Korean J Psychosom Med.  2022 Jun;30(1):1-6. 10.22722/KJPM.2022.30.1.1.

Intervention of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in School Counseling

• Ryu S
• Bae SM
• Jun JY
• Im WY

• KMID: 2537036
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.22722/KJPM.2022.30.1.1

Abstract

Recently, nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) has been increasing considerably in school counseling. According to the Youth Counseling and Welfare Development Institute, the number of counseling support for NSSI adolescent in 2018 was more than three times higher than the previous year, and the average time when NSSI behavior first appeared was 12.43 years old. As such, adolesnect NSSI continues to increase in recent years, and the age is also gradually decreasing. Nevertheless, research on the motives and characteristics of NSSI among domestic adolescents is still insufficient. This may be attributed to the difficulty of conducting research because self-injury behavior is secretly performed. However, it is also true that this reality has another limitation in the school field, which urgently requires counseling intervention and prevention of students' mental health problems. In addition, counseling for self-injury in the school scene is the biggest cause of exhaustion for counselors because they are under very great stress to cope with repeated self-harm in the dual role of counselors and teachers in school situations. Therefore, this study examines the causes and characteristics of involuntary self-injury through previous research analysis, and examines various difficulties experienced as a school counselor, as well as the effective intervention method of non suicidal self-injury in school counseling.

Keyword

Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (NSSI); School counseling; Adolescent; Burnout.