Self-harm : a psychotherapeutic approach / Fiona Gardner
By: Gardner, Fiona.
Material type: BookPublisher: Sussex : Brunner-Routledge, 2001Description: x, 163 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.Subject(s): Self-injurious behavior | Self-mutilation | PsychotherapyDDC classification: 616.8584Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 616.8584 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00092104 | ||
General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 616.8584 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00092105 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Meanings - conscious reasoning and unconscious motivation -- Turning the anger inwards - masochism and mastery -- Predisposing factors in adolescence linked to self-harm -- Reversing the process - from action to articulation -- The psychodynamics of the psychotherapeutic process with patients who are harming themselves -- Speculations on historical, cultural and social aspects -- Concluding thoughts.