Self-Injury Recovery: A Person-Centered Approach, with Drs. Stephen Lewis & Penny Hasking

<p>In this episode, ISSS Past Presidents Dr. Stephen Lewis from the University of Guelph in Canada, and Dr. Penelope Hasking from Curtin University in Australia talk about a new way of understanding self-injury and self-harm, with a special focus on recovery. In their person-centered approach, they emphasize the perspective of lived experience, move away from a "why don't you just stop" mentality, normalize ongoing self-injury thoughts and urges, and discuss strengths, scarring, and disclosures. </p><p>Follow Drs. Lewis and Hasking on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/SPLewisPhD" target="_blank">@SPLewisPhD</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/PennyHasking" target="_blank">@PennyHasking</a>. Keep up with Dr. Lewis' non-profit outreach organization Self-Injury Outreach & Support at <a href="https://twitter.com/sioutreach" target="_blank">@sioutreach</a>, and follow Dr. Hasking's research in the Emotional Health and Self-Injury Research Group at <a href="https://twitter.com/NSSI_RG" target="_blank">@NSSI_RG</a>. </p><p>Below are links to their book and a couple of their articles referenced in this episode:</p><ol><li>Lewis, S. P., & Hasking, P. A. (2023). <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Self-Injury-Person-Centered-Stephen-Lewis/dp/0197545068" target="_blank"><i>Understanding self-injury: A person-centered approach</i></a>. Oxford University Press.</li><li>Lewis, S. P., & Hasking, P. A. (2021). <a href="https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000396" target="_blank">Understanding self-injury: A person-centered approach</a>. <i>Psychiatric Services, 72</i>(6), 721-723.</li><li>Lewis, S. P., & Hasking, P. (2019). <a href="https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.201800488" target="_blank">Putting the “self” in self-injury research: Inclusion of people with lived experience in the research process</a>. <i>Psychiatric Services, 70</i>(11), 1058-1060.</li></ol><p>To read more about person-first language and identity-first language when referencing autism, click <a href="https