Anna Motz Interview about 'Managing Self-Harm'

Self-harm often arises at moments of despair or emotional intensity, and its reasons are not necessarily available to the conscious mind. 'Managing Self-Harm' explores the meaning and impact of self-harm, and the sense in which it is a language of the body. It is designed to help clinicians, people who self-harm and their families and carers to understand its causes, meaning and treatment. Anna Motz is a Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist with Thames Valley Forensic Mental Health Services. She has particular interest in psychoanalytic approaches to understanding and treating violence and self-harm. She is the Past President of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy and the author of The Psychology of Female Violence: Crimes Against the Body (Second Edition, 2008). Here she talks to Routledge about her role in editing the book.