self harm - should I take the "tools" away?

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DD15 has been self harming for about a year - I've known for 4 months.

GP wanted to refer her to CAMHS, she refused, said she'd stopped. And, I think she did for a while.

Caught her at it the other night. She assures me the wounds are small, I don't know for sure as she won't show me them, but, there isn't blood on the inside of her clothes. I made her give me the razor I knew she had in her wallet, she gave it up without any fuss. We agreed she'd have to go back to GP and see a counsellor.

However, I know she has other razors hidden. Do I take those away, or leave them? I can't decide whether making it harder for her to do it is a good thing, or whether letting her keep her "safety blanket" is better.

Advice online is unclear.

Anyone got experience?

I thought my DD had stopped self harming but I saw a photo the other day that suggests she hasn’t. Her counsellor has moved away so maybe I need to talk to DD about restarting therapy but we don’t have a great connection at the moment and these conversations are difficult. Feeling sad. Would also like to hear how things are for your DD now OP.

Same here, trawling through old threads to work out how’s best to tackle it