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The Self-Harming Adolescent

Session #: 710-427
Presenter(s): Matthew Selekman
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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Adolescent self-harming behavior is one of the most perplexing and intimidating issues therapists face, particularly when it accompanies--as it almost always does--bulimia, substance abuse, sexually risky behaviors, negative peer group pressure, and/or family crises. In fact, self-injury has become the 21st-century self-soothing drug of choice for lots of kids--the only way they know how to numb out emotional pain. In this workshop, we'll focus on engaging these often highly resistant kids and teaching them alternative strategies, like using mindfulness meditation, expressive writing, and music for soothing themselves and feeling safe, so they needn't resort to self-injury. In addition, we'll describe how to help parents prevent and constructively handle self-injury by listening to, validating, and physically soothing their kids (including creating "chill-out rooms" for stressed adolescents), and how to help parents keep cool when self-injury does occur.

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