
                 Off-line resources for those who self-injure
                                       
     * [1]USA
     * [2]Canada
     * [3]United Kingdom
     * [4]Australia
     * [5]Internet and other
       
USA

   Tracy Alderman, Ph.D.
   Licensed Clinical Psychologist
   San Diego, CA 92102
   (619) 855-3293
   [6]DrTracyA@aol.com
   
   Author of The Scarred Soul: Understanding and ending self-inflicted
   violence, a very wise and useful self-help book or people who
   self-harm. She's recently reopened her private practice.
   
   [7]Butler Hospital
   345 Blackstone Boulevard
   Providence, RI 02906
   (401) 455-6200
   
   Partial (day) hospital DBT program. Specifically mentions self-injury,
   but in context of BPD.
   
    
   Adolescent Psychiatric Services at [8]Fairfax Hospital
   10200 N.E. 132nd Street
   Kirkland, Washington 98034
   Telephone: 425-821-2000
   Toll free: 800-435-7221
   Fax: 425-821-9010
   
   "Fairfax provides services for individuals ages 12 to 18 with
   psychological, emotional and behavioral problems. We approach the
   adolescent's treatment through thorough consideration of their social,
   academic and family environments. "We value and explore perceptions of
   the patient, family, treating physician, school and community
   professionals. Our professionals will then target those areas that are
   going to be critical in the stabilization process:
     * Poor school performance or truancy
     * Running away or other self-harm behavior
     * Abuse of alcohol or other drugs
     * Explosiveness or aggression
     * Disruptive or oppositional defiant behavior
     * Withdrawal or isolation from peers
     * Anti-social behavior
     * Suicidal ideation"
       
    
   [9]Frederick County Mental Health Association
   357-359 W. Patrick Street
   Frederick, MD 21701
   301-663-6135
   24-hour Hotline:
   301-662-2255
   1-800-422-0009 (in MD only)
   
   A nonprofit counseling center with a 24-hour crisis line. I don't have
   much information here, but they have a sliding scale, will contact you
   for intake within a week, and specifically mention self-injury on
   their web page.
   
   Independent Living Center of the North Shore
   583 Chestnut Street
   Lynn, MA 01904
   (617) 593-7500
   
   Publishes the pamphlet "Women and Self Injury" and offers support
   groups.
   
   [10]Institute for Bio-behavioral Therapy and Research
   935 Northern Boulevard
   Great Neck, NY 11021
   (516) 487-7116
   
   Mentions SI specifically. They claim to rely on "conservative use of
   drug therapy, a psychological approach that focuses upon the present
   and future of the patient rather than upon the past, emphasis on
   nutrition and physical exercise, family participation (if necessary),
   [and] educating patients and relatives about their problems."
   
   [11]Linehan Training Group
   4556 University Way NE
   College Center Building Ste 222
   Seattle, WA 98105
   [12]info@dbt-seattle.com
   
   Although LTG is concerned with training mental health professionals in
   the use of treatments such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, it's
   possible that someone at this site can direct you to a nearby DBT
   therapist. Marsha Linehan is also running studies in the use of
   [13]DBT at the University of Washington. DBT is demanding for both
   client and therapist, but when it works the results are amazing.
   
   [14]The Menninger Clinic
   PO Box 829
   Topeka, KS 66601-0829
   General 1-800-288-0317
   Admissions/Care Coordination 1-800-351-9058
   Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry & Mental Health Sciences
   1-800-288-0317 Ext 5833
   
   Menninger has a 95-bed hospital for adults and a 48-bed hospital for
   children and adolescents. Special units are available for emergency
   admissions, short-term diagnosis and treatment, and patients requiring
   treatment for alcoholism and drug-related problems, eating disorders,
   self-harm, dissociative disorders, and sexual abuse. Menninger offers
   partial hospital, halfway house, community residence, and day
   treatment programs.
   
   [15]Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR)
   81 S. 19th Street
   Pittsburgh, PA 15203
   (412) 431-5665
   
   Support for anyone who has been sexually assaulted. Self-injury group
   therapy, short- and long-term counseling, information and referral.
   Also does some community outreach and education. Publishes a workbook
   for self-injurers.
   
   Rock Creek Hospital
   40 Timberline Drive
   Lemont, IL 60439
   
   Inpatient self-injury program; insight-oriented and
   cognitive-behavioral approaches.
   
   SAFE Alternatives Program
   MacNeal Hospital
   Berwyn, IL
   1-800-DONT CUT
   
   "SAFE Alternatives is an eclectic program which combines
   cognitive-behavioral interventions with milieu therapy, expressive
   therapies, intensive group work, and psychodynamic therapies."
   
   [16]The Sanctuary
   Friends Hospital
   4641 Roosevelt Boulevard
   Philadelphia, PA 19124-2399
   (215) 831-6916
   
   The Sanctuary is a special inpatient unit designed to meet the needs
   of trauma survivors and balance the needs to be safe, to be nurtured,
   and to have boundaries. They specifically target self-injury, but only
   take patients with traumatic pasts. You can see a copy of their
   [17]patient handbook or [18]reflections of Sanctuary alumni on the
   web.
   
   [19]Other therapists I know of who do DBT or treat SI
   
  Newsletters in USA:
  
   The Cutting Edge
   PO Box 20819
   Cleveland, Oh 44120
   A self-injury newsletter.
   
  Self-help/Support groups in USA:
  
   Scarred Souls
   San Antonio, TX
   Contact: Laura (210) 349-7190 (*not* the church where meetings are
   held)
   [20]scarredsoul@hotmail.com
   Meets Thursdays @ 8:00 p.m. beginning October 8th 98 (call to confirm)
   at Episcopal Church of the Reconciliation in San Antonio TX. New
   support group. Has no affiliation with the church (which is just a
   convenient meeting place), Tracy Alderman, or her book. 
   
   Adult Survivors Struggling with Self-Injury
   [21]New Hope Healing Institute
   [22]nhhi@nhhi.net
   Indianapolis and Marion, IN
   (317) 387-1926 for information and intake
   
   Beginning the last week of January 99. Six-week group, with options to
   continue with more in-depth groups and then long-term open groups to
   follow. Group is limited to adult abuse survivors and will have no
   more than twelve members.
   
   Trichotillomania support group
   Schaumburg, IL
   Contact: Karleen Wink, M.S.
   (847) 519-7770
   
   A support group for compulsive hair pullers in the Chicago area.
   Monday evenings, 8 to 9 pm.
   
CANADA

   [23]Kids Help Phone, 1-800-668-6868
   1-800-668-6868, 24 hours
   
   National Office:
   439 University Avenue
   Suite 300
   Toronto, ON
   M5G 1Y8
   TEL: (416) 586-0100
   FAX: (416) 586-1880
   
   "Kids Help Phone is Canada's only toll-free, national telephone
   counseling service for children and youth. We provide counseling
   services directly to children and youth between the ages of 4 and 19
   years and help adults aged twenty and over find the counseling
   services they need."
   
   [24]S.A.F.E. in Canada
   735 Wonderland Rd. N. Suite 224
   London, Ontario
   N6H 5N7
   (519) 857-7259.
   
   Provides therapy and support for self-injurers in Canada, teen
   programs, professional education, workshops (including one for family
   and friends), and literature. Cognitive-behavioral community-based
   model.
   
   [25]Youth Services Bureau
   465 MacLaren Street
   Ottawa, ON
   (613) 234-5511
   
   Free outpatient counseling (client-centered and cognitive-behavioral)
   for low-income youth in Ottawa. Mentions self-injury specifically.
   
UNITED KINGDOM

    (Many of these resources come from Kirsti Reeves' frequently updated
    [26]UK Resources page. The most up-to-date information about self-help
    organizations for self-harmers can be found there. Thanks, Kirsti.)
    
   42nd Street
   Suicide/Self-Harm worker
   2nd Floor, Swan Buildings
   20 Swan Street
   Manchester M4 5JW
   0161 862 0170
   
   42nd Street is a mental health service for Manchester young people
   aged fifteen to twenty-five who face wide and varied problems
   including self-harm and suicide. They offer a variety of individual
   support alongside a range of groups based at the resource and within
   the local community. They have initiated specific projects including a
   suicide/self-harm project which itself offers individual and group
   support to young people. They completed a research project on young
   people, self-harm and suicide and produced an excellent book based on
   their findings.
   
   Barnardo/Social Services Leaving Care Project
   76c Walter Road Swansea SA1 1RQ
   England
   Tim Phillips
   0179 246 0178
   
   Supports young people in educating social workers and other
   intervention services on the rational and driving forces behind
   self-harm and self-injury. Explores positive responses as well as
   instances when intervention is effective or counter-productive. Led,
   developed and delivered by young people who self-harm or injure
   themselves.
   
   The Basement Project
   P.O. Box 5 Abergavenny NP7 5XW
   Wales
   Lois Arnold and Anne Magill
   0187 385 6524
   
   A community resource providing support groups for individuals abused
   in childhood as well as training, supervision, consultation, research
   and publications.
   The Basement Project has carried out research and worked extensively
   with people (including young people) who self-injure, and has set-up
   the self-injury forum (leaflet available on request). It also works to
   encourage good practice and provides training workshops and support
   for workers in the field of self-injury.
   
   Brent Adolescent Centre
   Johnston House 51 Winchester Avenue London NW6 7TT
   England
   Dr Catalina Bronstein
   0171 328 0918
   
   The Centre will provide assessment, psychotherapeutic consultations
   and, when needed, psychotherapeutic treatment. It will investigate and
   try to understand the underlying anxieties that generate such
   behaviour in young people in order to help adolescents understand why
   they need to attack themselves.
   Pilot project for three years.
   
   [27]Bristol Crisis Service for Women
   PO Box 654
   Bristol
   BS99 1XH
   0117 925 1119
   
   Resources for women who self-harm, including several booklets and
   information sheets and help line service on Friday and Saturday nights
   between 9.00 p.m. and 12.30 a.m. Produces SHOUT, a newsletter for
   women who SI. From what I've seen of their stuff, they're an extremely
   valuable resource for women in Europe and the UK who self-injure. They
   recently published [28]"The Hurt Yourself Less" Workbook, written by
   people who self-injure, for people who self-injure.
     
   
   Crisis Recovery Unit
   Fitzmary 1
   Bethlem Royal Hospital
   Monks Orchard Road
   Beckenham, Kent
   BR3 3BX
   0181 776 4273 for referral details
   0181 776 4102 for clinical details
   
   The CRU offers humane and understanding inpatient SI treatment. From
   what Steve has told me of this unit, it sounds nearly ideal. I've
   heard a few negative reports from people who have been through the
   program, but also several positive ones. NHS.
   
   Loughborough Youth Affairs
   Mountfields Lodge Youth Centre
   Epinal Way
   Loughborough
   LE11 OQE
   England
   Janet Holland
   0150 923 6043
   
   One-to-one youth support work, mainly with young women who self harm.
   In addition to youth work with young women who self harm, Janet
   Holland has an interest in exploring and carrying out research on
   'youth work' as opposed to 'medical' responses to self harm. Youth
   work responses might adopt an empowerment model to encourage
   development and personal growth.
   
   National Self-Harm Network
   C/o Survivors Speak Out
   34 Osnaburgh Street
   London
   NW1 3ND
   0171 916 5472
   
   (comments by Steve Blake, a UK psychiatric worker) Led by Louise
   Pembroke - active S'Her. Political campaigning survivor led
   organization for rights of s'hers. Takes up complaints against A&E
   depts. Compiling list of poor treatment received by s'hers. Also
   explores day-to-day issues - how to cover up scars. Publishes a SH
   sheet & 'Crisis Card' to take to A&E if you need medical intervention
   but are too distressed to fight for treatment. Particularly good if
   you've been sh*t on by psychiatric or medical services.
   
   North West Self-Injury Interest Group
   Christine Hogg
   Maureen Burke
   0151 471 2460
   
   Primarily a resource for medical professionals, the North West
   Self-Injury Interest Group acknowledges the difficulty of caring for
   self-injurers but seeks to provide resources to allow medical
   professionals to do so in a way that validates caregiver and client.
   They have an excellent resource pack available for professionals and
   might be able to refer you to help in northwest England.
   
   Moira Toms C.Q.S.W
   Bramblewood
   Guildford Road
   CRANLEIGH
   Surrey
   GU6 8PR
   0148 327 4183
   
   She offers family, couple, individual therapy - psychotherapy.
   Referral from host organizations and GP's, Self referrals, Social
   Services. Offering therapy to anyone with a problem to include mental
   health - i.e. Depression, Eating Disorders, Family/Couple disharmony,
   Breakdown of relationship, Alcohol or drug related problems,
   Adolescent difficulties, Self harm. Area based: Cranleigh Village -
   However can be flexible and willing to negotiate for accommodation
   near client.
   
   Barry Kiehn
   Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
   Gwynfa Adolescent Service
   Pen-y-Bryn Road
   Upper Colwyn Bay, Clwyd, North Wales, LL29 6AL.
   
   Michaela Swales
   Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Gwynfa Adolescent Service and
   Lecturer in the Psychology of Adolescence
   University College of North Wales
   Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG.
   [29]pss051@bangor.ac.uk
   
   Kiehn and Swales wrote a wonderful explication of DBT therapy and
   might know more about the availability of DBT in England.
   
  Mutual Support Groups in the UK
  
   Faces [no longer meeting]
   
   Bristol -- Self-injury Self-Help Group
   Contact through [30]Bristol Crisis Service for Women
   0117 925 1119
   
   An unfacilitated self-help group for women who self-injure. It is
   independent of any organisation and is run solely by the women who
   attend.
   
   Hidden Scars
   Contact: Tracie Adams
   0127 477 0149
   
   Self Help support group in the Bradford area for both men and women to
   talk about self-harm in an informal. safe, secure, non judgmental
   environment for complete confidentiality. Meets every Tuesday 3-4:30pm
   and Wednesday 6:30-8pm. Phone line available Monday and Tuesday
   11am-3pm.
   
   Cutting Back
   C/o Self Help Nottingham
   Ormiston House
   32-36 Pelham Street
   Nottingham
   NG1 2EG
   
   A Nottingham based closed support group, hoping to start an evening
   support group as well. Help line available on Friday and Saturday
   night, 9pm-midnight on 0115 958 3399.
   
   North London Women's Self-Harm Support Group
   Contact: Helen Blackwell
   7 Fernhall
   Freirn Park
   London N12 9LT
   
   For the London area.
   
   HOPE - Hope of people everywhere
   Contact: Clara Manzi/Bill Downer
   0127 373 6168
   0127 388 5556
   c/o INSIGHT
   79 Buckingham Road
   Brighton
   East Sussex
   BN1 3RT
   
   A closed group in Brighton that has been running since January 1996
   with a focus on self-injury and what lies behind it.
   
   STEPS - Support, Tolerance, Empathy, Perseverance and Strength
   Contact: Clare Shaw
   Flat 3, 23 Ullet Road
   Aigburth
   Liverpool
   
   The qualities which enable women as individuals and together, to live
   with and overcome self harm. Meets weekly in Wavertree, Liverpool.
   
   Manchester Women's Self Harm Support Group
   Contact: Quibilah Montsho
   0161 226 0787
   
   The women's self-harm support group meets in the first Saturday of
   each month at Hulme Library in Manchester. The group provides a safe,
   supportive and non-judgmental space for women who self harm to express
   their feelings.
   
   SSIAG
   Contact: Tracy
   0159 581 0330 or
   Alan Murdoch 0159 574 3006 
   
   The Shetland Self-Injury Action Group is hoping to meet regularly in
   Lerwick and Brae. It will be facilitated by an experienced counselor,
   sympathetic to the issues around self-injury. The group has been set
   up with the efforts of the Shetland Health Board Mental Health Team,
   and Bristol Crisis Service for Women.
   
  Newsletters in the UK:
  
   SHOUT (Self-Harm overcome by understanding and tolerance)
   
   SHOUT is a bi-monthly newsletter which aims to break down isolation
   and provide support for women affected by self-harm (will accept
   subscriptions from men too). It is read and contributed to by women
   all over the country, by groups and by professionals who work with
   people affected by self-harm. SHOUT includes articles,
   pen-pals/contacts, letters, poems, cartoons, book reviews, plus
   details of help lines, groups and resources. The mailing list is
   confidential and copies will be sent in a plain envelope.
   
   To subscribe, contact:
   SHOUT
   PO Box 654
   Bristol BS99 1XH
   
AUSTRALIA

   CentaCare
   33 Wakefield Street
   Adelaide SA 5000
   Australia
   Phone: (08) 8210 8200
   Fax: (08) 8224 0930
   ACCESS: 1800 812 300
   Country NFP: 1800 114 010
   
   Youth Services
   Centalink, Youth Suicide Intervention Program, assesses young people
   in crisis and at risk of self-harm or suicide.
   
   Wesley Private Hospital
   91 Milton Street
   Ashfield NSW
   2131
   9716 1400
   
   All I know about them is that they exist, are affiliated with a
   church, and mention self-injury on their web page.
   
  INTERNET & OTHER
  
   The Samaritans
   E-mail: [31]jo@samaritans.org
   Anonymous E-mail: [32]samaritans@anon.twwells.com
   
   The Samaritans are a non-religious charity that have been offering
   emotional support to the suicidal and despairing for over 40 years by
   phone, visit and letter. Callers are guaranteed absolute
   confidentiality and retain the right to make their own decisions
   including the decision to end their life. The service is now available
   via E-mail, run from Cheltenham, England, and can be reached from
   anywhere with Internet access. Trained volunteers read and reply to
   mail once a day, every day of the year.
   
   SASH - Survivors of Abuse and Self Harming
   
   Pen friend network offers support, friendship and understanding on a
   one to one basis in writing.
   
   Contact:
   SASH
   20 Lackmore Road
   Enfield
   Middlesex
   EN1 4PB

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