Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors

(1:42:18)  Dr. Lisa Ferentz has been in private practice for over 30 years and specializes in adolescent and adult survivors of trauma, abuse and neglect. She is the Founder and President of The Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy Training and Education. Dr. Ferentz is also the author of "Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors: A Clinician's Guide," and "Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope and Healing." Dr. Lisa Ferentz, a clinical social worker and psychotherapist, says that, “Millions of people engage in self-destructive behaviors… it is a means of coping, because they have not learned more compassionate ways of soothing themselves in times of distress.”