Self-harm : a psychotherapeutic approach /
By: Gardner, Fiona.
Publisher: New York : Taylor & Francis, 2001Description: x, 163 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 041523302X; 9780415233026:; 9780415233026; 0415233038; 9780415233033.Subject(s): Self-injurious behavior | Self-destructive behavior | Self-mutilation | PsychotherapyDDC classification: 616.8582| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-158) 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.
Self-harm presents often in young women as a way of easing emotional suffering. Fiona Gardner explores the issues involved from her professional perspective as a psychoanalytical psychotherapist.