Common elements for the psychotherapeutic management of patients with Self Injurious Behavior

Despite a lack of access to intensive training or the resources required for multimodal treatments, there are many strategies from established treatments for BPD which can be used by community practitioners to address SIB. Because treatments for BPD often focus on addressing SIB, and because adult survivors of child abuse often engage in SIB, whether or not they have BPD, it is likely that these techniques are applicable to practice with adult survivors. Further research is, however, necessary to empirically examine these common elements and their potential utility.