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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
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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
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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. Much of this advice is a result of her ment of low mood and depression. The format practical experience with her own partner. is clear with interactive questions and worksheets. It is empowering and supportive.
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Anorexia Nervosa: A Survival Guide for Janet Treasure Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa Christopher Families, Friends and Sufferers A complete self-help programme that uses Freeman This book presents a step-by-step guide to cognitive behaviour therapy techniques. Suitable and Peter Cooper recovery from any stage of the illness. It provides for those who want to tackle the problem on their information and acts as a knowledge base for own and to take control of their own recovery. anyone who has to deal with anorexia, including parents and other carers. Overcoming Weight Problems Jeremy Gauntlett- A clinically tested and comprehensive course Gilbert Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Peter Cooper in an easily readable form that offers a solution and Clare Grace A source of information and a self-help guide for for people with weight problems. The book people who want to tackle their difficulties on applies cognitive behavioural therapy principles their own, as well as for family members and to weight loss. It is full of good common sense, friends who need to develop a better encourages the change of eating habits and understanding of the illness. It includes an discourages the concepts of quick fix yoyo account of the medical complications and an dieting. analysis of the treatments available and their likely outcomes. Overcoming Binge Eating Christopher Authoritative and accessible, this book provides Fairburn information to understand binge eating and to Getting Better Bit(E) by Bit(E): A Survival Ulrike Schmidt control it. It can be used either on its own or with Kit for Sufferers of Bulimia Nervosa and and Janet a therapist and has been tested in controlled Binge Eating Disorders Treasure clinical research. A self-help book designed to enable people to take control of their lives. It provides information and step-by-step advice, and concentrates on Head Injury key behaviour changes to support people to achieve a happier and more Head Injury: A Practical Guide Trevor Powell fulfilled life. A practical guide for professionals, families and carers to the hidden psychological, social, behavioural emotional problems caused by head injury. Written in a jargon-free style, it addresses the medical problems, rehabilitation and adjustment of individuals and families to the realities of life after head injury. Wellbeing Collection Booklist final 11/1/10 10:05 Page 13
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Insomnia Obsessions and Compulsions Overcoming Insomnia and Sleep Problems Colin Espie Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring Gail Steketee This manual helps in establishing a new sleeping This workbook teaches people how to minimise and Randy Frost and waking pattern. It teaches you how to; the negative effect clutter has on their lives, as ensure your bedroom encourages a good night's well as the lives of those close to them. Using sleep, develop good pre-bedtime routines, deal effective and practical techniques and skills, this with a racing mind and relax. program helps people get used to the idea of sorting, organising, and gradually removing their unwanted possessions. Improving your Mood Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Frederick Toates Mind Over Mood Dennis A helpful guide for those who experience the and Olga Coschug Using a cognitive behavioural approach this book Greenberger condition and those who wish to help but struggle Toates supports people to successfully understand and and Christine to understand. It draws on and outlines Frederick improve their moods, alter their behaviour, and Padesky Toates’ personal experience with the disorder enhance their relationships. It is applicable to and offers self-help advice and information. people experiencing: depression, panic attacks, anxiety, anger, guilt, shame, low self-esteem, Overcoming Compusive Gambling Alex Blaszczynski eating disorders, substance misuse and Explains how gambling problems develop and relationship problems. who is at risk. It also contains a complete self- help programme with monitoring sheets based Mood Mapping Dr Liz Miller on clinically proven cognitive behavioural therapy Mood mapping gives you the tools you need to lift techniques. your low mood. This book will help you better manage your own mental well being and gain Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder David Veale and insight into yourself and others. This book addresses common compulsions such Robert Willson as hand washing, hoarding and checking. It Overcoming Mood Swings Jan Scott includes how to: manage disturbing thoughts, A self-help manual for people who experience images and urges, face fears and reduce and intense mood swings. It offers tried and tested overcome compulsions. It also explains how techniques to help readers to identify and then partners, relatives and friends can help. effectively manage their mood swings. It also provides background information on depression and mania. Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions Frank Tallis This book gives treatment instructions and explains the principles of anxiety reduction in easy-to-understand language. It covers compulsive checking, washing, hoarding, obsessional thoughts and worry, obsessional personality, and depression. Wellbeing Collection Booklist final 11/1/10 10:05 Page 15
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Panic Self-Esteem Overcoming Panic Derrick Silove This cognitive behaviour therapy self-help manual and Vijaya 10 Days to Great Self-Esteem David Burns provides the necessary skills for overcoming and Manicavasagar A practical step-by-step guide that helps readers preventing panic attacks and associated to learn specific techniques to enhance self agoraphobia. esteem, productivity and happiness. It provides hope, compassion and healing for people Panic Attacks Christine Ingham distressed by low self-esteem or unhappiness. Drawing from her own personal experiences of panic attacks and the experience of others, the Overcoming Low Self-Esteem Melanie Fennell author provides reassurance, insight and help for This is a self-help manual to help people to break a positive way forward. This book looks at what the vicious cycle of self-destructive thinking panic attacks are, what causes them, what to do which can lead to low self esteem and many when having an attack, how to avoid recurrence, other problems. It outlines how negative and how to help others. thoughts affect behaviour and outlook, and sets out practical measures for changing them to positive thoughts. Relationships Self-Esteem For Women Lynda Field Overcoming Relationship Problems Michael Crowe Packed with practical and effective techniques, This guide deals with common difficulties in close this book gives people advice that will help them relationships. Based on proven methods it to focus on themselves and re-establish a new discusses how to: sustain a long-term relationship; sense of creativity and vision. develop more effective communication skills; deal with sexual problems; cope with jealousy; and, Self-Esteem: Simple Steps to Develop Self- Gael Lindenfield develop negotiation skills. Reliance and Perseverance This book gives a practical programme on how to increase self-esteem. It examines the origins of low self-esteem and gives simple practical exercises that allow the reader to develop strategies for change. Wellbeing Collection Booklist final 11/1/10 10:05 Page 17
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Stress Stress (cont'd) Managing Stress Terry Looker Overcoming Traumatic Stress Claudia Herbert This practical guide encourages the reader to Olga Gregson This book demonstrates, with practical advice and Ann Wetmore assess and and identify their stress, and learn and tested exercises, how to find new and how to develop their own stress management effective ways of coping with (and finally plan. overcoming) traumatic stress.
The Relaxation and Stress Martha Davis, Reduction Workbook Elizabeth This workbook teaches effective stress Robbins management and relaxation techniques and Eshelman, exercises. It gives histories of the techniques and Clare Grace “This book has really helped me covered, checklists, further readings to change those thoughts and become and ‘homework’. a more positive person.” Change Your Thinking: Overcome Stress, Sarah Edelman Combat Anxiety and Improve Your Life with CBT In this book, Dr Edelman demonstrates how to deal rationally with feelings of anger, depression, frustration and anxiety. A practical and reassuring guide to overcoming self-defeating thoughts and behaviour.
Beating Stress, Anxiety and Depression Jane Plant and The authors, both former sufferers, dispel the fear Janet Stephenson and prejudice surrounding mental illness and present a new, effective programme for dealing with stress, anxiety and depression. They present 10 lifestyle factors that affect the likelihood of developing anxiety and depression, and reveal 10 food factors that can improve mental well-being. Wellbeing Collection Booklist final 11/1/10 10:05 Page 19
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