Positive Focus – A groupwork approach to self-harm

Positive Focus introduces a seven session group work framework which has been designed  to support young people who self-harm.

The group aims to  encourage young people to develop alternative  coping strategies for dealing with their feelings, thereby  reducing the need to self harm.

Each session includes topics  such as:

• Anger/Anxiety management
• Relaxation
• Assertion/Communication skills
• Distraction/Channelling
• Problem Solving
• Self control

Group members will receive printed information from the sessions to take away with them and build into a support reference. The sessions will enhance the individual's feelings of self-control and responsibility for their actions, giving them a sense of choice about how they deal with difficult situations and feelings.

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