Working with Young People who Self-Harm, Certificated Course
What you'll learn
- What is Self Harm?
- The difference between self harm and attempted suicide
- The development of self harming behaviours
- Why do young people self harm?
- How do young people self harm?
- Signs and symptoms of self harming behaviour in young people
- How we can help and support young people who self harm?
- The do's and dont's of supporting young people who self harm
- What works and does not work in supporting young people who self harm?
- Treatments and interventions, DBT and CBT
- Coping and Preventative strategies that can be taught to young people at risk of self harming
- Quality standards for staff and helping services
- The importance of self care and clinical supervision for professionals
Requirements
- Just an interest in self harm and how best to support young people who self harm
Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the area of self harm and specifically, to working with and supporting young people who self harm. We look at why young people self harm, how they self harm, how to recognize self harm, exploring the triggers and predictors to self harm, useful interventions, therapeutic modalities that have been shown to be effective in the treatment of self harm, quality standards for helping services and much much more.
Who this course is for:
- Staff, service providers, family members, anyone with an interest
Course content
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Instructor
![Kevin Michael O'Doherty](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 679 Reviews
- 2,242 Students
- 13 Courses
I am a Psychologist, Forensic Mental Health Expert, CBT Therapist and Author of several self help books. I also carry out Medico Legal Psychological Assessments for Law firms. I provide Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for clients based all over the world with the aid of Virtual Programme Software such as Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp and Doxy. I consult, advise and deliver training on all aspects of forensic mental health in the UK, Europe and USA on request.
I find my work as a Forensic Mental Health Expert Witness fascinating and I do hope that I present some of that fascination to the student during the course.
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I provide live streaming/teaching of courses and workshops for groups via Zoom on request.