Table of Contents
A Letter to Teens vii
To Professionals, Parents, and Caregivers ix
Trauma and Mental Health Treatment: What This Book Is and Isn't 1
Pledging a Pause to Self-Harm 5
Section 1 Self-Harming Behaviors
Activity 1 Self-Harm Inventory: You Can Be a Survivor! 8
Activity 2 Self-Harm Awareness Calendar: Keeping Score of Self-Harm 14
Activity 3 Pain Is there for a Reason 21
Activity 4 Stress Equals Pain Times Blocking (S = P X B) 26
Activity 5 Responding to Stress: The Fight-Flight-or-Freeze Response 33
Activity 6 Grounding Yourself When You Are in Pain 37
Activity 7 Negative Coping Behaviors and Positive Coping Skills 41
Activity 8 Letting Go Is a Process That Is Possible 45
Section 2 Be Mindful, Not Harmful
Activity 9 Sense Awareness: A Mindfulness Practice 52
Activity 10 Mindful Check-In: Your Highs And Lows 56
Activity 11 Riding the Waves: Pain Will Pass 62
Activity 12 Finding Your Anchor: A Grounding Practice 68
Activity 13 Befriending Your Body: The Body Scan Mindfulness Practice 73
Activity 14 Bringing Mindfulness into Everything You Do 80
Activity 15 Taking A Mindful Pause to STOP Before You Self-Harm 85
Activity 16 Mindful Messaging 88
Section 3 Self-Harming Thoughts and Feelings
Activity 17 Self-Harming Thoughts and Feelings 92
Activity 18 Awareness: Where Do You Put Your Attention? 99
Activity 19 Quieting the Judgmental Mind 103
Activity 20 The Thinking Trap: Past-Now-Future 108
Activity 21 Knowing Your Feelings and the Information They Provide 114
Activity 22 Welcoming Unexpected Visitors 117
Activity 23 Make a New Playlist 121
Section 4 Take Control of Your Life
Activity 24 Taking In the Good: Learn to Resource Yourself 128
Activity 25 Gratitude and the 5 Gs 132
Activity 26 Focus on Your Strengths 136
Activity 27 Growth and Resilience 143
Activity 28 Respecting Yourself By Setting Boundaries 148
Activity 29 Keeping Your Water Bottle Full With the Self-Care Tracker 152
Activity 30 Taking Control of Your Life: Surviving and Rising Strong 159
Pledging to Stop Self-Harm 167
Resources 169
Journal Pages 171