Training

Self Injury Support has been working within self-injury and related fields for almost 30 years and has a range of training courses that reflect this wealth of expertise.

We focus on compassionate approaches for people being supported and those doing the support, exploring the place of self injury in individuals' lives and working with all the emotional joys and challenges this brings.

“Thank you for the training you gave us. I have been inundated with positive feedback. Everyone found it useful and you made the whole experience very calm. It enabled us to look at a difficult subject in a positive way.” Oxford College Nurses

We train participants from all backgrounds and disciplines and we look forward to welcoming you on one of our training courses very soon.

We don't currently have any workshops scheduled but we do also offer in-house and tailored training courses to single or multi-agencies throughout the U.K. and Ireland. For more information go to bespoke training. Book now to join us for reflective, thought-provoking and hugely informative sessions on a range of topics.

For any training related queries please telephone 0117 927 9600 or email [email protected]

Latest

I am writing this because I need to read this - Guest Blog from Hattie Porter

I felt worried about writing this. It feels self-centred to be so focused on what I’m going through amidst the scale of a pandemic. But that’s exactly why I need to write this. Because I am not the only one feeling like this. Because sometimes just hearing an echo of your own thoughts is enough to feel less alone for a little while.
Email Support is Back!

Our email support service is back up and running after a break due to technical issues. Our email service is back up and running again and will be open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 7pm-9.30pm. You can send an email at any time but we will only respond during our service hours.
Coping with Coronavirus Lockdown When Your Mental Health is Already Not Great

There’s lots of advice springing up all over the internet about how to look after your mental health and wellbeing in self isolation, but what we’re hearing from people we support is that information isn’t so useful if you were already struggling with your mental health beforehand and many of the suggestions such as routines and home cooking feel impossible right now. We don’t pretend to have the answers but here are a few thoughts you might find useful.
We're Still Open - Please Tell Us What Information and Support You Want to See

Our text and webchat services are still open 7-9.30pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We are in the process of updating our online self-help materials and really want to hear suggestions about what you would like to see on our site as well as tips and ideas for coping that you would like to share with others. Please tell us what you would like to see or for others to know and we will be sharing a series of blogs and social media posts over the coming weeks.

Direct support services

Please click here for details of how to access our support services.
What is self-injury?

Understand more about self-harm and self-injury
Why does it happen?

Find out some of the reasons behind self-harm and self-injury
UK Support Groups and Other Services

Comprehensive listing of local and national self-harm and self-injury support groups and organisations
Rainbow Journal - Personal Self-Help Diary
Helpful responses to self-injury

Short and long term helpful responses to self-injury
Risk Factors

Learn about the factors that increase the risk of self-harm and self-injury
About Us - Our Vision, Our Mission, Our Values

Read more about our vision that anyone who uses self-injury knows they are not alone; that everyone understands that self-injury is a complex and important issue we should all care about and that together we tackle both the causes and stigma of self-injury.
Distractions and alternatives
Launch of Self-Harm Prevention App distrACT

Self injury Support was involved in the development of the distrACT a self-harm prevention app launched in Bristol in November 2017.