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(Many of these resources come from Kirsti Reeves' frequently updated UK Resources page. We thoroughly recommend you pay this site a visit. The most up-to-date information about self-help organizations for self-harmers can be found there. Well done Kirsti.)
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42nd Street 42nd Street is a mental
health service for Manchester young people aged fifteen to
twenty-five who face wide and varied problems including self-harm
and suicide. They offer a variety of individual support alongside a
range of groups based at the resource and within the local
community. They have initiated specific projects including a
suicide/self-harm project which itself offers individual and group
support to young people. They completed a research project on young
people, self-harm and suicide and produced an excellent book based
on their findings. |
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Barnardo/Social Services Leaving Care
Project Supports young people in educating social
workers and other intervention services on the rational and driving forces
behind self-harm and self-injury. Explores positive responses as well as
instances when intervention is effective or counter-productive. Led,
developed and delivered by young people who self-harm or injure
themselves. |
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The Basement Project A community resource providing support
groups for individuals abused in childhood as well as training,
supervision, consultation, research and publications. |
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Brent Adolescent Centre The Centre will provide assessment,
psychotherapeutic consultations and, when needed, psychotherapeutic
treatment. It will investigate and try to understand the underlying
anxieties that generate such behaviour in young people in order to help
adolescents understand why they need to attack themselves. |
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Bristol
Crisis Service for Women Resources for women who self-harm,
including several booklets and information sheets and help line service on
Friday and Saturday nights between 9.00 p.m. and 12.30 a.m. Produces
SHOUT, a newsletter for women who SI. From what I've seen of their stuff,
they're an extremely valuable resource for women in Europe and the UK who
self-injure. They recently published "The
Hurt Yourself Less" Workbook, written by people who self-injure,
for people who self-injure. |
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Crisis Recovery Unit The CRU offers humane and understanding
inpatient SI treatment. From what Steve has told me of this unit, it
sounds nearly ideal. I've heard a few negative reports from people who
have been through the program, but also several positive ones. NHS. |
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Loughborough Youth Affairs One-to-one youth support work, mainly
with young women who self harm. In addition to youth work with young women
who self harm, Janet Holland has an interest in exploring and carrying out
research on 'youth work' as opposed to 'medical' responses to self harm.
Youth work responses might adopt an empowerment model to encourage
development and personal growth. |
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National Self-Harm Network (comments by Steve Blake, a UK
psychiatric worker) Led by Louise Pembroke - active S'Her. Political
campaigning survivor led organization for rights of s'hers. Takes up
complaints against A&E depts. Compiling list of poor treatment
received by s'hers. Also explores day-to-day issues - how to cover up
scars. Publishes a SH sheet & 'Crisis Card' to take to A&E if you
need medical intervention but are too distressed to fight for treatment.
Particularly good if you've been sh*t on by psychiatric or medical
services. |
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North West Self-Injury Interest Group Primarily a resource for medical
professionals, the North West Self-Injury Interest Group acknowledges the
difficulty of caring for self-injurers but seeks to provide resources to
allow medical professionals to do so in a way that validates caregiver and
client. They have an excellent resource pack available for professionals
and might be able to refer you to help in northwest England. |
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Barry Kiehn |
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Michaela Swales Kiehn and Swales wrote a wonderful
explication of DBT therapy and might know more about the availability of
DBT in England. |
Mutual Support Groups in the UK |
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Faces [no longer
meeting] Bristol -- Self-injury Self-Help Group An unfacilitated self-help group for
women who self-injure. It is independent of any organisation and is run
solely by the women who attend. |
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Hidden Scars Self Help support group in the Bradford
area for both men and women to talk about self-harm in an informal. safe,
secure, non judgmental environment for complete confidentiality. Meets
every Tuesday 3-4:30pm and Wednesday 6:30-8pm. Phone line available Monday
and Tuesday 11am-3pm. |
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Cutting Back A Nottingham based closed support group,
hoping to start an evening support group as well. Help line available on
Friday and Saturday night, 9pm-midnight on 0115 958 3399. |
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North London Women's Self-Harm Support
Group For the London area. |
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HOPE - Hope of people everywhere A closed group in Brighton that has been
running since January 1996 with a focus on self-injury and what lies
behind it. |
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STEPS - Support, Tolerance, Empathy,
Perseverance and Strength The qualities which enable women as
individuals and together, to live with and overcome self harm. Meets
weekly in Wavertree, Liverpool. |
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Manchester Women's Self Harm Support
Group The women's self-harm support group
meets in the first Saturday of each month at Hulme Library in Manchester.
The group provides a safe, supportive and non-judgmental space for women
who self harm to express their feelings. |
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SSIAG The Shetland Self-Injury Action Group is
hoping to meet regularly in Lerwick and Brae. It will be facilitated by an
experienced counselor, sympathetic to the issues around self-injury. The
group has been set up with the efforts of the Shetland Health Board Mental
Health Team, and Bristol Crisis Service for Women. |
Newsletters in the UK: |
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SHOUT (Self-Harm
overcome by understanding and tolerance) SHOUT is a bi-monthly newsletter which
aims to break down isolation and provide support for women affected by
self-harm (will accept subscriptions from men too). It is read and
contributed to by women all over the country, by groups and by
professionals who work with people affected by self-harm. SHOUT includes
articles, pen-pals/contacts, letters, poems, cartoons, book reviews, plus
details of help lines, groups and resources. The mailing list is
confidential and copies will be sent in a plain envelope. To subscribe, contact: |
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The Samaritans The Samaritans are a non-religious
charity that have been offering emotional support to the suicidal and
despairing for over 40 years by phone, visit and letter. Callers are
guaranteed absolute confidentiality and retain the right to make their own
decisions including the decision to end their life. The service is now
available via E-mail, run from Cheltenham, England, and can be reached
from anywhere with Internet access. Trained volunteers read and reply to
mail once a day, every day of the year. |
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SASH - Survivors of Abuse and Self
Harming Pen friend network offers support,
friendship and understanding on a one to one basis in writing. Contact: |
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Self-Injury, Abuse and Trauma Directory
An extensive one-stop listing of
self-injury, abuse and trauma resources on the Web.
Compiled by UK counsellor and author.
Frequently updated.
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SIARI [Self-Injury & Related Issues]
An extensive UK resource offering
information and support to self-injurers
and their supporters, as well as a platform for self-injurers' voices. Includes research, references, resources, links, self-injurers' quotes, poems, artwork and stories, message boards for self-injurers and significant others, access to an online support group for helpers, a section for counsellors, and much more. . . |