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Nicholas J. Westers Psy.D. ABPP
The Psychology of Self-Injury
Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health
Why do people self-injure? And what is the best way to respond when someone tells us they self-injure? Dr. Nicholas Westers, a clinical psychologist at Children's Health and Associate Professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, collaborates with the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury (ISSS) to interview the leading experts in the field of self-injury and self-harm as well as individuals with lived experience of self-injury and parents and family members of those who have self-injured. This podcast is meant to be a resource for parents, professionals,...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.9 stars from 71 ratings
E42 of Season 3
Wow thank you so much for agreeing to interview Allison, I have lived experience with NSSI, and I was always feeling like my experience was different than everyone else’s because I didn’t happen upon NSSI accidentally, but I deliberately chose to use NSSI—and it was always premeditated. Also, I...Read full review »
Unis Young via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/30/23
Great podcast
Informative and interesting podcast on the difficult subject of self harm. Refreshing to hear such a fascinating range of perspectives
Cassandra2021 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 09/06/23
Self-harm scarring episode
I am someone who self harms with the intentions to leaves a scar. It frustrates me when it doesn’t leave a scar etc. I really liked the episodes !
Spoon_Selfharms via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 03/24/23
Recent Episodes
Thomas from Ontario, Canada shares his story of lived experience of self-injury and gender dysphoria, including how self-harm evolved for him over time as a transgender man.
Published 04/26/24
Jonas Bjärehed, PhD, from Lund University in Sweden compares rates of self-injury and self-harm among youth from 2007 to 2023.
Published 03/29/24
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