
Effects of Emotions on Self-Injury Pain Perception, with Michelle Hiner
Does the emotion someone experiences immediately preceding an episode of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) influence how painful that episode of self-harm feels? In this episode, Michelle Hiner, MS, a Cl...
27 Sep 202447min

Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents (ERITA) Who Self-Harm, with Dr. Johan Bjureberg
Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents (ERITA) and its internet-delivered version (IERITA) is just one of a couple of treatments developed specifically to address nonsuicidal self-injur...
30 Aug 20241h 13min

Tips for Supporting Those Who Self-Harm, with Dr. Nicholas Westers
In this episode, host and producer of The Psychology of Self-Injury podcast, Dr. Nicholas Westers, shares his own thoughts about what we should consider when supporting friends, families, clients, and...
26 Juli 202441min

Social Media, Meta, & Self-Injury, with Lotte Rubæk
In this episode, Lotte Rubæk, MSc, who leads the Self-Injury Team in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Capital Region of Denmark, talks about why interaction on image-based social media platforms...
28 Juni 20241h 3min

Self-Criticism as a Predictor of Self-Injury, with Christina Robillard
In this episode, Christina Robillard talks about how self-criticism can lead to increases in self-injury urges within the next two hours as well as the relationship between self-criticism and disorder...
31 Maj 202442min

Lived Experience: Thomas' Story of Self-Injury & Gender Dysphoria
Approximately 47% of transgender adults and 55.7% of transgender and non-binary youth report having engaged in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) at some point in their life. In this episode, Thomas detai...
26 Apr 202458min

Do Youth Self-Injure More Now Than 15 Years Ago?, with Dr. Jonas Bjärehed
In this episode, Dr. Jonas Bjärehed from Lund University in Sweden walks us through his research on nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) that he began in 2007 as part of his dissertation project. For exampl...
29 Mars 202446min

Supporting Siblings of Individuals Who Self-Harm, with Dr. Amy Lucas
In this episode, Dr. Amy Lucas from Speek Health in the United Kingdom talks about supporting siblings of those who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). How can parents and caregivers of those wh...
23 Feb 202451min


















