This is a support group for people of all ages who self-injure or are in recovery and friends and family of those who self-injure. We are a confidential, all accepting, non-judgemental group. We meet once a month at various locations around Seattle (usually in library meeting rooms).  We discuss many topics relating to self-injury and depression.  I like to incorporate dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) skills as well. Activities also vary from park meets to movie and game nights.

This group is centered around movement and philosophy. Movement is something we obviously all do, and all have different perspectives and experience with. You might be a dancer, waitress, yoga practitioner, qigong student, martial artist, football player, cross fit athlete, swimmer, doctor, psychologist, actor, etc. All of those roles will give a person a different focus and set of values for how they want to move their bodies. So what do we do? We take the skills and strategies each person ha …

This group is centered around movement and philosophy. Movement is something we obviously all do, and all have different perspectives and experience with. You might be a dancer, waitress, yoga practitioner, qigong student, martial artist, football player, cross fit athlete, swimmer, doctor, psychologist, actor, etc. All of those roles will give a person a different focus and set of values for how they want to move their bodies. So what do we do? We take the skills and strategies each person ha …