Citation

Hoffman R, Gimenez Hinkle M, White Kress V. Fam. J. (Alex. Va.) 2010; 18(1): 24-30.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1066480709355039

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Family therapy can be an important component of a comprehensive treatment plan when counseling adolescents who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury. The authors provide a rationale for the use of letter writing as a therapeutic intervention when counseling families in which an adolescent engages in nonsuicidal self-injury. Descriptions of types of therapeutic letters are provided and illustrated in a case example.