118: My Daughter Is Cutting Herself. What Should I Do?

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

Dr. Lisa Damour/Good Trouble Productions

Kids & Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Why do young people engage in self-harm? A mother writes in asking for advice on how to respond when her daughter cuts herself. Dr. Lisa unpacks why adolescents sometimes hurt themselves to manage distress and Reena asks about the connection between self-harm and suicide. Using research as a guide, Dr. Lisa explains self-harm, how adults can respond helpfully, and what interventions to consider. Dr. Lisa Resource Recommendation: The DBT Skills Workbook for Teen Self-Harm: Practical Tools to Help You Manage Emotions and Overcome Self-Harming Behaviors AVAILABLE NOW: The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Dr. Lisa Damour. Available at www.DrLisaDamour.com and everywhere books are sold. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn @AskLisaPodcast, @LDamour, @ReenaNinan Checkout Dr. Lisa’s website for more resources: https://www.drlisadamour.com/ Ask Lisa is produced by: Www.GoodTroubleProductions.com

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rina Ninean and this is Ask Lisa, the Psychology of Parenting Podcast.
0:10.8	It's a podcast to help parents better understand their kids.
0:14.5	Dr. Lisa DeMore, a psychologist with three decades of experience, and the author of three
0:20.0	New York Times best-selling parenting
0:21.8	books takes your questions. Both of us are moms ourselves, and we're eager to hear from you.
0:26.8	So send us your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.LisaDemore.com and join our community by following
0:33.2	us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter at Ask Lisa Podcast.
0:39.8	Episode 118, my daughter's cutting herself. What should I do?
0:46.9	Well, people are gearing up for camps, possibly, getting ready for summer plans.
0:52.5	Are you just going to chill out after this book tour?
0:55.2	There's going to be some serious chilling out. No, I am very glad to say June is looking very quiet on my calendar, and I'm ready.
1:02.5	I've been on the road a lot. It's been incredible, but I also really like sleeping in my own bed.
1:07.7	You deserve it. You deserve it. How about you, Marina? You're going to get a little time?
1:12.0	You know, I just like to have things up in the air always in my life. If you noticed, so no plans,
1:17.9	no summer camps. In fact, actually, I have three summer camps planned, but that's it. That's all I
1:23.1	have planned. Your schedule is wide open. My schedule is wide open for fun. Call me. Good.
1:28.1	You know I will.
1:29.5	Yeah.
1:30.2	So we got this letter, a pretty serious topic, and it's interesting because it's not something I thought about, but something you understand fully.
1:38.4	It's about cutting.
1:39.3	I want to read this to you.
1:40.7	Dear Dr. Lisa, my teen daughter went to an overnight camp for a week this past summer. There she
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