by Self-Injury Institute | Jun 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Summer is the season to show some skin. The images of bikini clad vixens and shirtless studs are impossible to avoid if you surf the web, watch a little television, or simply stand in line to buy your groceries. The idea of working towards and achieving the ideal...
by Self-Injury Institute | Apr 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
When parents, teachers, or loved ones discover that someone they care about is engaging in some kind of self-harm, their natural response is one of fear. And usually it’s a specific fear: Does this mean s/he is going to commit suicide? Almost every family that we...
by Self-Injury Institute | Nov 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
One of the first questions I often get when parents come into therapy terrified of their child’s self-harm is some version of this: What should I do with all the knives and other sharp objects in the house? Their first instinct, usually, is to remove everything from...
by Self-Injury Institute | Aug 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
There’s a lot of bad publicity out there these days for one of nature’s most important emotions. “Don’t shame me!” is a frequent conversation-ender that people seem to be using more and more to get out of a sticky confrontation with a friend or family member. When we...
by Self-Injury Institute | Apr 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Now every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall ass, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old...
