Cutting Down

Autorentext

Dr Lucy Taylor is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist working in independent practice in Surrey. She has worked over 20 years in the NHS, including jointly heading up the National & Specialist Child and Adolescent Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Service, Maudsley Hospital.

Dr Mima Simic is Consultant Child Adolescent Psychiatrist leading the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder. She was Consultant for the Community Adolescent Mental Health Team and National & Specialist Child and Adolescent Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Service, Maudsley Hospital for nearly a decade. She has researched treatments for self-harm in which she teaches and trains mental health professionals.

Ulrike Schmidt is Professor of Eating Disorders at King's College London and a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital. One key focus of her research is on developing brief scalable psychological treatments of value to the NHS, for people with eating disorders and other common mental health problems, including self-harm.

Klappentext

Cutting Down provides a practical and accessible treatment programme based on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) principles, for young people who self-harm.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: What's going on? Assessment, psychoeducation, risk assessment and safety planning; Session 1: Understanding self-harm; Session 2: Values, strengths and goals; Session 3: Are you ready to make a change?; Part 2: Feelings, thoughts and behaviour; Session 4: You and your feelings; Session 5: Links between feelings, thoughts and behaviours; Session 6: Dealing with thoughts; Session 7: Core beliefs and rules of living; Session 8: Formulation of your journey; Part 3: Coping strategies; Session 9: The coping tree; Session 10: Understanding and managing fear and distress; Session 11: Being mindful; Session 12: Managing emotions; Session 13: Managing relationships; Session 14: Hopelessness; Part 4: On you go!; Session 15: Ending therapy; Part 5: Parent sessions; Session 1: Psychoeducation; Session 2: Validation; Session 3: How to help; Session 4: Moving forward together; Session 5: Support with new skills; Session 6: Next steps; Index