Beyond Fear and Control: Working with Young People Who Self Harm - Softcover

Helen Spandler And Sam Warner (eds)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 189805987X ISBN 13: 9781898059875

Publisher: PCCS Books Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

As the title Beyond Fear and Control suggests, this book aims to move services away from responses based on fear and assumptions that we need to manage and control young people who self harm. It discusses ways in which services can change the focus from managing or 'stopping' self harm to working with young people in more permissive, young person centred and empowering ways. Although the need for such a change is increasingly being recognised, the practical implications and ethical dilemmas of this shift have rarely been explored. This book addresses this gap by providing in-depth descriptions of a range of innovative practices which are effective in supporting young people who self harm.

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About the Author

Helen Spandler works as a Research Fellow in the Department of Social Work at the University of Central Lancashire. She has worked for a number of mental health organisations, including 42nd Street, where she researched and wrote 'Who's Hurting Who?' (42nd Street 1996). She also recently wrote 'Asylum to Action: Paddington Day Hospital, Therapeutic Communities and Beyond' (JKP, 2006) a book about the history of a libertarian therapeutic community. Sam Warner works as a freelance consultant clinical psychologist, trainer, therapist, and expert witness, and is a half-time Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University. She specialises in work around child sexual abuse, within community and secure care services with children, adolescents, (and their parents) and adults. She has written(in press) 'Understanding women and child sexual abuse: Feminist revolutions in theory, research and practice', London: Psychology Press. Sam is also designing a training manual and producing a video pack (together with Flexible Films) for working with clients who have experienced child sexual abuse.

Edition details

• Publisher: PCCS Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 189805987X
• ISBN 13: 9781898059875
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196
• Editor: Helen Spandler, Sam Warner