Training

Training workshops and presentations offer an opportunity to learn about the often misunderstood issue of self-harm. Jill offers a safe environment to explore an issue that often triggers fear and helplessness in those faced with supporting someone who self-harms. Jill brings to the training her own personal experience of using self-harm to cope with the memories of being sexually abused as a child. Jill offers part of her "story" to help you understand the individual meaning and purpose of her own self-harm and describes the journey that led to her breaking free from the need to self-harm, describing the factors that were helpful to her in beginning to reduce and stop her need to self-harm.

As a professional counsellor since then Jill has developed Self-Injury Support in North Cumbria (SIS) into a unique independent service in North Cumbria that is valued for its expertise and person-centred ethos. Jill will offer professional understanding and insights from her work with the charity (SIS) to further your knowledge around self-harm. In particular NICE guidelines, case studies and examples of care management around harm minimisation can be included.

Aims of the Courses

• To develop an awareness and understanding of this often misunderstood issue.
• To recognise that self-harm is usually a coping strategy which people may have developed as a way of expressing or relieving the intense and overwhelming feelings and emotions.
• To help carers and professionals working in a wide range of services including health and mental health, education, youth work, drug and alcohol services, support services and counselling services, feel more confident in supporting those people who self-harm and where to get/ refer to more specialised support.