This 3-hour workshop explains how cutting becomes a coping strategy for some emotionally vulnerable individuals, provides information about the best practice treatment for cutting (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy or DBT), and offers guidance on how to relate to individuals who cut in ways that build connection and defuse potentially overwhelming emotions, and on how to respond to specific episodes of cutting.

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

1. understand how cutting becomes a coping strategy and the role it plays in the person’s life;
2. understand how DBT skills training can help individuals learn new and more effective ways of managing strong emotion; and
3. implement effective communication strategies and build/maintain healthy relationships with individuals who cut.