Cutting : understanding and overcoming self-mutilation /
Provides a psychological profile of the self-mutilator, describes the circumstances under which the problem arises, and suggests possible treatments.
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New York :
W.W. Norton,
1999, ©1998.
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Table of Contents:
- Part one: The illness. What is self-mutilation? ; The phenomenon of a self-destructive act ; Who is the self-mutilator? ; The reactions of others ; How the disorder takes shape ; How and why the disorder deepens ; Attachment patterns ; The benefits of self-wounding ; The value of pain in our culture ; The family system ; Incest and other childhood abuse : fusing pain with security
- Part two: The recovery. A perspective on change ; Reaching out to reach in ; Who can be the helpers? ; Bumps along the road ; Caught between symptom and attachment ; Moving backwards to recovery ; Achieving genuine communication with others ; Analyzing and confronting the past.