Youth Culture Matters - A CPYU Podcast

Episode 16: "Self-Injury" with Dr. Marv Penner

Episode Summary

Dr. Marv Penner joins the podcast to talk about the self-injury, self-mutilation, cutting, and what parents and youth workers can do to understand this behavior and move kids into healing.

Episode Notes

Walt and Jason discuss news related to selfies, YouTube celebrities, sexuality, reading, stories, weak handshakes and more. Then Dr. Marv Penner joins the podcast to talk about self-injury, self-mutilation, cutting, and what parents and youth workers can do to understand this behavior and move kids into healing. He takes a look at how the understanding of self-harm has changed over the last few decades and shares the insights he has gained over the years of counseling students who practice various forms of self-injury.