TY - BOOK AU - Levenkron,Steven TI - Cutting: understanding and overcoming self-mutilation SN - 0393319385 (pbk.) PY - 2006/// CY - New York, London PB - W. W. Norton KW - Self-mutilation KW - Popular works KW - Treatment N1 - Previous ed.: 1998; What is self-mutilation? -- The phenomenon of a self-destructive art -- Who is the self-mutilator? -- The reactions of others -- How the disorder takes shape -- How and why the disorder deepens -- Attachment patterns -- The benefits of self-wounding -- The value of pain in our culture -- The family system -- Incest and other childhood abuse: fusing pain with security -- A perspective on change -- Reaching out to reach in -- Who can be the helpers? -- Bumps along the road -- Caught between symptom and attachment -- Moving backwards to recovery -- Achieving genuine communication with others -- Analyzing and confronting the past -- Epilogue -- Afterword, 2006 ER -