Positive Focus: A groupwork approach to self-harm

This handbook introduces alternative coping strategies to self-harm by following a series of just 6 sessions designed to really make a difference to a young person's life. Each session includes topics such as:

• Anger/Anxiety management
• Relaxation
• Assertion/Communication skills
• Distraction/Channelling
• Problem Solving
• Self control

Group members will receive printed information from the sessions to take away with them and build into a support reference. The sessions will enhance the individual's feelings of self-control and responsibility for their actions, giving them a sense of choice about how they deal with difficult situations and feelings.

Product includes access to supporting online resources.