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The Healing House understands that although
self-injury may temporarily alleviate unwanted thoughts and or feelings,
self-injurious behavior happens in the absence of healthy relationships with
people. Over time self-injury interferes with creativity, intimacy,
educational successes, and a person’s health and wellness. Self-injury is
respectfully seen, as a matter of choice, although first identified by the
injurer as a needed adjunct to emotional stability. The long-term goal is to create a master list of
creative and relationally based alternatives that the self-injurer can utilize
when the urge to act upon herself/himself arises. It is important to note that
children, adolescents and adults do stop injuring; they are all people in need
of consistent, relationship-oriented support, nurturance and guidance.
This program has as a foundational goal the desire to help reintroduce
people to themselves in a loving way. Together, the therapeutic
relationship promotes ideas, creativity, health and wellness. It is the
relationship between client, family and therapist that helps to rebuild a
connection within oneself and within the family. The program creates
an opportunity to form relationships that are secure, safe and honest. It is a place where verbal
communication is encouraged and supported, where the self-injuring young person
builds healthy attachments.
The Healing House realizes that people who struggle with
self-injury have often times endured many failed therapeutic interventions and
or repeated hospitalizations. Our goal is to create a therapeutic partnership
that creates lasting peace, safety, health and freedom. The Healing House provides an opportunity to
develop alternatives to self-injury,
leading to more satisfying and intimate relationships.
Andrew Levander, M.A.,
M.A.C.
Clinical
Director
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