Description
Positive Focus introduces a seven session group work framework which has been designed to support young people who self-harm. The group aims to encourage young people to develop alternative coping strategies for dealing with their feelings, thereby reducing the need to self harm. Each session includes topics such as:
- Anger/Anxiety management
- Relaxation
- Assertion/Communication skills
- Distraction/Channelling
- Problem Solving
- Self control
Group members will receive printed information from the sessions to take away with them and build into a support reference. The sessions will enhance the individual's feelings of self-control and responsibility for their actions, giving them a sense of choice about how they deal with difficult situations and feelings.
Highly Commended in Health and Social Care in the 2016 BMA Medical Book Awards

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Author Biography
Sarah Hodgkins has been qualified as an Occupational Therapist for over 20 years, and has worked extensively within the field of mental health, with the majority of her practice being in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. She has worked with young people who have self-harmed on numerous occasions and has developed a robust group approach which can be used to great effect with this client group. In addition, she has extensive experience in working with young people who are Autistic or have Attention Defecit Hyperactivity Disorder, and she is a qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Mindfulness Meditation teacher.
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher/Imprint Speechmark Publishing Limited / Speechmark Publishing
- Publication Date November 2015
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780863889790
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- Primary Price 29.99 GBP
- Pages132
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions297 x 210 mm
- Biblio NotesCopyright year: 2015
- Reference Code25913
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