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In this perceptive work, Dr. Robin Connors offers helpful guidelines to clinicians that will improve their capacity to respond in a direct, effective, and respectful way to people who self-injure. Key to this work is understanding the function of self-inflicted violence and its relationship to unresolved traumas and losses, including the role of trauma in disrupting the formation of the self-boundary. Dr. Connors identifies fundamental therapeutic tasks, gives clear examples of interventions, and offers concrete recommendations for interacting with patients about their self-injury.
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Offers guidelines for working with people who directly injure their bodies. Explains the function of self-inflicted violence and its relationship to unresolved traumas and losses, and focuses on the role of trauma in disrupting the formation of the self-boundary. Identifies therapeutic tasks, gives examples of interventions, and offers concrete recommendations for interaction with patients about self- injury. Explores countertransference responses, and addresses adjunct therapies. Connors is a clinician and consultant in private practice. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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