S.A.F.E. Alternatives - Self Abuse Finally Ends

Can You See My Pain' includes personnel stories as well as expert testimonials and comments by Karen Conterio and Wendy Lader, Phd., founders of S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES®. Through first-hand accounts, this program gives self-injurers a chance to tell their stories and talk about what they are doing to stop self-injuring themselves. These poignant stories are punctuated by comments from clinicians from S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES®, the first in-patient program in the country specifically designed to help self-injurers. An excellent resource for self-injurers, families, private practitioners, schools and healthcare providers. Running time: 30 minutes.

 

Award Winning Documentary Featuring Karen Conterio
Film APA "Official Selection" for 2008 Convention
Resource for training, education and continued research
Produced by Wendy Schneider in consultation with Karen Conterio,
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CUT: Teens and Self-Injury provides an intimate look at a largely unacknowledged problem that affects thousands of young people, their families and friends. Using the words, music and artwork of the teens themselves, director Wendy Schneider draws back the curtain on the sensationalism and secrecy surrounding the cycle of self-harm and brings this hidden issue into sharp, clear focus. As teens articulate their experience with self-injury, we see them begin to confront their urges and their deepest feelings. Personal struggles are offset by interviews with parents and mental health professionals who address the problem from a broader context, and by rock icon, Shirley Manson, who shares her own experience with self-injury. Compelling, incisive and profoundly moving, CUT issues a call to bring the problem of self-injury out of the shadows and reminds us that the first step towards healing is an honest acknowledgment of reality. Includes music by Garbage, Plumb, Gina Young, and Cyndi Boste. Running Time: 57 minutes.  Go to "More Info" for clips from the film.