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Archive for tag: professionals

15.022015February 19, 2015
For paramedics, nurses, A&E staff, and all HCPs

For paramedics, nurses, A&E staff, and all HCPs

By WedgeIn Raising Awareness, Self-Injury Awareness Day [SIAD]Tags doctor, HCP, HCPs, nurse, paramedic, professionals

Written for healthcare professionals - as first-responders and carers, here's an intro to self-injury.

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02.022012February 2, 2012

We’ve been talking about self-injury

By JulesIn Raising Awareness, TrainingTags conference, professionals, schools, training

A couple of years ago Wedge and I travelled to Wells in Somerset as Wedge had been invited to speak at a conference. The feedback...

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10.032010March 10, 2010

Self-Injury: Self expression inside out – Distraction and other alternatives

By WedgeIn Raising AwarenessTags HCPJ, professionals, publications, Raising Awareness

The seventh and final part of our series from the article I wrote for HCPJ last year. Self-injury can be seen as a compulsion, but...

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03.032010March 3, 2010

Self-Injury: Self expression inside out – Taking care of yourself and your clients

By WedgeIn Raising AwarenessTags HCPJ, professionals, publications, Raising Awareness

Part six of my article published in the Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal last year. People who work with clients who self-injure need to be...

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23.022010February 23, 2010

Self-injury: Self expression inside out – Hard to stop

By WedgeIn Raising AwarenessTags HCPJ, professionals, publications, Raising Awareness

The fifth part of our series, first published as a single article in the Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal last year. Because self-injury is experienced...

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17.022010February 17, 2010

Self-injury: Self expression inside out – Not so irrational

By WedgeIn Raising AwarenessTags HCPJ, professionals, publications, Raising Awareness

As promised, here’s the fourth part of the article I wrote for the Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal: At first glance it may be hard...

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09.022010February 9, 2010

Self-injury: Self-expression inside out – Not just a girl thing

By WedgeIn Raising AwarenessTags HCPJ, men, professionals, publications, Raising Awareness

Today we bring you the third part of my article published in the Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal last year. The media tend to focus...

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04.022010February 4, 2010

Self-injury: Self-expression inside out – What is self-injury?

By WedgeIn Raising AwarenessTags HCPJ, professionals, publications, Raising Awareness

The second part of my article first published in the Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal (HCPJ) published by the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy...

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01.022010February 1, 2010

Self-injury: Self-expression inside out – Introduction

By WedgeIn Raising AwarenessTags HCPJ, professionals, publications, Raising Awareness

This article (to be seven blog articles) was first published in the Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal (HCPJ) published by the British Association for Counselling...

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