NEW HOPE CE EXAM FOR CREDIT

Dr. Bill Gaultiere
Director of New Hope & Psychologist with ChristianSoulCare.com
(714) 971-4213, DrBill@CrystalCathedral.org

If you're taking this class by CE Notes or tape then complete this exam and turn it into Sheila on T-5 or at SheilaS@CrystalCathedal.org in order to receive credit for completing the class.

1.	25% of people in America are "self-injurers"	T	F
2.	Self-criticism is a good example of self-injury.	T	F
3.	Commonly, people who self-injure do so accidently.	T	F
4.	Princess Diana used to cut herself with razors.	T	F
5.	The most common method for self-injury is cutting.	T	F
6.	Many self-injurers hurt themselves compulsively.	T	F
7.	Most self-injurers report being emotionally abused or neglected.	T	F

8. What are the four reasons Dr. Bill gave for why people self-injure?

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9. List the two questions that Dr. Bill said are especially helpful to have answered by people who intend to cut themselves?
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10. When a group of self-injurers were asked the question "What has helped you?" they reported some valuable answers. Offer three examples of positive alternatives to self-injury. (These are the kind of ideas that callers/chatters need to think of.)
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11. Consider your response to a young woman who wants to cut herself. What feeling reflection statements would you offer? Summary statements? What open-ended questions would you ask to collaborate on an action step? Offer a response to each statement below.

I have a razor. I wanna make some more tracks.

I have so much energy surging in me I could punch through a wall. And my heart is beating so fast it feels like I'm going to have a heart attack. I can hardly breathe. I just need to cut.

I need to cut deep. I need to stop the pain.

No one cares about me. I can't let people hurt me. I just need to stop the pain.

I got in another fight with my boyfriend. He went to play pool with his friends when he was going to be with me.

I was looking forward to being with him. Now I have to be alone while he has fun.

I guess I'm angry. He broke his promise to me. I shouldn't have trusted him! I shouldn't count on him. I'm just too needy.

It always comes down to that. I'm too needy. Too emotional. I can't handle the pain. So I cut.

But these scars on my arm look awful. I always feel horrible when I look at my arms the next morning. It makes me hate myself.

I don't know why I do it. I guess because I don't want to feel all the pain and I want to make it go away.

It's so hard for me. I didn't know who to talk to so I called here. I'm feeling a little better now though. Thanks for being there.

Thank you for not thinking I am terrible for wanting to cut.

12. The things that were most helpful for me about this class were.

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