Research Catalog

Title

Cutting it out : a journey through psychotherapy and self-harm / Carolyn Smith ; foreword by Maggie Turp.

Author

Smith, Carolyn, 1975-

Publication

London ; Philadelphia, Pa. : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

128 pages; 22 cm

Summary

This is a largely autobiographical account of a young woman's battle with self-harm. It explores the complex nature of her relationship with the therapist, her initial resistance to recovery and her progression towards self-knowledge and taking responsibility for her own actions.

Subject

• Smith, Carolyn, 1975- > Health
• Smith, Carolyn, 1975-
• Cutting (Self-mutilation) > Patients > England > Biography
• Self-injurious behavior > Patients > England > Biography
• Self-mutilation > Patients > England > Biography
• Psychotherapy
• Self-injurious behavior
• Self-torture
• Self-mutilation
• Self Mutilation
• Self-Injurious Behavior
• Health
• Self-injurious behavior > Patients > Great Britain > Biography
• Self-mutilation > Patients > Great Britain > Biography
• England

Genre/Form

• Personal Narrative
• Personal narratives.
• Biographies.
• Récits personnels.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Mind the gap -- Sweet rebellion -- The traveller -- Can you keep a secret? -- Is it a bird? -- Rituals and legends -- Let's face the music -- Treacle Tuesday -- Bedrooms and nests -- Well trained -- Dream on -- Timber! -- Anthropomorphic adventures -- Ejected -- An understanding -- Reflections -- Operation bin -- Silent scrawl -- Childish interpretations -- Rescue me -- A break too many -- Fruit bowl stuff -- All change.

ISBN

• 1843102668
• 9781843102663

LCCN

• 2005024694
• 9781843102663

OCLC

• ocm61448121
• 61448121
• SCSB-9811349

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library