If you struggle with self-harming behavior and are ready to break the cycle, change is possible. You just need the right help. It Already Hurts Enough is a comprehensive, compassion-based approach to changing your self-harming habits by changing your mind. This thoughtful and frank guide creatively combines insights from psychology (MBCT, DBT, ACT), neuroscience, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, and bodywork--offering pragmatic and powerful strategies to help you:
Calm chaotic thinking and emotional overwhelm without self-harming tactics
Understand the deeper meanings behind painful thoughts
Respond gently to yourself and others
Change habits that fuel self-sabotage and self-injury
Communicate truthfully without increasing conflict
Cope skillfully with effects of trauma or abuse
Create a life that feels good to live
No matter the ways you harm yourself, this book––equal parts resource guide, pep talk, and trusted friend––will support you as you learn to quiet the chaos in your mind and interact with your thoughts and emotions so skillfully that you don’t need self-harm.
It Already Hurts Enough: Strategies for Stopping Self-Injury (Print)
8 1/2" x 11" spiral-bound workbook, 272 pages. ISBN: 978-0-9906386-0-5