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Our services are back open on Wednesday evenings

Our support services are back open on Wednesday evenings from 7pm-9.30pm
SiS Statement on Serenity Integrated Mentoring & High Intensity Network

A statement from Self-Injury Support about Serenity Integrated Mentoring (SIM) model and the High Intensity Network (HIN) approach
Meet the Team

Meet the team of our oral history project, Women Listening to Women!
What is self-harm? Signs and causes

Experience-led Self-Help Resource

Our self-help resources are all based on the collective experiences of peers who use self harm, and the strategies they found helpful to cope. You can also read the resources in Cantonese, Polish and Punjabi.
About the Self injury Support Library

The Self-Injury Support Library is a one-stop collection of useful, reliable and up to date resources on self-injury from around the web.
Rainbow Journal - Personal Self-Help Diary
Self Help Resources for People with Learning Disabilities
Creative Self Help Ideas and Strategies
Mental Health and Traumatic Experiences
Wounds, scars and medical aid
Getting Help
Managing thoughts and feelings
Understanding your self-injury

Women's Self Injury Support Services

Please don't hesitate to contact us for free, confidential, non-judgemental support around self-injury and related issues. All services open Tuesday and Thursday from 7pm - 9.30pm. Please click here for details of how to access our support services.
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
What is self-injury?

Understand more about self-harm and self-injury
Helpful responses to self-injury

Short and long term helpful responses to self-injury
Why does it happen?

Find out some of the reasons behind self-harm and self-injury
What if I don't want to stop self-harming?
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
New and Updated Self-Harm Training

Self injury Support has 30 years’ experience in delivering high quality self-harm training to a wide variety of settings and participants. Our approach is participative and reflective, and is focused on bringing the voice of people who use self-harm into the room, building empathy and confidence for supporters.