Valencia Agnew, M.A., L.L.P.
vlagnew@comcast.net
www.valenciaagnew.com
Self-Injurious Behaviors

Books

  • Aguirre, B. (2007). Borderline Personality Disorder in Teens: A complete guide to coping and understanding when your adolescent has BPD. Beverly, MA: Fair Winds Press.
  • Clark, J. & Henslin, E. (2007). Inside a cutter's mind: Understanding and helping those who self-injure. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress.
  • Cohen, B., Barnes, M. & Rankin, A. (1995). Managing traumatic stress through art. Sidran Press.
  • Conterio, K., Lader, W. & Bloom, K. (1998). Bodily harm: The breakthrough healing program. New York: Hyperion.
  • Hollander, M. (2008). Helping teens who cut: Understanding and ending self-injury. New York: The Guilford Press.
  • Kreisman, J. & Straus, H. (1989). I hate you, don't leave me: Understanding borderline personality. New York: Avon Books.
  • Linehan, M. (1993). Skills training manual for treating borderline personality disorder. New York: The Guilford Press.
  • McKay, M., Wood, J. & Brantley, J. (2007).The Dialectical behavior therapy skills workbook. Oakland, CA: New harbinger Publications.
  • McVey-Nobel, M., Khemlani-Patel, S. & Nezirouglu, F. (2006). When your child is cutting. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publishing.
  • Ross, C. (2000). The trauma model. Richardson, TX: Manitou Communications.
  • Shapiro, L. (2008). Stopping the pain. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publishing.
  • Strong, M. (1998). A Bright red scream: Self-mutilation and the language of pain. New York: Penguin Publishing.
  • Sutton, J. (2005). Healing the hurt within. Oxford, UK: How To Books.

 

Websites
 

Borderline Personality Online Support Group. http://www.mdjunction.com/borderline-personality. I cannot completely vouch for this online support group. So far it seems to be a helpful and positive website.

Cornell Research Program on Self Injurious Behavior in Adolescents and Young Adults, http://www.crpsib.com/whatissi.asp

EMDR Institute, Inc., P.O. Box 51010, Pacific Grove, CA, 93950-6010, (813) 372-3900,
inst@emdr.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , http://www.emdr.com.

Marsha Linehan's personal story about self injury, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/health/23lives.html?pagewanted=all

S.A.F.E. Alternatives (Self Abuse Finally Ends) -
http://www.selfinjury.com. Many more resources will be listed at this website.


Questions and Answers About Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

 

Journal Articles

Santisteban, D.A. (2003), Intergrative borderline adolescent family therapy, psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 40, 251-264.