Apr
29
2010

Roger Butner
This may be the best thing I’ve ever seen on a screen! Yes, 8:46 is an eternity by today’s standards. But today’s standards don’t seem to be very eternal, do they? Watch it, for your sake – or for the sake of someone else who needs you to watch it.
Tags: freedom, HOPE, self-injury, sex, spiritual formation
Apr
27
2010

Roger Butner
I am rebooting the start date for the upcoming group I will be leading here in Baton Rouge. I hate that there is such a need for this kind of group, but I have learned that the ugliness of reality is better faced than avoided. I am doing what I can to face this particular [...]
Tags: adolescence, coming soon..., community, freedom, HOPE, self-injury, teaching, teens
Apr
07
2010

Roger Butner
Click here to download the pdf of the flier to pass along to someone who may benefit from our group.
Tags: adolescence, coming soon..., freedom, HOPE, self-injury, teens
Apr
25
2007

Roger Butner
Click here to access my list of recommended reading for self-injury. Also, there are several links to helpful websites under the section of “self-injury links” on the right side column of my website.
Tags: adolescence, self-injury, teens
Apr
24
2007

Roger Butner
Check out my Parenting 101 page to see my latest interview and read the Q & A regarding children/adolescents and self-injury.
Tags: adolescence, family, media, parenting, self-injury, teens
Sep
06
2006

Roger Butner
Click here or pick up the September issue of Baton Rouge Parents Magazine to read my article on the growing epidemic of “cutting” (self-injury). For the record, the magazine took some editorial liberty with my article – most notably changing most of the pronouns to “she” and “her.” I assume they did so because of [...]
Tags: adolescence, parenting, self-injury, teens
Jul
21
2006

Roger Butner
I am continuing to read, train, and grow in the area of working with those who injure themselves through cutting, burning, and other means. This is an area to which I have committed myself to continual development, as it is clearly a problem that is growing rapidly in our culture. In fact, at a recent [...]
Tags: adolescence, self-injury, teens
May
22
2006

Roger Butner
The very serious problem of “cutting” (also known as self-injury or self-mutilation) is growing to epidemic proportion at an alarming rate – particularly among adolescents (a group that spans from about age 10 to 25). I will write more about this dangerous struggle later, but for now, here is a MSWord document listing quite a few [...]
Tags: adolescence, parenting, self-injury, teens