amp8220Drawing on research theory and survivor wisdom A Psychosocial Understanding of Self Injury and Trauma provides a clear downtoearth and practical guide to supporting people who selfinjure.amp8221Helen Spandler Professor of Mental Health UCLan UK Editor Asylum the radical mental health magazineamp8220This is a very welcome book which is authoritative and engaging in equal measure.amp8221Andrew Reeves Professor in Counselling Professions and Mental Health The University of Chester UKamp8220In this accessible and instructive book Long has made excellent use of her interdisciplinary knowledge to invite readers to engage with critical thought around selfinjury.amp8221Fiona Stirling Lecturer in Counselling Abertay University UKamp8220Maggie Longamp8217s wise and humane study of selfinjury offers an important contribution to understanding how personal wounds may come to be amp8216written on the bodyamp8217.amp8221Liz Frost Coeditor of Journal of Psychosocial Studies Associate Professor of Social Work UWE Bristol UKThis book is a key resource for any student or practitioner in the helping professions who wishes to develop a holistic understanding of selfinjury.ampnbspDebunking common myths and stereotypes Long uses an interdisciplinary approach to help readers understand the people behind the symptoms. The impact of interpersonal societal and intergenerational trauma is considered in depth as are the key practical implications for research policy and practice this understanding of selfinjury brings.Though primarily aimed at Counselling and Psychotherapy students Long considers the challenging processes of helpseeking more broadly providing useful strategies for responding to selfinjury disclosures for practitioners in a range of roles where counselling skills are used including those in Social Work Youth Work Teaching and Nursing.ampnbspampnbspMaggie Long is a lecturer at Ulster University Ireland. Her work is crossborder and interdisciplinary drawing on her backgroun