011: Self-Injury -- How Do I Help and What Do I Need to Know? Interview with Dr. Marv Penner

When your students are hurting and experiencing sadness, anxiety, fear, or loneliness they might struggle with how best to manage their pain and it can be intimidating and overwhelming when you discover someone has chosen self-injury for their pain management. How should you respond? Who else needs to know? Why would someone who is already hurting on the inside start hurting themselves on the outside? Welcome to the Youth Ministry Team Podcast. Youth Ministries rise and fall on the team of volunteers, so this podcast is for the WHOLE team. Join the conversation as we tackle the practical questions you’re asking so you can be encouraged and equipped as you head into your role in your youth ministry this week. We want to hear from you! Submit your youth ministry question at youthministry.team To learn more about this topic you’ll find the following two books are incredibly helpful resources: Hope and Healing for Kids Who Cut: Learning to Understand and Help Those Who Self-Injure by Marv Penner Help! My Kids Are Hurting: A Survival Guide to Working with Students in Pain by Marv PennerMentioned in this episode:Update for 2024Lots has changed since this episode initially aired! So to stay current with us here in 2024, head to https://www.youthworker.community/ to find out what we're up to.