Certificate in Working With Self-Harm: Understand, support, and respond.

Description

Working With Self-Harm Understand, support, and work safely

Workshop Overview

This 1 hour 30 minute online workshop is designed for counsellors, trainee therapists, and mental health practitioners who want to build confidence and clarity when working with clients who self-harm. Delivered through a trauma-informed lens, the session explores what self-harm really means, why individuals engage in it, and how to support clients safely and ethically in therapeutic practice.

What We Will Cover

Understanding the meaning of self-harm

Exploring the psychological, emotional, and relational functions behind self-harm.

Types of self-harm

A look at the different forms self-harm can take and how they present in therapy.

Why people self-harm

Insight into emotional regulation, trauma, shame cycles, and coping patterns.

Working therapeutically with self-harm

Approaches for building safety, trust, and emotional stability.

How to explore self-harm without reinforcing it, and support clients toward alternative coping strategies.

Safeguarding and ethical practice

Understanding risk, how to respond safely, and when to escalate.

Boundaries, documentation, and professional responsibility.

Format:

Online workshop (live via video)

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Interactive, reflective, and grounded in real therapeutic practice.

Who It’s For:

Counsellors, supervisors, support workers, trainees, and professionals working in mental health or support roles who want to deepen their understanding and feel more equipped in sessions where self-harm is present.