On this week's show Dale welcomes back Dr. Tina Rae. Tina is a consultant psychologist with over 30 year's experience working with children, adults and families.

Dale and Tina discuss self harm, how we can understand and support our children and young people.

Self-harm is an area of concern for all of us who support CYP in order to foster well-being and mental health. There are many myths and general misunderstandings about this topic so it is essential given the current pandemic and increased levels of stress for our CYP that we all feel able to support them effectively.

Useful Links:

Rae, T. (2014) Optimus Safeguarding Hub 19.9.14. Listening to children: What helps children to disclose?

Rae, T. (2015) Optimus Safeguarding Hub 10.4.15 Supporting the well-being of the DSP for child protection: listening to traumatised children

Rae, T. (2015) Optimus Teaching and Learning Hub 16.4.15 Helping pupils to manage stress

Rae, T. (2016) Introducing the topic of self-harm in schools: developing an educational and preventative support intervention Education and Health. 34(2)

Rae, T. & Hershey, G. (2019) Mental health and girls on the autism spectrum, in Carpenter, B., Happe, F. & Egerton, J. (eds) Girls and Autism Educational, Family and Personal perspectives. London: Routledge

Rae, T. & Walshe, J. (2017) Understanding and Preventing Self-harm in schools Effective Strategies for Identifying Risk and Providing Support Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers

Rae, T. & Giles, P. (2018) The Essential Guide to using cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) with children and young people Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers

Rae, T., Bunn, H. &. Walshe, J. (2018) The Essential Guide to using Positive Psychology with children and young people Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers

Rae, T., Such, A. & Wood, J. (2020) The Well Being Tool Kit for Mental health leads in schools A comprehensive Training Resource to Support Emotional Wellbeing in Education and Social Care Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers