Living with Self-Harm “Self-harm is a way of expressing very deep distress. Often, people don’t know why they self-harm.” (Mind) People who self-harm may injure themselves in a variety of ways.
Lived Experience
This course will help you to understand why people self-harm and what support is available. It also aims to dispel the most common myths surrounding self-harm and addresses the feelings of fear, guilt and shame that self-harm can bring due to the stigma around it. The course includes tips for helping yourself and provides non-judgemental, compassionate advice for friends, family members and professionals when encountering self-harming behaviour. By the end of this course, you will: • Have a greater understanding of selfharm and what can trigger it
• Understand the stigma, shame and taboo of self-harm
• Understand why people harm themselves and the purpose it serves
• Be aware of treatment, interventions, recovery and support
• Understand how self-harming behaviour interacts with other mental health conditions
• Understand how to support someone that engages in self-harm.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about selfharm, particularly anyone who is self-harming, or feels that they might. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who self-harm. Duration: One full day (6 hours) Lead tutors: Gary Sidley, Avril Clarke and Colin Mattinson
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I enjoyed taking part in the art workshops, watching the role play and the interaction with a variety of professionals and service users.”
Date and Time: 8 December 2015 – 10am to 4pm Venue: Room 3, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester. M25 3BL Date and Time: 3 February 2016 – 10am to 4pm Venue: J2 Training Room, J Block, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton. BL4 0JR J Block is located at the top of three flights of stairs but we can arrange for you to have access to a lift, and ensure the facilitator escorts you to the venue. If you require disabled access, please let us know. Please use the outside entrance and press the buzzer for entry.
Date and Time: 24 March 2016 – 10am to 4pm Venue: Room 3, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3BL Page Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus: October 2015 - March 2016
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