help with this behaviour.

Thought-Changing Cards For People Who Self-Injure is not a self-help activity. These cards should always be used by a trained mental health professional in the context of a comprehensive treatment program, which may include

behavioural therapy, supportive therapy, sand or play therapy, group therapy, mindfulness training, medication, and other techniques.

The Thought-Changing Cards are designed to help individuals:

• identify the automatic thoughts that trigger and reinforce their desire to self-injure
• develop rational responses to rebut these dysfunctional thoughts develop behaviours that disprove their belief in, and reliance on dysfunctional automatic thoughts
• develop behaviours that are more adaptive, self-soothing, and promote mental health
• Includes 50 cards and instructions
• Ages: 12 and up