Reply to teen cutting

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "teen cutting"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]PP from 2017: you might want to look at the website for Cornell University research program on self-injury and recovery.  (Google it.) Lots of great info there.

DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) is often recommended for teens who self-injure.  That approach combines the behavior change aspects of CBT (learning coping skills and alternatives to self-limiting beliefs) with mindfulness practices.  It's a heavy commitment for both parents and teens, though, with weekly individual therapy plus weekly "skills training" for both parents and teens.  IME, DBT works best when you've got a motivated, mature, cognitively ready kid--not the case with my recovering cutter, unfortunately.

To me, the most important thing is for you to find a therapist with whom your daughter feels comfortable and with whom she is willing to work.  And that's probably going to require a lot of legwork and appointments and money to find "the one."  (My kid is a therapeutic boarding school right now, so I don't have any recommendations.) If you haven't already done so, you could contact the Ross Center in NW DC; the wheelhouse of that practice is anxiety, and there's usually a waitlist to get an appointment, but someone there would probably be willing to talk with you briefly about your situation and offer some advice.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics