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Some self-help book recommendations
Reading about your difficulties, using selected books, can be helpful. Below is a selection of books which we have read and can recommend because they each provide an explanation of the problems listed in the headings, and they all also provide some techniques and exercises to help you to feel better. Many people find that just by increasing their understanding of their difficulties, they feel some relief. An increased understanding can also help you to get the most out of any sessions you have with a psychological therapist.
Depression

Mind Over Mood. Change How You Feel By Changing The Way You Think.
(1995) Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky. ISBN: 0-89862-128-3

The Feeling Good Handbook.
(2000) David Burns. ISBN: 0452281326

Overcoming Depression.
(2000) Paul Gilbert. ISBN: 1841191256

Bereavement
Living with Loss.
(2000) Liz McNeill Taylor. ISBN: 1841191051
Anxiety

Mind Over Mood. Change How You Feel By Changing The Way You Think.
(1995) Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky. ISBN: 0-89862-128-3

Overcoming Panic.
(1997). Derrick Silove & Vijaya Manicavasagar. ISBN: 1854877011

Overcoming Anxiety.
(1997) Helen Kennerley. ISBN: 1854874225

Low self-esteem
Overcoming Low Self-Esteem. A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques. (1999) Melanie Fennell. ISBN: 1-85487-725-9
Surviving childhood abuse

Overcoming Childhood Trauma.
Helen Kennerley. ISBN: 18411908010

Breaking Free.
(2000) Carolyn Ainscough & Kay Toon. ISBN: 0859698106

Surviving a traumatic incident
Overcoming Traumatic Stress.
Claudia Herbert & Ann Wetmore. ISBN: 1841190160
Longstanding problems with quality of life, difficult relationships etc.

Reinventing Your Life. The Breakthrough Program to End Negative Behavior and Feel Great Again.
(1994) Jeffrey Young, Janet Klosko. ISBN: 0-452-27204-1

Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life. The New Acceptance & Commitment Therapy.

(2005) Steven Hayes with Spencer Smith. New Harbinger Publications inc.

Self Harm / Suicidal Behaviour

Managing Intense Emotions and Overcoming Self-Destructive Habits: A Self Help Manual.
(2003) Lorraine Bell. ISBN: 1583919155

 

 

 

 

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