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Reading Well for Mental Health

Reading Well for mental health provides helpful information and support for managing common mental health conditions, or dealing with difficult feelings and experiences. Some books also include personal stories from people who are living with or caring for someone with mental health needs.

Introductions to Therapies and Approaches

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Introducing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): A Practical Guide

by Elaine Iljon Foreman

Mindfulness

Mindfulness: a Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Franctic World

by J. Mark G Williams, Danny Penman

Common Feelings and Experiences

Overcoming Anger and Irritability: A Self-help Guide using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques

by William Davies

An Introduction to Coping with Grief

by Sue Morris

Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving

by Julia Samuel

The Essential Guide to Life After Bereavement: Beyond Tomorrow

by Judy Carole Kauffmann and Mary Jordan

Overcoming Low Self-Esteem: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques

by Melanie Fennell

The Sleep Book: How to Sleep Well Every Night

by Guy Meadows

Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques

by Gillian Butler

Stress Control: A Mind, Body, Life Approach to Boosting Wellbeing

by Jim White

Self-Help Books to Support Mental Health

The CBT Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Using CBT to Overcome Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Low Self-Esteem and Anger

by Pamela Myles

An Introduction to Coping with Anxiety

by Brenda Hogan and Lee Brosan

Overcoming Anxiety: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques

by Helen Kennerley

Overcoming Health Anxiety: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques

by Rob Willson and David Veale

Overcoming Panic: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques

by Vijaya Manicavasagar

Overcoming Worry and Generalised Anxiety Disorder: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques

by Mark Freeston and Kevin Meares

The Sheldon Short Guide to Phobias and Panic

by Kevin Gournay

An Introduction to Coping with Depression

by Lee Brosan

Manage Your Mood: How to Use Behavioural Activation Techniques to Overcome Depression

by David Veale and Rob Willson

Overcoming Depression: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques

by Paul Gilbert

Break Free from OCD: Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with CBT

by Fiona Challacombe

Other Common Conditions

Getting Better Bite by Bite: A Survival Kit for Sufferers of Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorders

by Ulrike Svhmidt, Janet Treasure, June Alexander

Overcoming Binge Eating: The Proven Program to Learn Why You Binge and How You Can Stop

by Dr Chirstopher G. Fairburn

Body Image and Body Dysmorphic Disorder: The Definitive Treatment and Recovery Approach

by Lauren Callaghan

Defeating Depression: How to Use the People in Your Life to Open the Door to Recovery

by Roslyn Law

Overcoming Mood Swings: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques

by Jan Scott

The Compassionate Mind Approach To Postnatal Depression: Using Compassion Focused Therapy to Enhance Mood, Confidence and Bonding

by Michelle Cree

Personal Stories

A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled

by Ruby Wax

Reasons to Stay Alive

by Matt Haig

A Manual for Heartache

by Cathy Rentzenbrink

I Had a Black Dog

by Matthew Johnstone

The Recovery Letters

by James Withey and Olivia Sagan (eds.)

We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety

by Claire Eastham

Living With a Black Dog

by Matthew Johnstone

The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton

by Sathnam Sanghera