{"id":4211,"date":"2023-03-07T10:45:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T10:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/?page_id=4211"},"modified":"2024-10-17T15:41:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T14:41:08","slug":"self-harm-self-help-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-harm self help resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Resources for young children<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cchp.nhs.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/Advice%20for%20young%20people.pdf\">Advice for young people.pdf (cchp.nhs.uk)<\/a>. This is a booklet providing advice for young people who self-harm. Credit: The National Self-Harm Network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resources for teens<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-07\/MHF-The-truth-about-self-harm-guide.pdf\">MHF-The-truth-about-self-harm-guide.pdf (mentalhealth.org.uk)<\/a>. This is a booklet to help young people &amp; their families understand self-harm. Credit: MentalHealthFoundation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/424448475\/Healthy-Coping-Strategies-and-Alternatives-to-Self-Harm\">Healthy Coping Strategies and Alternatives To Self-Harm | PDF (scribd.com)<\/a>. This is a document that provides healthy coping strategies and alternatives to self-harm. The ideas have all been suggested by people who\u2019ve self-harmed in the past. Credit: Dr Pooky Knightsmith.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngminds.org.uk\/young-person\/blog\/my-story-of-self-harm-recovery\/\">My story of self-harm recovery | YoungMinds<\/a>. This is a young person\u2019s story of self-harm. Credit: Young Minds<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.42ndstreet.org.uk\/support\/read\/help-with-self-harm\/\">42nd Street | Help with self-harm |<\/a>. This is a document that provides young people with tips to help them manage their emotions in a less harmful way. Credit: 42ndstreet<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hatw.co.uk\/\">Heads Above The Waves (hatw.co.uk)<\/a>. This is a non-profit organisation that work to raise awareness of depression and self-harm in young people. They offer workshops to share creative ways to overcome self-harm. Credit: Head Above The Waves<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9XATDht6mtE\">Understanding self-harm and finding safer alternatives &#8211; YouTube<\/a>. This is a video which provides useful alternatives to self-harming. Credit: Dr Pooky Knightsmith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resources for parents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-07\/MHF-The-truth-about-self-harm-guide.pdf\">MHF-The-truth-about-self-harm-guide.pdf (mentalhealth.org.uk)<\/a>. This is a booklet to help young people &amp; their families understand self-harm. Credit: MentalHealthFoundation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/424448475\/Healthy-Coping-Strategies-and-Alternatives-to-Self-Harm\">Healthy Coping Strategies and Alternatives To Self-Harm | PDF (scribd.com)<\/a>. This is a document that provides healthy coping strategies and alternatives to self-harm. The ideas have all been suggested by people who\u2019ve self-harmed in the past. Credit: Dr Pooky Knightsmith.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hatw.co.uk\/\">Heads Above The Waves (hatw.co.uk)<\/a>. This is a non-profit organisation that work to raise awareness of depression and self-harm in young people. They offer workshops to share creative ways to overcome self-harm. Credit: Head Above The Waves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Useful apps &amp; websites<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.selfharm.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.selfharm.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/calmharm.co.uk\/\">Home &#8211; Calm Harm App<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Useful Contacts <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Childline: advice online or on the phone (any time or day) \u2013 0800 111<\/li>\n<li>Samaritans: advice on the phone (any time or day) \u2013 116 123<\/li>\n<li>The Mix\/Get connected: advice on the phone for under 25s (1pm-11pm \u2013 7 days a week) \u2013 0808 808 4994<\/li>\n<li>Young Minds Parent Helpline: detailed advice, emotional support and signposting about a child or young person up to the age of 25 \u2013 0808 802 5544 (9:30am-4pm, Monday-Friday).<\/li>\n<li>Webchat online support (aged 13-25) \u2013 speak to a mental health practitioner or a counsellor through weekly messages or a live text chat: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.42ndstreet.org.uk\/young-people\/one-to-one-support\/webchat-online-support\/\">https:\/\/www.42ndstreet.org.uk\/young-people\/one-to-one-support\/webchat-online-support\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resources with a cost<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Can-Tell-About-Self-Harm-Professionals\/dp\/1785924281\">Can I Tell You About Self-Harm?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals: Amazon.co.uk: Pooky Knightsmith, Foreword by Jonathan Singer: 9781785924286: Books<\/a>. This is a book suitable for age 7+ that explains what self-harm is, why young people self-harm and it offers alternatives to self-harm. Credit: Dr Pooky Knightsmith.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resources for young children Advice for young people.pdf (cchp.nhs.uk). This is a booklet providing advice for young people who self-harm&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":4018,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4211","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Self-harm self help resources - Mental Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These resources provide guidance and information and have all been quality assured by a Clinical Psychologist.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Self-harm self help resources - Mental Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"These resources provide guidance and information and have all been quality assured by a Clinical Psychologist.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mental Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-17T14:41:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/\",\"name\":\"Self-harm self help resources - Mental Health\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-07T10:45:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-17T14:41:08+00:00\",\"description\":\"These resources provide guidance and information and have all been quality assured by a Clinical Psychologist.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Self-help resources\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Self-harm self help resources\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/\",\"name\":\"Mental Health\",\"description\":\"Mental Health, Improving mental health services\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mental Health\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/Small_Header_Icon_MH.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/Small_Header_Icon_MH.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Mental Health\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Self-harm self help resources - Mental Health","description":"These resources provide guidance and information and have all been quality assured by a Clinical Psychologist.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Self-harm self help resources - Mental Health","og_description":"These resources provide guidance and information and have all been quality assured by a Clinical Psychologist.","og_url":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/","og_site_name":"Mental Health","article_modified_time":"2024-10-17T14:41:08+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/","url":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/","name":"Self-harm self help resources - Mental Health","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-03-07T10:45:14+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-17T14:41:08+00:00","description":"These resources provide guidance and information and have all been quality assured by a Clinical Psychologist.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/self-harm-self-help-resources\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Self-help resources","item":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/self-help-resources\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Self-harm self help resources"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/","name":"Mental Health","description":"Mental Health, Improving mental health services","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/#organization","name":"Mental Health","url":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/Small_Header_Icon_MH.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/Small_Header_Icon_MH.png","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"Mental Health"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4211"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4217,"href":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4211\/revisions\/4217"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}