This workshop is presented by Annette Morris, Accredited EMDR Practitioner, BACP Accredited Psychotherapist and Senior Counsellor/Psychotherapist at South West Yorkshire NHS Mental Health Trust.

 

Many people harm themselves in some way, by smoking, overeating, overworking, but some people harm and injure themselves in a more direct form and can be severe enough to be permanently disfiguring. Many who self harm do so as a way of surviving and coping with unbearable emotions, but then have to deal with a range of other problems from the results of the injury and a feeling that they can’t control the behaviour, to the reactions of others. 

The aim of this workshop is to promote better understanding of self-harming behaviours, the underlying meaning and function, and to share ways of working with people who harm themselves. 

After this workshop, attendees will have an understanding of: 

 

• why people self harm and the function of self harm 
• links with childhood trauma 
• the impact on carers and staff 
• ways of managing self harming behaviours