Susan's daughter self-harmed for a short period and has developed other ways of coping with her problems. Susan would like more local, face-face, support for parents.

Sandra's older daughter started self-harming after being bullied at secondary school, but has now learned strategies to cope and has not harmed herself for two years.

Vicki is scared about the long-term implications of her teenage daughter's self-harming, but she thinks positively about the future and hopes that her daughter will be helped by cognitive behavioural therapy.