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Crisis Services

Call 911


Akron Children’s Hospital 

Child Mental Health Emergency services offered by the Children's Hospital of Akron

330-543-7472 or 1-866-443-7472


988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Text, call or chat

www.988lifeline.org




Local Services

NAMI of Summit County

Local classes, support groups and resource center

www.namisummitcounty.org



211 Help Line

United Way of Summit and Medina Counties

Extensive collection of local resources to help with a variety of topics (?)

Call 211 or go to their website www.211summit.org



Akron Children's Hospital

Lois and John Orr Family Behavioral Health

Inpatient Hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization Program, Psychiatry, Group Therapy,  Individual Therapy and Family Counseling.

www.akronchildrens.org


  

Psychology Today

Online database to connect with local therapist

www.psychologytoday.com



Self Injury Websites

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

www.selfinjury.com


Self-Injury and Recovery Research and Resources

www.selfinjury.bctr.cornell.edu/


The International Society for the Study of Self-Injury

www.itriples.org


Self Injury Outreach and Support

www.sioutreach.org


SIRA Self Injury Recovery and Awareness

www.thesira.org


Self Injury Education Videos

Kids In The House

Dr. Wendy Lader is the founder of  S.A.F.E. Alternatives®  and has made a series of videos for parents, that are available on the Kids in the House link. 

These videos cover topics including how and why people self-injure, who self-injures, and when it is time to find outside help for a person who self-injures.

http://www.kidsinthehouse.com/expert/parenting-advice-from-wendy-lader-phd


How to understand and help my child who is self injuring 

https://selfinjury.com/home/resources/helping-child-self-harm-seminar/



Books on Self Injury

Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program for Self-Injurers 

by Karen Conterio and Wendy Lader PhD


Healing Self-Injury: A Compassionate Guide for Parents and Other Loved Ones 

by Janis Whitlock PhD


Freedom from self-harm: Overcoming self-injury with skills from DBT and other treatments 

by Dr. Kim Gratz and Dr. Alex Chapman 


Helping teens who cut: Understanding and ending self-injury

by Michael Hollander PhD




Mental Health Resources

To Write Love on Her Arms

www.twloha.com


NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness

www.nami.org


The Trevor Project Support for Teens LGBTQ+

1-866-488-7386

www.thetrevorproject.org




Apps for your phone


Calm Harm App

Smiling Minds App

distract app

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