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Edited by Jude Boyles Introduction – Everyone should know what happens to us My first ever client who was a survivor of torture was an Iranian man called Reza. Two pictures from Tehran that his mother sent me still hang on the wall of my therapy room, and I have…

A review by counsellor Effie Lunn for Safe with Self-Injury by Kay Inckle. BACP Journal Children and Young People. June 2017 Click here to read the review in full http://www.pccs-books.co.uk/downloads/Safe_with_Self-Injury_Review_(002).jpg

This is an extract from Chapter 11 by Emma Tickle and Stephen Joseph entitled Using attachment theory in person-centred therapy The idea for this chapter arose from a recent teaching session with some of our students on a person-centred training course. They had recently started a new placement, working with children…

This article by Dr Kay Inckle looks at Self-Injury and Young People and untangles the myths and offers helpful resources to respond. The following scenario and discussion sets out some of the key issues for counsellors and therapists working with young people who self-injure. The characters portrayed in the scenario are composites1. Composite characters are drawn from the experiences of a number of individuals such that real-life issues and dilemmas can be portrayed without compromising the confidentiality or anonymity of any one person (see Inckle, 2010).