# Cutting it Out

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- Book: [Cutting it Out](https://www.bookquiver.com/maggie-turp/cutting-it-out) ([Cutting it Out.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/maggie-turp/cutting-it-out.md))
- Authors: [Maggie Turp](https://www.bookquiver.com/maggie-turp), [Carolyn Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/carolyn-smith)
- Publisher: jessica_kingsley_publishers
- ISBN: 978-18-4310-266-3
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2005-12-13
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Cutting it Out is a largely autobiographical account of a young woman's battle with self-harm. Carolyn's story documents her own challenging journey, offering unique insights into her feelings about self-harming and also her attitudes towards the therapy sessions commonly employed to help people who self-harm. It explores the complex nature of her relationship with the therapist, her initial resistance to recovery and her eventual progression towards self-knowledge and taking responsibility for her own actions. The first-person narrative offers a vividly honest voice to the feelings and compulsions that drive someone to harm themselves and explores the conflict between the desire to self-harm and the struggle to control and overcome this addictive, self-destructive behaviour. This timely book breaks the silence surrounding a difficult subject. It will provide valuable insights for therapists, counsellors, people who self-harm and their families and friends.