Self-Harm: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Injury

Self-harm. One in twenty young people has experience with this. That it is common became clear after Princess Diana made her own experiences public. In this compelling book, Steven Levenkron clarifies the phenomenon of self-harm for fellow sufferers, parents, friends and therapists. Step by step, Levenkron shows the thought world behind this behavior and gives a clear direction for the solution to this problem.
Through extensive case studies and the presentation of therapeutic conversations, a profile of the self-harmer emerges: someone who is essentially afraid of people and has a fear of abandonment, someone who has difficulty trusting others and often has problems maintaining relationships.
In an involved and reassuring way, this book points the way to help. In addition, it offers skills to tackle this problem.