Youth Suicide and Self Harm Counselling

Nonsuicidal Self-Injury is the deliberate act of inflicting damage onto one’s body that is not a social acceptable cultural ritual (ie. body piercing, tattooing) or intended to induce death. Examples of self-injurious behaviour include cutting, stabbing, striking the body, and rubbing the surface of the skin excessively, to name a few. Self-injurious behaviours are done to help produce a desired state and/or help reduce or eliminate certain thoughts and feelings. The behaviour can become self-reinforcing and a person who struggles with self-injury could become preoccupied about the act.

If you or someone you know is engaging in self-injurious behaviours, consulting with a physician may be a first step, especially when wounds are in need of attention. At CFS Counselling + Wellbeing we may be able to help with the behavioural, cognitive and emotional factors that produce and maintain the act of self-injury.

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