Abi Booth: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- psychotherapist who works with children and young people
- Quoted on
- Adult social care & reform
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“Many of these children and young people have experienced extreme neglect and often physical and sexual abuse. Some are so badly scarred from self-harming there isn't an inch of their bodies left untouched. They see self-harming as a route to safety. They are living in a state of terror, which may be hidden underneath layers of bravado.”
Where Abi Booth has been quoted
- Vulnerable children deliberately self-harming to stay in care, research findstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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