 | The Self-harm Help Book by Lois Arnold
Buy new: £5.95 Containing practical ideas based on the experience of those who self-harm.
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 | Freedom from Self-Harm: Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills from Dbt and Other Treatments by Kim Gratz
Buy new: £9.70 / Used from: £10.98 A great starting point.
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 | The Scarred Soul: Understanding and Ending Self-inflicted Violence by Tracy Alderman
Buy new: £8.49 / Used from: £3.15 One of the best.
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 | Understanding Self-Injury: A Workbook for Adults by Robin Connors
Buy used from: £22.81 To understand self-injury as a coping mechanism, it is often helpful to explore the feelings and issues that underlie the behaviour.
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 | Life after Self-harm: A Guide to the Future by Ulrike Schmidt
Buy new: £12.95 / Used from: £4.00 A good resource for people who have attempted suicide, or who self-harm occasionally but severely.
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 | Working with Self Harm: Victim to Victor II by Morton Smith
Buy new: £10.00 / Used from: £4.99 A workbook for people who self-injure to explore and understand their experiences, and put them in order in a way that helps them to move on.
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 | Stopping the Pain: A Workbook for Teens Who Cut and Self-Injure: A Workbook for Teens Who Self-injure by Lawrence E. Shapiro
Buy new: £13.05 / Used from: £6.54 Stopping the Pain helps teens discover the root cause of self-injury and develop a program to end this dangerous behavior.
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 | Self Harm: The Path to Recovery by Kate Middleton
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £2.85 Maybe more of an information book, but shows that recovery is possible.
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 | How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me: One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention by Susan Rose Blauner
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £6.22 Aimed at those who've made suicide attempts rather than self-injurers, but full of great suggestions for getting through a crisis without hurting yourself.
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| Hurt Yourself Less Workbook by Eleanor Dace
This is a workbook written by people who self-injure, for people who self-injure.
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 | See My Pain!: Creative Strategies and Activities for Helping Young People Who Self-Injure by Susan Bowman
Buy used from: £10.00 Ideas for getting creative and expressing yourself.
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 | Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program for Self-Injurers by Karen Conterio
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £3.90 Mainly a description of their treatment programme, but includes writing exercises for self-injurers.
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 | Managing Intense Emotions and Overcoming Self-Destructive Habits: A Self-Help Manual by Lorraine Bell
Buy new: £14.41 / Used from: £11.50 Aimed at people with borderline personality disorder, and includes a chapter on self-injury.
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 | The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) by Matthew McKay
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £9.74 Not specifically aimed at self-injurers, but does mention self-harm, and fantastic ideas for getting through a crisis.
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 | Self-Injury: When Pain Feels Good (Resources for Changing Lives) by Edward T. Welch
Buy used from: £0.04 A booklet for Christians.
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 | Cut: Mercy for Self-Harm by Nancy Alcorn
Buy new: £5.17 / Used from: £2.70 Another Christian perspective.
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 | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders by Penzel
Buy new: £16.85 / Used from: £11.12 Has a good section on compulsive skin picking.
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