The Cutting Edge
PO Box 20819
Cleveland, Oh 44120
A self-injury newsletter.

Scarred Souls
San Antonio, TX
Contact: Laura (210) 349-7190 (*not* the church where meetings are held)
scarredsoul@hotmail.com
Meets Thursdays @ 8:00 p.m. beginning October 8th 98 (call to confirm) at Episcopal Church of the Reconciliation in San Antonio TX. New support group. Has no affiliation with the church (which is just a convenient meeting place), Tracy Alderman, or her book.

Adult Survivors Struggling with Self-Injury
New Hope Healing Institute
nhhi@nhhi.net
Indianapolis and Marion, IN
(317) 387-1926 for information and intake

Beginning the last week of January 99. Six-week group, with options to continue with more in-depth groups and then long-term open groups to follow. Group is limited to adult abuse survivors and will have no more than twelve members.

Trichotillomania support group
Schaumburg, IL
Contact: Karleen Wink, M.S.
(847) 519-7770

Tracy Alderman, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
San Diego, CA 92102
(619) 855-3293
DrTracyA@aol.com

Author of The Scarred Soul: Understanding and ending self-inflicted violence, a very wise and useful self-help book or people who self-harm. She's recently reopened her private practice.

Butler Hospital
345 Blackstone Boulevard
Providence, RI 02906
(401) 455-6200

Partial (day) hospital DBT program. Specifically mentions self-injury, but in context of BPD.

 
Adolescent Psychiatric Services at Fairfax Hospital
10200 N.E. 132nd Street
Kirkland, Washington 98034
Telephone: 425-821-2000
Toll free: 800-435-7221
Fax: 425-821-9010

"Fairfax provides services for individuals ages 12 to 18 with psychological, emotional and behavioural problems. We approach the adolescent's treatment through thorough consideration of their social, academic and family environments. "We value and explore perceptions of the patient, family, treating physician, school and community professionals. Our professionals will then target those areas that are going to be critical in the stabilization process:

·                                 Poor school performance or truancy

·                                 Running away or other self-harm behaviour

·                                 Abuse of alcohol or other drugs

·                                 Explosiveness or aggression

·                                 Disruptive or oppositional defiant behaviour

·                                 Withdrawal or isolation from peers

·                                 Anti-social behaviour

·                                 Suicidal ideation"

 
Frederick County Mental Health Association
357-359 W. Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701
301-663-6135
24-hour Hotline:
301-662-2255
1-800-422-0009 (in MD only)

A nonprofit counseling center with a 24-hour crisis line. I don't have much information here, but they have a sliding scale, will contact you for intake within a week, and specifically mention self-injury on their web page.
 

Independent Living Center of the North Shore
583 Chestnut Street
Lynn, MA 01904
(617) 593-7500

Publishes the pamphlet "Women and Self Injury" and offers support groups.
 

Institute for Bio-behavioural Therapy and Research
935 Northern Boulevard
Great Neck, NY 11021
(516) 487-7116

Mentions SI specifically. They claim to rely on "conservative use of drug therapy, a psychological approach that focuses upon the present and future of the patient rather than upon the past, emphasis on nutrition and physical exercise, family participation (if necessary), [and] educating patients and relatives about their problems."

Linehan Training Group
4556 University Way NE
College Center Building Ste 222
Seattle, WA 98105
info@dbt-seattle.com

Although LTG is concerned with training mental health professionals in the use of treatments such as Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, it's possible that someone at this site can direct you to a nearby DBT therapist. Marsha Linehan is also running studies in the use of DBT at the University of Washington. DBT is demanding for both client and therapist, but when it works the results are amazing.
 

The Menninger Clinic
PO Box 829
Topeka, KS 66601-0829
General 1-800-288-0317
Admissions/Care Coordination 1-800-351-9058
Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry & Mental Health Sciences
1-800-288-0317 Ext 5833

Menninger has a 95-bed hospital for adults and a 48-bed hospital for children and adolescents. Special units are available for emergency admissions, short-term diagnosis and treatment, and patients requiring treatment for alcoholism and drug-related problems, eating disorders, self-harm, dissociative disorders, and sexual abuse. Menninger offers partial hospital, halfway house, community residence, and day treatment programs.
 

Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR)
81 S. 19th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
(412) 431-5665

Support for anyone who has been sexually assaulted. Self-injury group therapy, short- and long-term counseling, information and referral. Also does some community outreach and education. Publishes a workbook for self-injurers.

Rock Creek Hospital
40 Timberline Drive
Lemont, IL 60439

Inpatient self-injury program; insight-oriented and cognitive-behavioural approaches.
 

SAFE Alternatives Program
MacNeal Hospital
Berwyn, IL
1-800-DONT CUT

"SAFE Alternatives is an eclectic program which combines cognitive-behavioural interventions with milieu therapy, expressive therapies, intensive group work, and psychodynamic therapies."

The Sanctuary
Friends Hospital
4641 Roosevelt Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19124-2399
(215) 831-6916

The Sanctuary is a special inpatient unit designed to meet the needs of trauma survivors and balance the needs to be safe, to be nurtured, and to have boundaries. They specifically target self-injury, but only take patients with traumatic pasts. You can see a copy of their patient handbook or reflections of Sanctuary alumni on the web.

• George H. Davis, Ph.D.
  (among others)
  Yale New Haven Hospital Partial Hospital Program
  425 George Street
  New Haven, CT 06511
  (203) 688-3182
  gdavis@idt.net

• Colorado Psychological Resources
  Denver, CO 80222
  (303) 639-8474
  nbrooks7@ix.netcom.com
  

   

• Nancy Lundy, Ed.D.
  Department of Psychiatry
  Massachusetts General Hospital
  5 Emerson Place
  Boston, MA 02114
  (800) 711-4644
  

   

• Carrie Hammerlof
  77 Mill Street, Suite 251
  Westfield, MA 01085
  (413) 568-6141
  

   

• Family Life Mental Health Center
  1428 5th Ave.
  Anoka, MN 55303
  (612) 427-7964
  

   

• Darrell L. Hill, MA
  3410 Hillsborough St.
  Raleigh, NC, 27607
  (919) 828-8895
  ncpsych@aol.com
  

   

• Cindy Sanderson, Ph.D.
  Cornell Medical Center
  Westchester Division
  21 Bloomingdale Road
  White Plains, NY 10605
  (914) 997-8626
  

   

• Mariusz Wirga, M.D.
  PO Box 3811
  Las Vegas, NM 87701
  (505) 454-2100
  mwirga@pol.net
  

   

• Kevin Arnold, Ph.D.
  The Center for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy of Greater Columbus
  2121 Bethel Rd., Ste. E
  Columbus, OH 43220
  (614)459-4490
  karnold999@aol.com
  

   

• Soonie A. Kim, Ph.D., CGP
  5441 S.W. Macadam Ave. Suite 104
  Portland, OR 97201
  (503)248-9123
  

   

• Richard P. Johnson, Ph.D.
  Psychological Services & Human Development Center, Inc.
  220 Commerce Drive, Ste 210
  Fort Washington, PA 19034
  (215) 540-5860
  

   

• Ralph M. Turner, Ph.D.
  Department of Clinical & Health Psychology
  Allegheny University of the Health Sciences
  Broad and Vine Streets
  Philadelphia, PA 19102
  (215) 762-7702
  macturner@aol.com
  

   

• Norma Albanese, MA, MSN, RN
  101 Westwood Drive
  Knoxville, TN 37919
  (423) 558-8669
  NAlbanese@aol.com
  

   

• Katrina Lane, MS, LPC, LMFT
  1280 Hillcrest Rd. Suite 126
  Dallas, TX, 75230
  (972)960-7973
  katlane@ailmail.net
  

   

• Nancy Gordon, LICSW
  75 Linden St.
  Brattleboro, VT 05302
  (802) 257-7785
  ssmart@sover.net
  

   

• Chrysalis: A Health Coping Skills Training Program
  BHR
  314 4th Ave. E.
  Olympia, WA 98503 (360) 704-7170
  (800) 825-4820
  Group leaders: Marsha Weaver and Debby Dabrock
  Email contact: Sherrie Crisp