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Cutting Through Stigma: Suggested Best Practices

Title:
Cutting Through Stigma: Suggested Best Practices for a Harm Reduction Approach to Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
Authors:
Lindsay A. Lundeen, PhD, NCC and Erin Kern Popejoy, LPC
Description:
For many counselors, both topics of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and harm reduction practices can feel intimidating and unclear. Yet, depending on the client, discussion of complete and immediate cessation from NSSI can feel impossible and isolating. This article combines harm reduction principles, a concept initially developed for addiction treatment, with select existing recommendations for NSSI treatment to offer a clinician’s guide to best practices for harm reduction implementation with clients engaging in NSSI. By meeting clients where they are and offering a supportive space to brainstorm nontraditional treatment options, counselors can maintain the core principles of the American Counseling Association’s Code of Ethics and limit the number of individuals who seek help through online sources. Ethical considerations and implications for counseling are included.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learners will describe the principles of harm reduction and explain how they can be adapted from addiction treatment to support clients engaging in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI).
  • Learners will identify ethical considerations and best practices for implementing harm reduction strategies with clients who self-injure, in alignment with the ACA Code of Ethics.
  • Learners will apply harm reduction techniques to create supportive, client-centered treatment plans that reduce isolation and encourage help-seeking behaviors among individuals engaging in NSSI.

CE Credit: 1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours

NBCC ACEP No. 1000
September 01, 2025
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