Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Practice, Theory and Prevention - Paperback

by Stephen Briggs (Editor), Alessandra Lemma (Editor), William Crouch (Editor)

Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide presents original studies and research from contemporary psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and academics focusing on the psychoanalytic understanding of suicide and self-harm, and how this can be applied to clinical work and policy.

Author Biography

Stephen Briggs, PhD, is an emeritus professor at the University of East London and an honorary professor at the Universities of Exeter and Nottingham. He is a member of the Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists and a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Alessandra Lemma is a fellow of the British Psychoanalytic Society and a chartered clinical and counselling psychologist. She is also a visiting professor for the Psychoanalysis Unit at University College London and a consultant at the Anna Freud Centre.

William Crouch was a consultant clinical psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist in the NHS. He is a fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society and now works in private practice.