Fostering Open & Compassionate

Understandings of Self-injury

Who We Are

At FOCUS, we offer warm, compassionate, and tailored presentations, workshops, and consultations focused on understanding and supporting people impacted by self-injury.

Whether you’re a parent, educator, administrator, or mental health professional , we offer practical, research-informed guidance and information through in-person or virtual sessions designed to fit your individual or team needs.


Tailored Presentations

Offering informational sessions on a range of topics relevant to self-injury for a wide range of audiences. Examples include but are not limited to: a general overview about self-injury (e.g., prevalence, underlying reasons, self-injury and social media), an overview of self-injury in schools, and how to talk about and support someone when it comes to self-injury. Presentations can be delivered in-person or virtually and can vary in length. Presentations can also be tailored to diverse audiences, such as health and mental health professionals, school professionals, parents/caregivers, people with lived experience, among others.

Tailored Training Workshops

In-person and virtual workshops tend to be longer in nature (e.g., a half or full day) versus presentations and have a practical emphasis. Here again, these can be tailored to suit your needs (e.g., specific audiences, particular contexts). Past workshops have been given to a) school professionals (e.g., how to support students who self-injure; outlining components of school protocols); b) university professionals (e.g., working with students, campus-wide approaches to support students who self-injure), and c) mental health professionals (e.g., social workers, psychologists, therapists, psychiatrists, and student trainees).

Consultation

We also offer different forms of consultation. First, for schools, we can offer guidance and consultation about developing school protocols and policies to support students who self-injure; these are tailored and can involve meetings to discuss what is involved in creating a protocol, working with you throughout the development of a protocol, and reviewing material you have already developed to ensure the content aligns with current evidence and best-practice recommendations. Here again, this can be delivered in-person as well as virtually.

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Contact Us

Please feel free to contact us with any questions you have regarding any of the above services. We look forward to hearing from you.