SELF-HARM TREATMENT IN TENNESSEE

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Why Do People Self-Harm?

To an outsider, the act of self-harming can seem baffling. Approximately 17% of teenagers have self-harmed at least once, along with many adults. Engaging in self-harming is done for a variety of reasons and is a sign of having a mental health disorder. 

People turn to self-harming behavior for different reasons. Some may seem obvious to them, while others aren’t so clear.

Frequent reasons people give for engaging in self-harm include:

• To relieve anxiety
• To distract from uncomfortable feelings and experiences
• To block painful memories
• A cry for help
• Lack of self-worth
• To punish themselves
• To diffuse anger
• The individual feels numb and harms themselves just to experience feeling something

Our Self-Harm Treatment Programs in Tennessee

We offer different levels of self-harm treatment in Tennessee, which allows to to match each person to the level that will best serve their exact needs. Our self-harm treatment programs include:

• Residential Inpatient: This level of care is suitable for individuals with severe symptoms who require round-the-clock care while temporarily residing in a homelike facility.
• Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP): This level of care acts as a positive support system for people who have completed a residential program or don’t need one. Treatment sessions run for several hours per day over five days per week.
• Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP): Treatment sessions last for a few hours per day over several weekdays.
• Outpatient Program (OP): Our lowest level of care only requires attending one to two therapy sessions per week.
• Supportive Mental Health Housing: Time Wellness Tennessee partners with supportive mental health housing providers in our area. This provides people in outpatient programs with a safe home to live in while undergoing treatment. 
• Virtual Treatment: Our virtual rehab programs provide access to treatment for clients who cannot attend in-person sessions.

How Do I Know Myself Or A Loved One Needs Self-Harm Treatment?

Self-harm often starts as a person just hurting themselves a few times, and doesn’t raise any red flags for themselves or loved ones. However, it can quickly escalate to a regular activity and cause a great deal of harm to the individual physically and emotionally.

If someone continually hurts themselves and can’t stop, they need to discuss their options for self-harm treatment in Tennessee. The longer they go without getting help, the more time it takes to overcome self-harming.

Self-Harm Combined With Other Mental Health Disorders

Self-harm is often seen as the problem itself, when it actually is a symptom of a bigger problem. People who self-harm often do so as a sign of having a mental health disorder such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder (BPD),
 an eating disorder, and more. 

For example, someone who has untreated depression may harm themselves as a way of trying to cope with or avoid their depressive feelings. When the depression is treated, it reduces the desire to self-harm because the contributing factors have been addressed and resolved. The therapy used to treat mental illnesses teaches people healthy coping skills that replace the self-harming behavior. 

How Is Self-Harm Treated?

Part of what makes our program for self-harm treatment in Tennessee so effective is the fact that we offer access to over a dozen kinds of therapy to help people manage and reduce their self-harm behaviors. The therapies include:

• Medication Management
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
• EMDR Therapy
• Biofeedback Therapy
• Red Light Therapy
• Alternative Therapy
• Life Skills
• Yoga and Mindfulness Therapy
• Art Therapy
• Music Therapy
• Trauma Therapy
• FLOAT Tank
• Biosound Therapy
• Family Program

How Effective is Self-Harm Treatment?

Getting self-harm treatment in Tennessee can provide benefits that a person cannot obtain just by trying to white-knuckle their way through trying to quit hurting themselves. This is because instead of trying to lose the coping skill that the individual has been using to help relieve their difficult and painful emotions and having nothing to replace it with, they have a healthy new way to cope. Instead of reaching for a razor or other type of self-harm instrument, they can use their newfound ability to deal with their emotions by channeling their energy into coping mechanisms that work. 

The sooner a person gets into treatment for self-harm, the faster they can begin to heal. The use of prescription medications can also help alleviate the symptoms of poor mental health that trigger people to hurt themselves.