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The Scarred Soul: Understanding and Ending Self-inflicted Violence [Paperback]

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications (18 Sep 1997)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1572240792
ISBN-13: 978-1572240797
Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.4 x 1.5 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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This step-by-step guide is designed to help victims of self-inflicted violence understand why they feel the need to hurt themselves and to take steps to change their behaviour. Most victims tend to be teenage girls or women in their twenties. To hurt themselves is sometimes a way of focusing and controlling overwhelming feelings of chaos. For others, it frees them from the numbness that defends them from the pain of previous abuse. Alderman helps them to explore the reasons for self-abuse and its impact on their lives, and how to break the habit, either through psychotherapy or on their own.

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I hope you find this book to be interesting and useful!
My hope is that The Scarred Soul will help educate people on the topic of self-inflicted violence. There are numerous activities designed to help you better understand and cope with this difficult issue. Therapists, friends and family members of people who engage in self-inflicted violence can also benefit from reading this book. I wrote this book because the topic is so misunderstood and largely ignored. I hope you find it useful.

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The term self-inflicted violence is best defined as the intentional harm of one's own body without conscious suicidal intent. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, 1 Mar 2002

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I am a cutter. I can not even begin to describe how excellent this book is and how much it has helped me. I thouroughly recommend it to self-harmers, family&friends and professionals alike. Everyone can learn from it. I have spent a lot of money of self-help books to help me to overcome and understand my problem and this one is undoubtedly the best. Not only does it help you and those close to you to understand this very misunderstood behaviour but it also helps you to live with, understand and try and get over your behaviour. It isn't at all forceful and is instead compassionate and tells you to do things in your own time. If you're not ready to stop doing this then don't. It helps you to realise that self-harm isn't all bad, that you shouldn't feel guilty about it, because without it you probably couldn't have survived but helps you to realise that there are other alternatives and overcome it in time.
Thank you Tracy Alderman!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Really helpful and easy to read, 21 Oct 2003

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I was very impressed with this book. It has really accurate and easy to read information. It helped me a lot to understand my self injury. I realised many things I had not before, like underlying reasons for it, and definitely how my past could have contributed to it. It covers many many important issues surrounding self harm and is a great book to get if you are looking for a book on self harm, I highly reccomend it. It has many helpful exersises for you to do. It is very useful and I like the author's style and her sense of humor makes it an enjoyable read, it is very interesting. This is the one to get!

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5.0 out of 5 stars incredible, 28 Mar 2001

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I have bought most of the self-harm books available but continue to re-read this one. It is full of activities which enable you to stand back and examine your behaviour and realise personal triggers and people who may provoke you. This is written with a depth, compassion and understanding I have yet to find anywherelse.

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3.0 out of 5 stars S.A.F.E
I would recommend this book to anyone who is ready to start thinking about decreasing and eventually stopping their self harm. Read more

Published on 18 April 2009 by Ms. S. L. Evans

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant advice and understanding
After ploughing through hundreds of books online I finally decided to buy this one, and a good job I did too. Read more

Published on 9 July 2008 by Gippy

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful companion to truly help end self harming
I didn't really have high hopes for this book, I couldn't imagine how after years of self harming a book could make much difference. How wrong and ignorant I was! Read more

Published on 31 Oct 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars A book for those in need
When i first began my search for a book on helping with self harm i looked around for a long time and occasionally looked at the reviews that many people had written about the... Read more

Published on 23 Sep 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars A good self help book
As the Development Co -Ordinator of a self harm voluntary group I want to recommend this book for anyone who suffers from deliberate self harm. Read more

Published on 2 Sep 2001 by selfharmalliance

5.0 out of 5 stars Alderman knows everything.
Alderman has throughly researched this topic and offers both long term and short term practical advice in a straight-forward sometimes humorous way. Read more

Published on 8 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars A blessing in disguise!!
When I ordered this book I truly did not know to what extent it would help me but it has helped volumes! Read more

Published on 12 April 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, helpful book.
I want to lend this book to so many people so they can understand self-injury. It has been very helpful to me. Read more

Published on 29 July 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best book on the subject around!
I bought this book for myself because I self-injure, and lent it to my therapist, a friend of mine whose daughter self-injures, and friends who know I injure and feel a need to... Read more

Published on 24 July 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Helpful
I think this book was truly a great book for self-help in this disorder. I am a self-injurer myself and really wanted to try something to help myself, and this helped so far. Read more

Published on 19 Dec 1997

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