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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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4.9 stars from 79 ratings
E42 of Season 3
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“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
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“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
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“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
Maryam Gholamrezaei, PhD, C.Psych, from Toronto, Canada, discusses self-injury and help-seeking among ethnically diverse populations and shares cultural insights into reasons for self-harm among individuals in the Middle East.
Published 10/25/24
Michelle Hiner, MS, from Rutgers University in New Jersey breaks down how high and low arousal emotions affect the perception of pain among those who engage in self-injury and self-harm.
Published 09/27/24
Published 09/27/24
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