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By the end of the course, the Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, Social Worker or Psychologist will be able to:
-Name three interpersonal consequences of anger.
-List three definitions of self-harm.
-Identify characteristics of self-cutting.
-Describe the assessment of self-injury.
-Discuss comorbid diagnoses related to self-injury such as personality disorders, eating disorders and substance use.
-Identify one reason how family members affect self-injury.
-Name eight responses to self-injury.
-Discuss school responses to self-injury.
-List treatments for self-injury.
-Discuss communication in self-injury.
-Name treatments for self-cutting.
-Discuss the miracle question and other self-harm interventions.
-Name alternative therapies for self-injury.
-Explain why tattoos can be considered a form of self-injury.
-Explain the reason the author gives for the escalation of disordered behaviors, such as self-injury.
-Explain the goal Mona's therapist had for her treatment.
-Explain why was it important for Elaine to confront the girls in her sorority about their teasing.
-Explain how is Nancy's addiction to plastic surgery similar to other patterns of self-injury.
-Explain a reason that self-injurers who stop their self-harm behavior often feel an intolerable emptiness, dullness, flatness, or depression.
-Name the two extremes of boundary issues experienced by women with Trauma Reenactment Syndrome.
-Explain a positive factor in connecting MPD with Trauma Reenactment Syndrome.
-Explain what is meant by "complex PTSD".
-Name the eight characteristics of a self-injuring client.
-Explain when did Ceci's self harm begin to escalate towards suicidal ideation.
-Explain a benefit of having a client answer the self-assessment questions.
-Name six reasons inmates may self mutilate.


"The instructional level of this course is introductory, intermediate, or advanced depending on the learners clinical area of expertise."