GIVE ME FIVE-Self-Harm

This resource helps to explore the individuals self-harm and different aspects of their self-harm and helping them understand why they self-harm.

This activity is for individuals who are struggling with their self-harm and allows them to explore deeper into the feelings and emotions that are associated when they self-harm. The activity consists of the individual giving five reasons (in the shape of a hand) for why they self-harm, how do they feel afterwards and what can they do to stop the urge. The individual does not need to give all five reasons if they feel they can’t, however they should be encouraged to write down at least one or two points on the hand. They can then explore each point and why they may feel like this and what they can do in the future. The GIVE ME FIVE hands can then be laminated and perhaps made into a daisy chain for the individual to take home. This resource provides a template of the activity, templates of the different GIVE ME FIVE hands and an example of what the GIVE ME FIVE hand will look once completed.