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Women and Self-Injury: A Survey of 76 Women
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A report on research carried out by BCSW into the experience and needs of women who self-injure.
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Between the Lines
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A visually lyrical, experimental documentary about women who cut themselves, this film explores the gray areas in women's relationships to their bodies in the context of deliberately self-inflicted injury. The women in Between the Lines negotiate the fine line between self-destructive behavior and self-preserving coping mechanisms.
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In My Skin
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Much like Roman Polanski's Repulsion, In My Skin chronicles a young woman's descent into madness. Esther (Marina de Van) accidentally gashes her leg at a party, but instead of being alarmed by the sight of her torn flesh, she becomes fascinated by it. She begins cutting herself, much to the dismay of her best friend (Lea Drucker) and boyfriend (Laurent Lucas), who are unnerved by her refusal to discuss her actions. From there things only get more horrifying, but it's not simply the fact of self-mutilation that makes In My Skin compelling, it's the movie's acute depiction of psychological dislocation. This is not a movie for everyone--the cutting is unsettlingly realistic and vivid--but viewers drawn to portraits of emotional extremity (like, for example, The Piano Teacher) will find In My Skin gripping. Written and directed by de Van, who co-wrote Francois Ozon's 8 Women and Under the Sand.
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Self Injury
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In these two professional videos, David Calof, Dusty Miller, Ed.D., and John N. Briere, Ph.D. discuss the causes of self injury with special attention to childhood sexual abuse. Whatever the method of self injury -- burning, cutting, bruising, passive collusion, accidents, eating disorders -- the key factor in successful intervention is to discover the motivations behind these adaptive responses to trauma. The therapists consider how treatment for self injury may raise significant issues for the therapist, including countertransference; suicidality vs. self injury; differentiating psychosis and MPD; dissociation; timing trauma work, and borderline personality disorder. Also discussed are effective interventions, such as alternative behaviors, contracts, hospitalization, defusing shame, trauma "containers," and guided imagery.
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Self Injury I: Genesis, Forms, and Functions
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David Calof, John Briere, and Dusty Miller discuss the roots of self injury in trauma, especially childhood sexual abuse. They point out that self harm takes many forms, including cutting, burning, passive collusion, accidents, and eating disorders. Whatever the modality, the key factor in successful intervention is to discover the motivations behind these adaptive responses to trauma, which may include tension reduction, trauma reenactment, punishment, and rage expression.
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Self-Injury II: Clinical Issues and Interventions
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Treatment for self injury may raise a number of significant issues for the therapist, such as countertransference, suicidality vs. self injury, and differentiating between borderline personality disorder, psychosis, and dissociation. Suggested interventions may include defusing shame, suggesting alternative behaviors, and utilizing hospitalization, trauma containers, and guided imagery.
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Understanding Self Injury: A Guide for Trauma Survivors
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Condensed from the two training videos, this program discusses the forms and functions of self injury, and includes interviews with trauma survivors who have found alternatives to self harm. Survivors should view the program with appropriate support.
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Visible memories: a film about self-injury
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Self-harm is surrounded by stigma and misunderstanding, and such behaviour is often labelled as attention seeking or, mistakenly, as attempted suicide. This video allows people who self-harm to describe their experiences, and shows examples of statutory and voluntary agencies where there is good practice.
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