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Edgewood has more than 175 years of experience in providing compassionate care and treatment to restore children and strengthen families through intensive therapy, special education, residential treatment, case management and support services. In 2010, Edgewood Children's Center began a partnership with S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES
® (Self Abuse Finally Ends) to provide treatment and services for self injury. S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES
®, founded in 1985, is an internationally recognized provider of care for individuals who engage in non-lethal, repetitive self-injurious behavior.
Who we serve
Candidates for treatment are males and females who
desire to change their self-destructive behavior and
are capable of handling intensive psychotherapy.
What programs are available
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES
® philosophy and model
of treatment focus on shifting control to the client,
empowering them to make healthy choices,
including the choice to not self-injure.
S.A.F.E. Intensive
® is a 30-day residential
treatment program for clients who engage in
repeated self-injurious behavior. A multidisciplinary
treatment team uses individual, group and family
therapies to support and empower individuals
to make healthier choices when dealing with
emotional distress.
S.A.F.E. Adolescent Expressions
® is an outpatient
program for adolescents who self-injure. This
program can be utilized as early intervention,
for adolescents ambivalent about recovery and
school-mandated treatment.
S.A.F.E Choice
® is a weekly outpatient group
psychotherapy program that is offered in six-week
segments. Appropriate clients are individuals who
self-injure and want to change the behavior.
What we offer
- Comprehensive self-injury assessment
- Individual, family and group therapy
- Impulse control management
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Education and support
- Case management/aftercare planning
- Financial counseling/insurance assistance
Warning signs
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Unexplained frequent injuries
- Wearing long pants and sleeves in warm weather
- Low self-esteem
- Overwhelmed by feelings
- Inability to function at work, school or home
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Inability to maintain stable relationships
Contact us
For more information or to make a referral:
800-DONTCUT
® (800.366.8288)
www.selfinjury.com