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The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Why do people self-injure? And what is the best way to respond when someone tells us they self-injure? Dr. Nicholas Westers, a clinical psychologist at Children's Health and Professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, collaborates with the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury (ISSS) to interview the leading experts in the field of self-injury and self-harm as well as individuals with lived experience of self-injury and parents and family members of those who…
Episodes
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Tips for Supporting Those Who Self-Harm (Re-Release)
In this episode, host and producer of The Psychology of Self-Injury podcast, Dr. Nicholas Westers, shares his own thoughts about what we should consider when…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Can Imagery Help Reduce Self-Harm?, with Dr. Nicholas Westers
Mental imagery refers to sensory processing in the absence of sensory stimuli, and this can be through our visual senses or our senses of hearing, smell…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Lived Experience: Brittany's Story of Self-Injury & Faith (Re-Release)
In this episode, Brittany details her experience of engaging in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), how it started, and how she makes sense of self-injury and her…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
The Psychology of Self-Injury Pain (Re-Release)
What is the relationship between nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and pain? Are individuals who self-injure less sensitive to pain than those who don’t…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
The Neurobiology of Self-Injury (in Layman's Terms) [Re-Release]
What goes on at the neurobiological level that makes someone more vulnerable to self-injure or self-harm? What biological risk factors are at play? What roles…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
The Psychology of Self-Injury Scarring (Re-Release)
How are scars from nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) different than physical scars that are unintentional or result from non-self-inflicted wounds ? What…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Eating Disorders & Self-Harm (Re-Release)
The term "self-harm" is an umbrella term, encompassing a broad range of behaviors, under which is included substance abuse and misuse, suicide, nonsuicidal…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents (ERITA) Who Self-Harm (Re-Release)
Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents (ERITA) and its internet-delivered version (IERITA) is just one of a couple of treatments developed…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Emotion Regulation Group Therapy (ERGT) for Self-Harm (Re-Release)
A lot of therapies address the context in which nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and self-harm may occur, but only a few treatments have been designed to address…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Self-Injury in Schools (Re-Release)
How can schools appropriately respond to students who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), whether the behavior occurs at home, on school grounds, or…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
What Role Does Blood Play in Self-Injury?, with Dr. Christian Schmahl
In this episode, Dr. Christian Schmahl from Heidelberg University and Mannheim, Germany, answers a listener's question and talks about his experimental…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Media & Self-Harm: What Helps, What Harms?, with Dr. Nicholas Westers
In this episode, host and producer of The Psychology of Self-Injury podcast, Dr. Nicholas Westers, shares his own thoughts about how media portray nonsuicidal…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Trauma and Self-Injury, with Dr. Rachel Zelkowitz
In this episode, Dr. Rachel Zelkowitz defines trauma and its prevalence among individuals who self-injure, delineates posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Parenting with Lived Experience of Self-Injury, with Dr. Janis Whitlock
Two topics are covered in this episode: (1) how parents with lived experience of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) can navigate conversations with their children…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
DSM Update: Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Disorder, or a Clinical Specifier?
In this episode, four of the top experts in researching and treating nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) talk about the research behind NSSI Disorder, the evolution…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Help-Seeking for Self-Injury, with Nani Kim, RN
In this episode, Nani Kim, RN from the University of Texas at Austin talks all things help-seeking for nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). This includes common…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Why Do People Self-Injure? Part 2, with Dr. Kirsty Hird
Dr. Kirsty Hird, a Research Officer in the Youth Mental Health team at The Kids Research Institute Australia, adds to Episode 1 of The Psychology of…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Self-Harm in Older Adults, with Dr. Lisa Van Hove
Just how prevalent is self-injury among older adults, specifically those ages 60 and over? Do the types and methods they use differ from those who self-injure…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Does Conflict About One’s Gender Role Predict Self-Injury?, with Dr. Moye Xin
In this episode, Dr. Moye Xin from Xi'an University in the Shaanxi Province of central China discusses how nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is viewed in Asia and…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Lived Experience: Ben's Story of Self-Injury
In this episode, Ben Moroski from Los Angeles, CA, shares his story of lived experience of self-injury that began at age 17 when he and his family found…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Self-Injury Awareness Day (March 1), with Drs. Sylvanna Mirichlis & Stephen Lewis
In this episode, Dr. Sylvanna Mirichlis from Curtin University in Perth, Australia, and ISSS Past President Dr. Stephen Lewis from the University of Guelph in…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Are Therapists Willing to Treat Self-Injury?, with Spencer Ellison & Dr. Jennifer Muehlenkamp
In this episode, Spencer Ellison and Dr. Jennifer Muehlenkamp read a hypothetical case vignette of a client who engages in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), has…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Paramedical Tattooing for Self-Harm Scars, with Tattoo Artist Elena & Her Client
What is paramedical tattooing and scar camouflage and how is it different than other treatments for self-injury scars? Not everyone with lived experience of…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Lived Experience: Ellie's Story of Atypical Severe Self-Harm
In this episode, Ellie from the United Kingdom and National Health Service (NHS) shares her lived experience of atypical severe self-injury while participating…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Self-Injury Among Ethnically Diverse Populations, with Dr. Maryam Gholamrezaei
In this episode, Maryam Gholamrezaei, PhD, C.Psych, shares about her interviews with racially and ethnically diverse individuals who self-injure, including…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Effects of Emotions on Self-Injury Pain Perception, with Michelle Hiner
Does the emotion someone experiences immediately preceding an episode of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) influence how painful that episode of self-harm feels?…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents (ERITA) Who Self-Harm, with Dr. Johan Bjureberg
Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents (ERITA) and its internet-delivered version (IERITA) is just one of a couple of treatments developed…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Tips for Supporting Those Who Self-Harm, with Dr. Nicholas Westers
In this episode, host and producer of The Psychology of Self-Injury podcast, Dr. Nicholas Westers, shares his own thoughts about what we should consider when…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Social Media, Meta, & Self-Injury, with Lotte Rubæk
In this episode, Lotte Rubæk, MSc, who leads the Self-Injury Team in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Capital Region of Denmark, talks about why…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Self-Criticism as a Predictor of Self-Injury, with Christina Robillard
In this episode, Christina Robillard talks about how self-criticism can lead to increases in self-injury urges within the next two hours as well as the…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Lived Experience: Thomas' Story of Self-Injury & Gender Dysphoria
Approximately 47% of transgender adults and 55.7% of transgender and non-binary youth report having engaged in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) at some point in…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Do Youth Self-Injure More Now Than 15 Years Ago?, with Dr. Jonas Bjärehed
In this episode, Dr. Jonas Bjärehed from Lund University in Sweden walks us through his research on nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) that he began in 2007 as…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Supporting Siblings of Individuals Who Self-Harm, with Dr. Amy Lucas
In this episode, Dr. Amy Lucas from Speek Health in the United Kingdom talks about supporting siblings of those who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI)…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
DSM-5 & Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Disorder, with Dr. Greg Lengel
In 2013, the 5th edition of the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) was released, and for the first time it included Nonsuicidal…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
How Should Self-Harm Be Defined?, with Drs. Brooke Ammerman & Greg Lengel
What exactly constitutes nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI)? Dr. Brooke Ammerman from the University of Notre Dame and Dr. Greg Lengel from Drake University…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Where Does Self-Injury Fit Within Self-Damaging Behaviors?, with Dr. Brianna Turner
The term "self-harm" is an umbrella term, encompassing a broad range of behaviors, under which is included substance abuse and misuse, eating disorders…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Lived Experience: Allison's Story of Self-Injury & Scarring
In this episode, Allison details her experience of engaging in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) beginning in 9th grade and into her 20's. She explains the…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Self-Injury in Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (IDD), with Caroline Roberts
Up to 1 in 5 (20%) individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and about 3 in 7 (42%) individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
The Psychology of Self-Injury Pain, with Dr. Julian Koenig
What is the relationship between nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and pain? Are individuals who self-injure less sensitive to pain than those who don’t…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Youth Crisis, Self-Harm, & Mental Health Language, with Drs. Rachel Acheson & Maria Papadima
Amidst a global youth mental health crisis, is it possible that many young people are experiencing adolescent development challenges but are using mental…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Self-Harm OCD vs. Nonsuicidal Self-Injury, with Nathan Peterson
Approximately 1-4% of people throughout the world experience obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Individuals with OCD are more likely than those without OCD…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
A Dad & Daughter Discuss Her Lived Experience of Self-Harm
What is a parent's role in helping their child recover from self-injury? What might a dad say about supporting his child when he learns his child is engaging…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Self-Injury Recovery: A Person-Centered Approach, with Drs. Stephen Lewis & Penny Hasking
In this episode, ISSS Past Presidents Dr. Stephen Lewis from the University of Guelph in Canada, and Dr. Penelope Hasking from Curtin University in Australia…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
The Neurobiology of Self-Injury (in Layman's Terms), with Dr. Michael Kaess
What goes on at the neurobiological level that makes someone more vulnerable to self-injure or self-harm? What biological risk factors are at play? What roles…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Emotion Regulation Group Therapy (ERGT) for Self-Harm, with Drs. Kim Gratz & Matthew Tull
A lot of therapies address the context in which nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and self-harm may occur, but only a few treatments have been designed to address…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Did Self-Injury Increase During the COVID-19 Lockdown?, with Dr. Ruth Tatnell
Early in the pandemic there was a lot of talk about how the initial lockdown and stay-at-home orders would affect people’s mental health, including risk for…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
The Evolution of Self-Injury Treatment, with Dr. Wendy Lader
In 1986, the first treatment program in the United States specifically for nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) opened its doors. Self Abuse Finally Ends, better…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
The Psychology of Self-Injury Scarring, with Dr. Taylor Burke
How are scars from nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) different than physical scars that are unintentional or result from non-self-inflicted wounds ? What…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Lived Experience: Kirsty's Story of Self-Injury & Advocacy
In this episode, Kirsty Moore details her experience of engaging in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) beginning at age 14 and into her 30's. She discusses her…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Digital Interventions for Self-Harm, with Dr. Kaylee Kruzan
What digital interventions exist for addressing nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI)? And do they and peer-support apps help in reducing NSSI urges and behaviors?…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Self-Injury Under Age 12, with Dr. Imke Baetens & Lisa Van Hove
Just how prevalent is self-injury among children under age 12? Do the types and methods they use differ from those who self-injure at other ages? What about…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Self-Injury Over Age 40, with Dr. Sarah Swannell
What is the prevalence of self-injury among adults over age 40? And what differentiates those who report having stopped self-injuring from those who continue…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Self-Injury in Film: "PERFECTION" the Movie, with Actor & Director Christina Beck
Every screenwriter and film director is different and each has their own intentions and motivations, but what goes into the writing of characters who engage in…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Self-Injury Location: Visible vs Concealed, with Dr. Kathryn Gardner
Does it matter where on the body someone cuts, whether on typically more visible sites such as the forearm and wrist, or in typically more concealed areas…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Self-Harm Across Cultures, with Dr. Marc Wilson
Are there countries, races, or ethnicities with higher or lower rates of self-injury? How prevalent is NSSI among indigenous peoples, and what role does…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Single-Session Intervention for Self-Harm, with Mallory Dobias
According to a 2020 national survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), among 52.9 million adults with any mental…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Eating Disorders & Self-Harm, with Dr. Katie Gordon
The term "self-harm" is an umbrella term, encompassing a broad range of behaviors, under which is included substance abuse and misuse, suicide, nonsuicidal…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Lived Experience: Brittany's Story of Self-Injury & Faith
In this first episode of Season 2, Brittany details her experience of engaging in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), how it started, and how she makes sense of…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Self-Injury in Schools, with Dr. Nancy Heath
How can schools appropriately respond to students who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), whether the behavior occurs at home, on school grounds, or…
- The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for Self-Harm, with Dr. Jenny Hughes
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has been lauded as an evidence-based treatment for addressing suicidal and nonsuicidal thoughts and behaviors. In this…