Safe With Self-injury: A Practical Guide to Understanding, Responding and Harm-reduction

Inckle, Kay

ISBN 10: 1910919160 / ISBN 13: 9781910919163

Editore: P C C S Books, 2017

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265 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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• Titolo: Safe With Self-injury: A Practical Guide to Understanding, Responding and Harm-reduction
• Editore: P C C S Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1910919160
• ISBN 13: 9781910919163
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Brand New
• Peso: 0,39 chilogrammi

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Riassunto

Written in a clear and accessible manner for professionals or non-professional carers this book includes chapters on: the facts and misconceptions about self-injury; understanding self-injury in the context of human embodiment and a social-model approach to distress and illness; exploring practical strategies for responding in meaningful ways including using creative practices and harm-reduction; a clear guide to producing a harm-reduction.

Informazioni sull?autore

Dr Kay Inckle is a course convener in the sociology of health and medicine at the London School of Economics and Political Science. For a number of years she worked as a service-provider in a range of health and social care contexts supporting both adults and young people, and these experiences inspired her PhD and post-doctoral research. From 2009-2012 she ran a self-injury training service which specialized in delivering programmes based on a holistic and harm-reduction approach to self-injury. She remains passionate about transforming attitudes and practice around self-injury and she has a number of publications in the field including her previous book with PCCS books "Flesh Wounds? New Ways of Understanding Self-Injury".