Behavioral Tech
4556 University Way NE
College Center Building Ste 221
Seattle, WA 98105
info@behavioraltech.org
Although Behavioral Tech is concerned with training mental health professionals
in the use of treatments such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, it's possible
that someone at this site can direct you to a nearby DBT therapist. Marsha Linehan
is also running studies in the use of DBT at the University
of Washington. DBT is demanding for both client and therapist, but when it works
the results are amazing.
Bert Nash Mental Health
Ctr
200 Maine, Suite A
Lawrence, KS 66044
(785) 843-9192 Office
Offers DBT groups.
Butler Hospital
345 Blackstone Boulevard
Providence, RI 02906
(401) 455-6200
Information/intake: Robert Hamel, RN 401-455-6223
or Ellen Costello, PhD 401-455-6416
"The Women’s DBT program is [...] a day-hospital program that treats
women who are chronically suicidal and who meet the criteria for Borderline
Personality Disorder. The Women’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program
combines individual therapy and group skills training to address the behavioral,
emotional and cognitive patterns that underlie their problems in living."
University of Chicago Department of Psychiatry
Emotion Management
Program
Information: 773-834-1474
Intake: 773-702-3858
"The program has provided DBT services for ten years[,] has developed a
national reputation and has received referrals from throughout the Midwest and
across the country."
Columbia River Mental Health Services
6926 East Fourth Plain Blvd
Vancouver, WA
360 993-3000
Community mental health agency, sliding scale. Heavy DBT emphasis and several
DBT groups including specialty groups for women, men, and youth.
Connecticut Mental Health
Center
34 Park St.
New Haven, CT 06510
203-974-7278
Outpatient DBT program. Free to those without health insurance.
Durham County Mental Health/The Durham Center
Durham, NC
(919) 560-7119
Intensive Treatment Program, Psychotherapy Service includes DBT.
Frederick County Mental Health Association
357-359 W. Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701
301-663-6135
24-hour Hotline:
301-662-2255
1-800-422-0009 (in MD only)
A nonprofit counseling center with a 24-hour crisis line. I don't have much
information here, but they have a sliding scale, will contact you for intake
within a week, and specifically mention self-injury on their web page.
Great Plains Regional Medical Center
601 West Leota
North Platte, Nebraska, 69101
308-696-8000 or 1-800-662-0011
Intensive outpatient therapy DBT. To set up an appointment for an evaluation,
contact Vicki Lungren at (308) 535-7265.
The Healing House LA
Los Angeles, CA
213.470.7730
thehealinghousela@msn.com
Intensive outpatient therapy for adolescents who self-harm, with a high level
of family involvement in treatment expected.
Independent Living Center of the North Shore
583 Chestnut Street
Lynn, MA 01904
(617) 593-7500
Publishes the pamphlet "Women and Self Injury" and offers support groups.
Institute for Bio-behavioral Therapy and Research
935 Northern Boulevard
Great Neck, NY 11021
(516) 487-7116
Mentions SI specifically. They claim to rely on "conservative use of drug therapy, a psychological approach that focuses upon the present and future of the patient rather than upon the past, emphasis on nutrition and physical exercise, family participation (if necessary), [and] educating patients and relatives about their problems."
Harris Psychological
Services Center
University of Kentucky Psychology Department
644 Maxwelton Court
Lexington, KY 40508
859-257-6853
Offers DBT.
The Menninger Clinic
PO Box 829
Topeka, KS 66601-0829
General 1-800-288-0317
Admissions/Care Coordination 1-800-351-9058
Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry & Mental Health Sciences
1-800-288-0317 Ext 5833
Menninger has a 95-bed hospital for adults and a 48-bed hospital for children
and adolescents. Special units are available for emergency admissions, short-term
diagnosis and treatment, and patients requiring treatment for alcoholism and
drug-related problems, eating disorders, self-harm, dissociative disorders,
and sexual abuse. Menninger offers partial hospital, halfway house, community
residence, and day treatment programs.
The Menninger Clinic
2801 Gessner
Houston, TX 77080
Toll-free phone and Admissions
800-351-9058
Adolescent treatment program with special groups (including DBT) for self-injuring
clients. The website doesn't make it clear what adult self-injury treatment
is offered.
University
of Michigan Depression Center (DBT) Group
900 Wall Street
Ann Arbor, MI
Requires referral by clinician.
E-mail rbertel@umich.edu or call 734-647-8762
for more information.
Group meets every Monday from 5pm to 6:30pm at Riverview Building. Referrals
must be in treatment with and referred to the group by a provider in the Department
of Psychiatry. Participants must be able to tolerate the group setting without
being disruptive. Participants are welcome to attend one month or more and return
to the referring clinician to discuss and practice the use of new skills.
Mirasol
7650 E. Broadway, Suite 303
Tucson, AZ 85710-3773
1-888-520-1700 (toll-free)
(520) 615-9323
Primarily an eating-disorder center, but offers DBT and deals with self-injury.
Mountain Crest Regional Behavioral
Healthcare Center
4601 Corbett Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80528
(970) 207-4800 or 1-800-523-1213
"The Outpatient Clinic at Mountain Crest Regional Behavioral Healthcare
Center offers Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) as an intensive treatment
for complex, difficult-to-treat mental disorders."
New Hope Healing Institute
PO Box 532067
Indianapolis, IN 46253
(317) 251-0453 ext. 2
nhhi@nhhi.net
A program offering survivors of abuse and sexual trauma who struggle with self-injury
and/or eating disorders. We offer both a support group (free to $2 donation
per session - no one turned away for inability to pay) and a therapy group on
the same. An assessment is required for the therapy group. Therapy groups are
$5 to $25 per session, based on your (family) income.
West Salem Clinic -- Mental Health
151 Kingwood Avenue NW
Salem, OR 97304
(503) 588-5816
Community mental-health agency. Offers DBT groups, sliding scale.
University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Psychiatry
Outpatient Clinic Appointments
966-5217
DBT outpatient program.
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR)
81 S. 19th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
(412) 431-5665
Support for anyone who has been sexually assaulted. Self-injury group therapy, short- and long-term counseling, information and referral. Also does some community outreach and education. Publishes a workbook for self-injurers.
Program for the Treatment of Self-Injury
Hartgrove Hospital
520 North Ridgeway
Chicago, IL 60624
(312) 722-3113
Run by therapists formerly associated with SAFE alternatives.
Region Ten Community Services
800 Preston Ave
Charlottesville, VA 22903
434-972-1800
lindah@regionten.org
Dialectic Behavior Therapy Group directed by Linda Hamilton at
Fourth Street Station.
River Oaks
Hospital
1525 River Oaks Road West
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123
(504) 734-1740
(800) 366-1740
"MASTERS & JOHNSON treatment programs for trauma based disorders and
COMPULSIVE BEHAVIORS PROGRAM -- The Compulsive Behaviors Program at River Oaks
Hospital offers services for a variety of dysfunctional, destructive behaviors
including sexual compulsion/addiction, paraphilias, addictive relationships,
kleptomania, compulsive spending, embezzlement, gambling and self-injury. The
Compulsive Behaviors Program protects patients from daily stressors and responsibilities
in order to focus attention on the healing process. Treatment can include inpatient,
partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient treatment, and the specialized
impaired professional program."
Rock Creek Hospital
40 Timberline Drive
Lemont, IL 60439
Inpatient self-injury program; insight-oriented and cognitive-behavioral approaches.
SAFE Alternatives Program
Linden Oaks Hospital
Naperville, IL
1-800-DONT CUT
"SAFE Alternatives is an eclectic program which combines cognitive-behavioral
interventions with milieu therapy, expressive therapies, intensive group work,
and psychodynamic therapies."
Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute
1129 Macklind Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63110
314-534-0200
toll free: 877-245-2688
Dr. Ronald B. Margolis, Ph.D.
Self-Injury Program
"The self-injury program provides comprehensive cognitive-behavioral treatment.
The program is based on dialectical behavior therapy, a therapy specifically
developed for suicidal and self-injurious borderline clients. Clients may be
referred by their doctor or may contact the program directly. For additional
information or to schedule a confidential assessment, please contact the Intake
Specialist at 314-534-0200."
The Sanctuary
Friends Hospital
4641 Roosevelt Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19124-2399
(215) 831-6916
The Sanctuary is a special inpatient unit designed to meet the needs of trauma survivors and balance the needs to be safe, to be nurtured, and to have boundaries. They specifically target self-injury, but only take patients with traumatic pasts. You can see a copy of their patient handbook or reflections of Sanctuary alumni on the web.
SPRUCE
MOUNTAIN INN
PO Box 153
Plainfield, Vermont 05667
(802) 454-8353
"Spruce Mountain Inn offers a program that balances therapeutic intervention,
vocational and educational development and life skills training. Because each
client's needs are unique, Spruce Mountain Inn has developed a program that
is comprehensive yet flexible. Our "continuum of care" approach makes
it possible for our clients to receive the kind of services they require in
the most appropriate and least costly setting possible. Among our treatment
options are sub-acute care/hospital diversion, residential treatment, monitored
apartment living, and intensive outpatient/day treatment services."
Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services
3200 Motor Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 836-1223
Toll Free 888-22-VISTA
Residential and outpatient treatment for mentally ill youth, including those
who self-harm.
Volunteers in Psychotherapy
7 South Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06107
(860) 233-5115
"VIP is a nonprofit alternative to the loss of client privacy and control experienced in psychotherapy provided under managed care. VIP preserves privacy. No reports about people's therapy are sent to managed care or insurance companies; no documentation goes to employers. Through VIP everyone contributes to the common good. VIP clients provide substantial amounts of volunteer work in exchange for their therapy. VIP's Board (licensed psychologists and nonprofit specialists) volunteer all administrative and development work (and donate office space and local phone). VIP psychotherapists are reimbursed at a modest rate (less than half the average private practice fee) for providing therapy."
Weill Cornell Psychiatry
The Payne Whitney Clinic
525 East 68th Street
New York, NY 10021
and
The Westchester Division
21 Bloomingdale Road
White Plains, NY 10605
888-694-5700
"The Dialectical Behavior Therapy program offers comprehensive evaluation
and treatment to those whose problems include suicide attempts, self-injury,
emotional instability, and impaired work or school performance. Frequently diagnosed
with Borderline Personality Disorder, these individuals engage in behaviors
that damage the overall quality of their lives. The DBT program accepts individuals
between the ages of 18-55 with a diagnosis of an Axis II Personality Disorder."
Outpatient services: (914) 997-5940.
Day treatment services: (914) 997-8628.
Inpatient services: (914) 997-5700
Women's Institute for Incorporation Therapy
1201 N. 37th Avenue
Hollywood, FL 33021
Contact WIIT by phone at 1-800-437-5478
Email WIIT at recovery@wiit.com
Various sorts of therapy, including cognitive-behavioral, for women with trauma
histories.
Other therapists I know of who do DBT or treat SI
Adult Survivors Struggling with Self-Injury
New Hope Healing Institute
nhhi@nhhi.net
Indianapolis and Marion, IN
(317) 387-1926 for information and intake
Beginning the last week of January 99. Six-week group, with options to continue with more in-depth groups and then long-term open groups to follow. Group is limited to adult abuse survivors and will have no more than twelve members.
Trichotillomania support group
Schaumburg, IL
Contact: Karleen Wink, M.S.
(847) 519-7770
A support group for compulsive hair pullers in the Chicago area. Monday evenings, 8 to 9 pm.
National Office:
439 University Avenue
Suite 300
Toronto, ON
M5G 1Y8
TEL: (416) 586-0100
FAX: (416) 586-1880
"Kids Help Phone is Canada's only toll-free, national telephone counseling
service for children and youth. We provide counseling services directly to children
and youth between the ages of 4 and 19 years and help adults aged twenty and
over find the counseling services they need."
S.A.F.E. in Canada
735 Wonderland Rd. N. Suite 224
London, Ontario
N6H 5N7
(519) 857-7259.
Provides therapy and support for self-injurers in Canada, teen programs, professional
education, workshops (including one for family and friends), and literature.
Cognitive-behavioral community-based model.
Youth Services Bureau
465 MacLaren Street
Ottawa, ON
(613) 234-5511
Free outpatient counseling (client-centered and cognitive-behavioral) for low-income youth in Ottawa. Mentions self-injury specifically.
42nd Street is a mental health service for Manchester young people aged fifteen
to twenty-five who face wide and varied problems including self-harm and suicide.
They offer a variety of individual support alongside a range of groups based
at the resource and within the local community. They have initiated specific
projects including a suicide/self-harm project which itself offers individual
and group support to young people. They completed a research project on young
people, self-harm and suicide and produced an excellent book based on their
findings.
Barnardo/Social Services Leaving Care Project
76c Walter Road Swansea SA1 1RQ
England
Tim Phillips
0179 246 0178
Supports young people in educating social workers and other intervention services
on the rational and driving forces behind self-harm and self-injury. Explores
positive responses as well as instances when intervention is effective or counter-productive.
Led, developed and delivered by young people who self-harm or injure themselves.
The Basement Project
P.O. Box 5 Abergavenny NP7 5XW
Wales
Lois Arnold and Anne Magill
0187 385 6524
A community resource providing support groups for individuals abused in childhood
as well as training, supervision, consultation, research and publications.
The Basement Project has carried out research and worked extensively with people
(including young people) who self-injure, and has set-up the self-injury forum
(leaflet available on request). It also works to encourage good practice and
provides training workshops and support for workers in the field of self-injury.
Brent Adolescent Centre
Johnston House 51 Winchester Avenue London NW6 7TT
England
Dr Catalina Bronstein
0171 328 0918
The Centre will provide assessment, psychotherapeutic consultations and, when
needed, psychotherapeutic treatment. It will investigate and try to understand
the underlying anxieties that generate such behaviour in young people in order
to help adolescents understand why they need to attack themselves.
Pilot project for three years.
Bristol Crisis Service for Women
PO Box 654
Bristol
BS99 1XH
0117 925 1119
Resources for women who self-harm, including several booklets and information
sheets and help line service on Friday and Saturday nights between 9.00 p.m. and
12.30 a.m. Produces SHOUT, a newsletter for women who SI. From what I've seen
of their stuff, they're an extremely valuable resource for women in Europe and
the UK who self-injure. They recently published "The Hurt Yourself Less"
Workbook, written by people who self-injure, for people who self-injure.
Crisis Recovery Unit
Fitzmary 1
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Monks Orchard Road
Beckenham, Kent
BR3 3BX
0181 776 4273 for referral details
0181 776 4102 for clinical details
The CRU offers humane and understanding inpatient SI treatment. From what Steve
has told me of this unit, it sounds nearly ideal. I've heard a few negative
reports from people who have been through the program, but also several positive
ones. NHS.
Loughborough Youth Affairs
Mountfields Lodge Youth Centre
Epinal Way
Loughborough
LE11 OQE
England
Janet Holland
0150 923 6043
One-to-one youth support work, mainly with young women who self harm. In addition
to youth work with young women who self harm, Janet Holland has an interest
in exploring and carrying out research on 'youth work' as opposed to 'medical'
responses to self harm. Youth work responses might adopt an empowerment model
to encourage development and personal growth.
National Self-Harm Network
C/o Survivors Speak Out
34 Osnaburgh Street
London
NW1 3ND
0171 916 5472
(comments by Steve Blake, a UK psychiatric worker) Led by Louise Pembroke -
active S'Her. Political campaigning survivor led organization for rights of
s'hers. Takes up complaints against A&E depts. Compiling list of poor treatment
received by s'hers. Also explores day-to-day issues - how to cover up scars.
Publishes a SH sheet & 'Crisis Card' to take to A&E if you need medical
intervention but are too distressed to fight for treatment. Particularly good
if you've been sh*t on by psychiatric or medical services.
North West Self-Injury Interest Group
Christine Hogg
Maureen Burke
0151 471 2460
Primarily a resource for medical professionals, the North West Self-Injury Interest Group acknowledges the difficulty of caring for self-injurers but seeks to provide resources to allow medical professionals to do so in a way that validates caregiver and client. They have an excellent resource pack available for professionals and might be able to refer you to help in northwest England.
Moira Toms C.Q.S.W
Bramblewood
Guildford Road
CRANLEIGH
Surrey
GU6 8PR
0148 327 4183
She offers family, couple, individual therapy - psychotherapy. Referral from
host organizations and GP's, Self referrals, Social Services. Offering therapy
to anyone with a problem to include mental health - i.e. Depression, Eating
Disorders, Family/Couple disharmony, Breakdown of relationship, Alcohol or drug
related problems, Adolescent difficulties, Self harm. Area based: Cranleigh
Village - However can be flexible and willing to negotiate for accommodation
near client.
Barry Kiehn
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Gwynfa Adolescent Service
Pen-y-Bryn Road
Upper Colwyn Bay, Clwyd, North Wales, LL29 6AL.
Michaela Swales
Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Gwynfa Adolescent Service and
Lecturer in the Psychology of Adolescence
University College of North Wales
Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG.
pss051@bangor.ac.uk
Kiehn and Swales wrote a wonderful explication of DBT therapy and might know more about the availability of DBT in England.
Bristol -- Self-injury Self-Help Group
Contact through Bristol Crisis Service for Women
0117 925 1119
An unfacilitated self-help group for women who self-injure. It is independent
of any organisation and is run solely by the women who attend.
Cutting Back
C/o Self Help Nottingham
Ormiston House
32-36 Pelham Street
Nottingham
NG1 2EG
A Nottingham based closed support group, hoping to start an evening support
group as well. Help line available on Friday and Saturday night, 9pm-midnight
on 0115 958 3399.
North London Women's Self-Harm Support Group
7 Fernhall
Freirn Park
London N12 9LT
For the London area.
HOPE - Hope of people everywhere
0127 373 6168
0127 388 5556
c/o INSIGHT
79 Buckingham Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 3RT
A closed group in Brighton that has been running since January 1996 with a
focus on self-injury and what lies behind it.
STEPS - Support, Tolerance, Empathy, Perseverance and Strength
Contact: Clare Shaw
Flat 3, 23 Ullet Road
Aigburth
Liverpool
The qualities which enable women as individuals and together, to live with
and overcome self harm. Meets weekly in Wavertree, Liverpool.
Manchester Women's Self Harm Support Group
Contact: Quibilah Montsho
0161 226 0787
The women's self-harm support group meets in the first Saturday of each month
at Hulme Library in Manchester. The group provides a safe, supportive and non-judgmental
space for women who self harm to express their feelings.
SSIAG
Contact: Tracy
0159 581 0330 or
Alan Murdoch 0159 574 3006
The Shetland Self-Injury Action Group is hoping to meet regularly in Lerwick and Brae. It will be facilitated by an experienced counselor, sympathetic to the issues around self-injury. The group has been set up with the efforts of the Shetland Health Board Mental Health Team, and Bristol Crisis Service for Women.
SHOUT is a bi-monthly newsletter which aims to break down isolation and provide support for women affected by self-harm (will accept subscriptions from men too). It is read and contributed to by women all over the country, by groups and by professionals who work with people affected by self-harm. SHOUT includes articles, pen-pals/contacts, letters, poems, cartoons, book reviews, plus details of help lines, groups and resources. The mailing list is confidential and copies will be sent in a plain envelope.
To subscribe, contact:
SHOUT
PO Box 654
Bristol BS99 1XH
Youth Services
Centalink, Youth Suicide Intervention Program, assesses young people in crisis
and at risk of self-harm or suicide.
Wesley Private Hospital
91 Milton Street
Ashfield NSW
2131
9716 1400
All I know about them is that they exist, are affiliated with a church, and
mention self-injury on their web page.
The Samaritans are a non-religious charity that have been offering emotional
support to the suicidal and despairing for over 40 years by phone, visit and
letter. Callers are guaranteed absolute confidentiality and retain the right
to make their own decisions including the decision to end their life. The service
is now available via E-mail, run from Cheltenham, England, and can be reached
from anywhere with Internet access. Trained volunteers read and reply to mail
once a day, every day of the year.
SASH - Survivors of Abuse and Self Harming
Pen friend network offers support, friendship and understanding on a one to one basis in writing.
Contact:
SASH
20 Lackmore Road
Enfield
Middlesex
EN1 4PB