 | Treating Self-Injury: A Practical Guide by Barent W. Walsh
Buy new: $35.20 / Used from: $23.00 |
 | Understanding Self-Injury: A Workbook for Adults by Robin Connors
Buy new: $15.00 One of the best guides and informational books out there; With affiliation to the University of Pittsburgh, Connors complied worksheets, activities, and guides to help those who self injure as well as a thorough background of self-injury.
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 | Self-Injury: When Pain Feels Good (Resources for Changing Lives) (Resources for Changing Lives) (Resources for Changing Lives) by Edward T. Welch
Buy new: $1.99 / Used from: $0.99 |
 | When Your Child Is Cutting: A Parent's Guide to Helping Children Overcome Self-injury by Merry E., Ph.D. McVey-Noble
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $8.49 |
 | Secret Scars: Uncovering and Understanding the Addiction of Self-Injury by V.J. Turner
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $5.00 |
 | Cut by Patricia Mccormick
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.29 A novel about a girl who cuts and eventually overcomes her self mutilation; written on a middle school level aimed at adolescent girls. A good book for someone who wants to know there are other people out there who cut and how others deal with it-
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 | A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain by Marilee Strong
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.80 My favorite of the SI books currently out there; Strong covers everything you want to know about self-injury and mutilation. Explains the background and history of self mutilation along with the current research available on the subject. Walks the reader through available treatment options and current therapy modalities to help self-injurers. This is def a good buy.
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 | Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation by Steven Levenkron
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.44 |
 | Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program For Self-Injuries by Karen Conterio
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $5.14 |
 | The Scarred Soul: Understanding & Ending Self-Inflicted Violence by Tracy Alderman
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $4.95 |
 | Bodies under Siege: Self-mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry by Armando R. Favazza
Buy new: $18.85 / Used from: $12.29 Dr. Favazza is an amazing psychiatrist and one of the leading medical doctors in the research and understanding of self-injury. Although this book is a little older, it is still highly recommended.
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 | Bloodletting: A Memoir of Secrets, Self-Harm, & Survival by Victoria Leatham
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.99 I have not actually read or own this book yet but it is on my wish list-
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 | Inside a Cutter's Mind: Understanding And Helping Those Who Self-Injure by Jerusha Clark
Buy new: $10.39 / Used from: $6.06 A good understanding from someone who self-injures
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 | Coping With Self-Mutilation: A Helping Book for Teens Who Hurt Themselves (Coping) by Alicia Clarke
Buy used from: $4.05 If you have or know someone who cuts- no matter the age but ESPECIALLY adolescent or pre-adolescent- then this book is for you. I own it in hard back and the binding is breaking down from how much I reference it. Written in laments terms- easy to understand and follow- walks through coping skills and alternatives to coping.
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 | Cutting It Out: A Journey Through Psychotherapy And Self-harm by Carolyn Smith
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $9.99 |
 | Women and Self Harm: Understanding, Coping and Healing from Self-Mutilation by Smith
Buy used from: $7.12 |
 | Life After Self-Harm: A Guide to the Future by Ulrike Schmidt
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $4.65 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Self-Mutilation: A Helping Book for Teens Who Hurt Themselves (Need to Know Library) by Gina Ng
Buy used from: $0.50 This is another book good to own if you are the self-injurer and are ready to start seeking help for your self-mutilation.
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 | Self-Harm Behavior and Eating Disorders: Dynamics, Assessment and Treatment by Sansone Levitt
Buy new: $39.95 / Used from: $19.69 Self harm and mutilation is closely tied with eating disorders; most people who have one also have the other or later develop the other. Some include eating disorders as self-injurious behavior and this book would be a great addition to someone with both diagnoses-
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 | Mutilating the Body: Identity in Blood and Ink by Kim Hewitt
Buy new: $16.95 / Used from: $8.49 |
 | Adolescent Self-Injury: A Comprehensive Guide for Counselors and Health Care Professionals by Amelio A. D'Onofrio
Buy new: $36.00 / Used from: $34.95 Social workers, physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses (esp the school nurse)--> although pricey- this book would be good to read or at least check out in the local library.
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 | Self-Mutilation and Art Therapy: Violent Creation by Diana Milia
Buy new: $36.95 / Used from: $17.98 As as strong advocate of art therapy, I would recommend this to anyone in the above a formentioned category who is open to alternative healing arts/therapy-
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 | Self-Mutilation: Theory, Research, and Treatment by Barent W. Walsh
Buy used from: $11.99 This one is more focused on the current research and theory behind SI; would recommend for someone who is going to be studying self-mutilation for academia purposes
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 | Coping With Self-Mutilation (Coping Series) by Jordan Lee
Buy used from: $4.88 Because self injury often stems from the inability to cope with underlying emotions- all coping or teaching to cope books would be good investments or worth looking into
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| Frequently Asked Questions About Self-mutilation and Cutting (Faq: Teen Life: Set 1) by Jonas Pomere
Buy new: $29.25 / Used from: $15.38 most of a background/fact type book
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 | When the Body Is the Target: Self-Harm, Pain, and Traumatic Attachments by Sharon Klayman Farber
Buy new: $77.00 / Used from: $49.97 |
| Blood on the walls: self-mutilation in prisons.: An article from: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology by Abigail Groves
Buy new: $5.95 A different aspect of SI- focusing on prison inmates
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 | Girl, Interrupted
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.97 Movie featuring Jolie and Ryder- Jolie plays a psychiatric inpatient who self-injures- also good portrayal of depression and eating disorders as well as a glimpse on suicidal ideation and completion.
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 | Thirteen
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.25 Movie- 13 year olds and feature on cutting-
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 | The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook by Martha Davis
Buy used from: $3.22 again- focusing on coping with stress and how to manage stress in your life- not necessarily just for people who self-injure
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