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Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program For Self-Injuries

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Authors: Karen Conterio, Wendy Lader, Jennifer Kingson Bloom
Publisher: Hyperion
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Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8

ISBN: 0786885041
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8582
EAN: 9780786885046
ASIN: 0786885041

Publication Date: October 13, 1999
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helpful to school counselors June 15, 2005
7 out of 9 found this review helpful

This book is a must have to school counselors, especially those who work with middle school girls. Most counselor who don't have the information may feel at a loss for how to be helpful without over reacting. The book provides insight and how to be helpful to the student that is in crisis.

4 out of 5 stars

You can't just read the book and expect a difference September 12, 2004
I read this book during and after my stay at SAFE Alternatives. I found it a good reminder of a lot of the philosophy behind the program. Just reading a book about the program is not the same as going through the program itself. A lot of the program relies on the people there, the therapists and the peers. Talking is a big part of it, and a big part of what helped me, and you don't get that from doing the book on your own. Also, you have to make the program your own. Just doing exactly what they tell you doesn't cut it. You have to have the commitment to quit self-injury and to get healthy. The book does sound like an ad. But I think that they wrote the book because they were proud of this program that seems to have helped so many people, myself included. There is no way to make a book with that sort of premise sound like anything but an ad.

4 out of 5 stars

GOOD HELP February 22, 2004
6 out of 8 found this review helpful

This is a very good self help book, just start with part two becasue part one is just all information. People who didn't like this book probably didn't really have the dirve to stop cutting anyway. You have to want to change, and it says that a million times. Yes, of course they promote their own program, but who wouldn't. It provides a ton of useful tools to quit self injuring. It even provieds sample impulse control logs and ways to interview a potential therapist. The only thing I dissagree with is that they do not consider SI to be an addiction, and I think that it is. Either way, the book is amazing.

3 out of 5 stars

worth a read, but a bit preachy January 5, 2003
8 out of 12 found this review helpful

I read this book because I've been really interested in the topic lately from a mental health worker's persepctive. Although the authors seem extremely familiar with the phenomenon of self-injury and with the strategies that may help sufferers overcome the behavior, their writing style conveys a certain condescending preachiness. Placing self-injury on a continuum with other body modifications such as piercings and tattoos not only seems false, but is also rather culturally insensitive. Additionally, the main points of the book are stressed fairly early in the text and just keep resurfacing. It may have been better to leave out a few chapters and save some paper. ;)pOn the plus side, the elements of the SAFE program that they outline sound like very helpful tips for those struggling with self-injury or for their family members. In addition, the case study-like vignettes about patients provided a human touch to the book.

2 out of 5 stars

Don't waste your time December 5, 2002
43 out of 55 found this review helpful

I must stress that this is my opinion and my attitude towards self-injury is not exactly standard.pMy first issue with this book is that it starts out in the same sappy way that most self-injury books and articles do. "You're not alone" "You can stop" "People from all different backgrounds do it" and all that other jazz. None of this is new or helpful. Okay okay, maybe if it was your first time glancing through something that talked about self-injury. Then of course you would be happy to hear that you aren't alone. But come on people, this is the 90s. Self-injury is not something new and while it still lurks in the closet, we all know that it's out there.pI didn't like the way it was written. By the end I was very sick of hearing so and so's inspirational words about the S.A.F.E. program. I was annoyed at one of the urge logs in which a female writes "If they (people who had stopped self-injurious behavior) can do it so can I." It was tacky.pI will not deny that their program probably works very well. I also will not deny that this book could help people in their quest to stop the self-destructive habit. But it's the people who already want to change. The hard part is really actually wanting to get out of it. Denial and comfort are hard things to kill.pMy main point about this book is don't expect to find anything particularly insightful that you haven't read a hundred times. In fact, don't waste your time with this book and just surf the web for a bit.

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