Wellbeing Collection Booklist Final 11/1/10 10:29 Page 1

Wellbeing Collection Booklist final 11/1/10 10:29 Page 1 The Wellbeing Collection ... Contact Details Address Bibliotherapy Service The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Brompton Library Adult Wellbeing Collection 210 Old Brompton Road London SW5 0BS Booklist Phone 020 7341 0729 Email [email protected] Website www.rbkc.gov.uk/libraries/bibliotherapy Wellbeing Collection Booklist final 11/1/10 10:05 Page 3 Wellbeing Collection booklist Adults What is the Wellbeing Collection? What if the book is unavailable? The Wellbeing Collection is a range of good quality self-help books which Each library has one or more copies of most books on the Wellbeing can help people understand and cope with common mental health Collection booklist. If the book you want is out on loan, a copy will problems. Using books in this way can provide people with guidance and be reserved for you free of charge and the library will let you know when support to overcome a range of emotional and psychological issues. it arrives. How does it work? How long can I borrow the book for? You can either choose a book yourself, or a health professional can A book can be borrowed for three weeks and renewed a further recommend one for you from the Wellbeing Collection booklist. four times. The complete booklist is available at the library or online at www.rbkc.gov.uk/libraries/bibliotherapy Is the service confidential? Most of the books on the Wellbeing Collection booklist are available Yes, library staff will not divulge any information about who borrowed the from any Kensington and Chelsea Library. book or what the book is about. There is no need to talk to library staff about why you are joining the library if you do not wish to. Can I use this service even if I am not Can books really help? a library member? Yes! There is good evidence that books can help with emotional and Yes! When you go to the library to collect your book you can join quickly psychological problems. The books on the Wellbeing Collection booklist and easily. We will ask you to complete a short library membership form have been carefully chosen from recommendations made by healthcare and provide one form of identification e.g. drivers licence or bank card. professionals and people who have used them. If you need assistance to complete the form or find the book, library staff will be available to help you. Like other self-help methods, it will require effort on your part. You may want to set aside some special regular time to work through the material suggested in the book. Wellbeing Collection Booklist final 11/1/10 10:05 Page 5 Title: Author: What if the book doesn’t help? Many people find the books effective and helpful, but not everyone will Anger and Irritability be helped in this way. If you have tried to use a book but find your difficulty or distress continues, you should contact your GP or health professional Managing Anger Gael Lindenfield for further advice. The effects of anger on our minds and bodies is explained in this accessible book. It suggests ways of dealing with our own and other’s anger, How can I tell you what I think of the scheme and how to deal with frustration and threat. or the book I borrowed? Overcoming Anger and Irritability William Davies We really want to hear from you about your experience with the book you Follows a cognitive approach and aims to help borrow, as this will help us to provide a better service. When you borrow one people understand why bouts of anger happen. of these books, a postcard with a short questionnaire is available for your It will help people to control their anger and comments. Please fill it in and hand it in at the library when you return the handle situations without aggression. book, or post it to us using the freepost address stamped on the postcard. When Anger Hurts: Quieting The Storm Within Matthew McKay This guide aims to help readers create personal Peter D. Rogers Your Wellbeing intervention strategies for controlling their angry and Judith McKay Emotional problems are very common. Many people experience distress impulses. It features practical exercises and or psychological problems at some time in their lives. This varies for each information to help readers achieve an immediate individual and can include feeling depressed, anxious, having panic attacks and positive change in their lives. or getting stressed about family life or work situations. It’s easy to feel alone and isolated when dealing with a personal problem and books can help when it may be hard to talk to someone. They may also help Anxiety to give additional support whilst seeing a health professional. Anxiety and Phobia Workbook Edmund J. Bourne You can give more detailed feedback by completing the online feedback Step-by-step help for those with common anxiety form at www.rbkc.gov.uk/libraries/bibliotherapy, by emailing disorders offering the latest treatment strategies. us at [email protected], or phoning 020 7341 0729 Helps people to learn skills and make lifestyle changes necessary to achieve a lasting recovery. Topics include information on relaxation, exercise, coping with panic, overcoming negative self-talk, nutrition, and medication. How to Stop Worrying Frank Tallis This short guide explains how to manage worry, learn how to understand fear and face the possibilities of life calmly. It outlines how readers can make worry work for them and manage stress and anxiety. Wellbeing Collection Booklist final 11/1/10 10:05 Page 7 Title: Author: Title: Author: Anxiety (cont'd) Assertiveness Overcoming Anxiety Helen Kennerley Assertiveness Workbook R.J. Patterson Guides the reader through a programme of steps This self-directed programme teaches readers to to help them to overcome their fears and speak up and say what they mean at work and anxieties in order to regain confidence and self- at home. Written supportively, it uses proven control. It uses a cognitive behavioural approach. cognitive behavioural techniques to help individuals build self-confidence, set boundaries, Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness Gillian Butler and determine appropriate responses. This book uses cognitive behavioural techniques to help the reader manage social anxiety and A Woman in your Own Right: Anne Dickson it explains how to deal with upsetting thoughts, Assertiveness and you and manage the symptoms of anxiety distraction Helps the reader to recognise their rights and and panic. understand how assertiveness is linked to self- esteem, making choices, managing anxiety and Overcoming Worry Mark Freeston stress, and effective communication skills. Using established and proven cognitive behavioural and Chapters include assertiveness techniques, body techniques, the user-friendly, step-by-step approach Kevin Meares language, expressing feelings, handling criticism in this book helps readers to understand that and assertiveness at work. it is their propensity to worry, not the multitude of problems they worry about, that is the root of the problem. Bereavement Stop Worrying About Your Health George You’ll Get Over it: Rage of Bereavement Virginia Ironside A self-help guide with effective, step-by-step D. Zgourides Personal, well-informed and practical, this book strategies for people who experience health is designed as a guide and support to the anxiety. Readers will learn to identify and treat the bereaved and their friends and family. It looks at underlying causes of their worry, as well as to the shock, anger, guilt, powerlessness and fear counteract irrational self-talk about minor everyday of grief. It also addresses the complex emotions physical symptoms. and reactions surrounding the informal rituals of death, for example, the will and dealing with personal effects. “I am more in control of my moods and I can cope better when I feel strong emotions.” Wellbeing Collection Booklist final 11/1/10 10:05 Page 9 Title: Author: Title: Author: Bereavement (cont'd) Depression (cont'd) Overcoming Grief Sue Morris A practical and healing guide to the problems An Introduction to Coping with Depression Dr Lee Brosan that can arise from loss. This self-help book will An introductory book that explains what depression and prove invaluable as a guide to those going is and how it makes you feel. It covers: how Dr Brenda Hogan through the painful process of bereavement. depression develops and what keeps it going; how to spot and challenge thoughts that maintain your depression; problem solving and Depression balanced thinking. I Had a Black Dog Matthew The Feeling Good Handbook David Burns It was Winston Churchill who popularized the Johnstone This practical book helps those who are phrase Black Dog to describe the bouts of depressed to understand how their thinking depression he experienced for much of his life. processes may have contributed to their This work presents an insight into what it is like depression, and how, by changing their thinking, to have a Black Dog as a companion and how they can begin to have some control over the author learned to tame it and bring it to heel. their moods. Poignant and humorous in equal measure. Overcoming Depression Paul Gilbert Living With a Black Dog Matthew Johnstone This self-help guide uses cognitive behavioural A touching and beautifully illustrated book, written and techniques to provide strategies that can be for those who care for someone with depression; Ainsley Johnstone easily self-administered to recover from sadness, friends, family members, colleagues, and even loss and depression. It explains how the body therapists. and mind interact and how our thinking affects our brains. Living With The Black Dog: How to Cope Caroline Carr Overcoming Depression and Low Mood – Dr Chris Williams When Your Partner is Depressed The Five Areas Approach Caroline Carr gives a mass of practical advice This guide uses cognitive behavioural methods to help others who are supporting a depressed to help with the self assessment and manage- partner.

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