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See My Pain! Creative Strategies and Activities for Helping Young People Who Self-Injure

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I was very disappointed when I received this book. This book has activities that would be appropriate for preteen adolescents or children. When I read the title and it had "helping young people who self-injure" in the description, I thought it would be geared more toward adolescents... not children and preteen- I guess that was my mistake. Most activities are too juvenile to be used for adolescents over the age of 13. If you are working with younger adolescents/children you would probably be happy with the activities.

This activity book was a great resource! I used it for a group processing course and was able to get some awesome handouts that you are able to reproduce. Completely recommend this activity book.

As someone else mentioned this book is best for kids who are (or developmentally) under 14. This book has lots of basic information someone would appreciate if they have never dealt with or treated self-harmers. I was excited by the prospect of this book but disappointed to see it was all information I've known for years and I already use or plan to use many of the activities. There were a few things I hadn't thought of that were clever. Also, this is a "Christian" take on curing self-harm. They don't flat out say it, but it's pretty clear. Prayer is used as a method of healing. They tried to make it generalized by putting pictures of a boy in a yarmulke and kids in Muslim garb along with the Christian kid, but all of the examples of prayer/God are definitely the Christian methods. Either way, this book is good for beginners in this subject but if you've had a good deal of experience it's not going to be much new info. I also found the format in general to be a bit juvenile, but that's just my style.

As one who has struggled with the problem of cutting, I have found this book to be an excellent resource. It's clear, to the point, empathetic, and creative, guiding hands to shape other ways of coping with stress and pain, other than cutting. Creative alternatives (which both distract the hands from cutting and the mind from spiraling into despair, while at the same time encouraging a deeper look into one's problem and the discovery of coping methods/solutions) include clay and writing exercises, providing a myriad of courses away from cutting, even in the midst of urgent feelings of the "need to cut." Wonderful book, helpful practically as well as empathetically... I would definitely reccommend it.

Though I really like the ideas, I would have liked a better research background on how these tasks work.

I received this book in a timely fashion. The product was in great condition. I will use this with my clients as it appears to be easy to follow and has good material within it.