List of Books

1 Overcoming anger and irritability 2 Managing anger 3 Overcoming anxiety 4 Feel the fear and do it anyway 5 Overcoming binge eating 6 Getting better bit(e) by bit(e) 7 Overcoming depression 8 Mind over mood William Davis Gael Lindenfield Helen Kennerley Susan Jeffers Christopher Fairburn Ulrike Schmit & Janet Treasure Paul Gilbert Dennis Greenburger & Christine Padesky David Burns

9 The feeling good handbook

10 Overcoming compulsive gambling 11 Overcoming mood swings 12 Overcoming panic 13 Panic attacks 14 Overcoming traumatic stress 15 Stop Arguing, Start Talking 16 Staying Together 17 Overcoming low self-esteem 18 Self-esteem for women 19 Ten days to great self-esteem 20 Change your life in 7 days 21 Instant Confidence 22 Overcoming social anxiety and shyness 23 Managing stress 24 How to stop worrying

Alex Blaszczynski Jan Scott Derrick Silove Christine Ingham Claudia Herbert & Ann Wetmore Susan Quilliam Susan Quilliam Melanie Fennell Lynda Field David Burns Paul McKenna Paul McKenna u Gillian Butler

Terry Looker & Olga Gregson Frank Talis

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Overcoming low self-esteem audio tape Panic attacks audio tape Coping with bereavement audio tape Coping with childrens sleep problems audio tape Coping with depression audio CD

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Brief Descriptions of Books on List

LIST OF BOOKS
A number of the books on the list are from the Overcoming series published by Robinson. Books in this series use the cognitive-behavioural approach to provide easy to understand strategies for helping readers to overcome a variety of psychological problems. The authors are all practising clinicians who have adapted the latest cognitive-behavioural techniques into a specifically tailored self-help programme focussing on a particular type of mental health problem Each book is divided into two parts. Part One explains the psychological problem and its possible causes and discusses various ways in which it can impact on peoples lives. Part Two is the treatment manual with step-by-step strategies and techniques for recognising, confronting and dealing with the problem. The books also provide helpful advice on preventing setbacks and relapse.

ANGER
Will Davis This book is a self-help manual for people who find that they are constantly becoming irritable and angry. It explains why such bouts occur and what can be done to avoid angry over-reaction. Following a cognitive approach, the book aims to help people to control their temper and to handle potentially dangerous situations effectively and non-aggressively. With the help of real-life case studies, the author describes what happens when people get angry and why some people become angry more easily than others. The book encourages to reader to keep an anger diary and then to analyse any angry incidents that occur. It shows the reader how to look at situations differently so that anger occurs less frequently, and it also explains how anger can be controlled so that it does not lead to aggression or violence. Gael Lindenfield Gael Lindenfield stresses the fact that that anger is a natural emotional response to threat, hurt, frustration and loss. It can be a vital means of releasing a build-up of emotional pressure but can also be a destructive force. If uncontrolled it can lead to violence; if repressed it can lead to bitterness, stress and guilt. Both extremes can damage health. The book explains the effects of anger on our minds and bodies, and suggests ways of dealing both with our own anger and that of other people. Using many engaging examples of everyday situations, the author suggests strategies for using anger in a positive and non-destructive way. Lindenfield is well-known for her books on self-esteem and assertiveness and has developed a model she calls Assertive Anger (which is assertive but responsible and non-violent). She shows how, by using specific strategies, people can learn to deal with frustration and threat in a positive way. The tone of the book is positive, optimistic, and understanding of those who have found it difficult to control their angry feelings in the past.

1 Overcoming Irritability and Anger

2 Managing Anger

ANXIETY
Helen Kennerley This book explains why anxiety is a major problem for some people and not for others. It describes the various forms that anxiety problems may take, including panic attacks and phobias, and then guides the reader through a series of steps to enable them to overcome problem fears and anxieties of all kinds. The step-by-step plan follows the cognitive behavioural approach. The book includes many illustrative quotes from people who have had anxiety problems, allowing readers to realise that many others have shared similar experiences and have overcome their difficulties.

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Feel the fear and do it anyway Susan J Jeffers Almost everyone experiences fear at some time in their lives. It may be while public speaking, asserting themselves, making decisions, being alone, ageing, etc. This book offers the insight and tools to deal with such fears. You will learn to live your life the way you wantso you can move from a place of pain, paralysis and depression to one of power, energy and enthusiasm. This inspiring modern classic has helped thousands turn their anger into loveand their indecision into action.

BINGE-EATING
Overcoming Binge Eating Chris Fairburn This book presents a self-help version of a clinical programme that has been shown to be highly effective in a number of clinical trials. Based on the assumption that bulimic patients have lost control over their eating, the cognitive behavioural programme is intended to hand control back to the patient. There is a strong educational component, with the reader being helped to understand the links between food deprivation, hunger, craving for food, and bingeing. The programme addresses the wide range of problems encountered in bulimic patients, including disturbed eating patterns, concerns about body shape and weight, perfectionism, all or none thinking and low self-esteem. Patients are helped to monitor their own eating and purging behaviour, and to maintain a regular eating pattern. Deliberate attempts at dieting are held to maintain the problem, so efforts are made to eliminate inappropriate forms of dieting (especially long periods of abstinence from food). Advice is given on the identification of personal binge triggers and on behavioural techniques that the person can use when tempted to binge. The final part of the book deals with relapse prevention - techniques that can be used to maintain an avoidance of binge eating and purging. Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e) Ulrike Schmit and Janet Treasure The efficacy of this self-help book has been demonstrated in clinical trials. The book empowers people with bulimia and binge eating disorder to take control and tackle their eating difficulties by themselves. Being easy to read, it engages and motivates the reader and quotes real-life examples of specific problems. It provides the key behaviour changes necessary for the person to achieve a happier and more fulfilled life. The book also addresses a range of psychological and lifestyle issues that often contribute to the onset and maintenance of bulimia. Issues covered in depth include: coping with binges, cravings and urges; the health risks of dieting; achieving optimal weight; giving up vomiting, laxatives and diuretics; healing the wounds of childhood; correcting faulty thinking; being appropriately assertive; avoiding reliance on drink and drugs; and dealing with problems in relationships and work. Advice is also given on how to cope with setbacks. The book prescribes a series of self-help tasks which provide a comprehensive treatment programme.

DEPRESSION
Overcoming Depression Paul Gilbert This self-help guide provides step-by-step strategies for sufferers of depression, using cognitive therapy techniques. There has now been a steady stream of evidence supporting the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques in the treatment of depression. The techniques are relatively simple and can be self-administered by intelligent, literate and motivated people (however, its worth noting that depression itself can undermine motivation). The idea is that depression (as well as anxiety, anger and other negative emotions) are often triggered and maintained by negative automatic thoughts which are overgeneralised, pessimistic and unrealistic. CBT enables the person to identify such thoughts, to devise more realistic alternatives and then to substitute these for the damaging, depressing thought patterns. Overcoming Depression sets out to explain CBT techniques and to guide the reader to use such strategies following practical step-by-step guidance. The book is very readable and sympathetic in tone and includes numerous case examples.

Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky Mind Over Mood became a classic text soon after it was published, and it may well be the book most frequently recommended to clients by those working in mental health (both in the US and in the UK). Although the book is classified here under the category Depression, it does in fact have a much wider focus. It provides a hands-on workbook for clients suffering from depression, panic attacks, anxiety, eating disorders, substance abuse, and relationship problems. In each case the approach used is that of cognitive therapy. Numerous case examples and written exercises help clients to understand and use these methods, and the book includes many sample worksheets and blank worksheets. The first Chapter guides the reader to develop introspective skills and new perspectives about everyday predicaments. This familiarises readers with the cognitive approach and allows them to discover with their own problematic thought patterns. The remaining Chapters focus on specific emotional problems and provide clear, easy, step-by-step instructions for identifying distorted problematic thoughts and replacing them with more realistic and more positive thoughts. In a foreword to the book, written by Aaron Beck, one of the pioneers of cognitive therapy, the authors are commended for their "vision and innovation" as well as their ability to teach what they practice.

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David Burns This is a practical manual that helps those who are depressed to understand how their thinking processes have contributed to their depression and how, by changing their thinking they will be able to exert some control over their mood. It begins with an easy to read overview of cognitive theory before discussing the various approaches to treating depression. The book then introduces a number of practice therapeutic techniques based on the cognitive theory of depression. Practice exercises enable readers to uncover any errors of thinking that may have contributed to their feelings of depression (for example, a tendency to underemphasise and overemphasise failures). They are then helped to correct their faulty thought patterns using cognitive strategies that are taught and reinforced through self-managed practical assignments.

9 The Feeling Good Handbook

GAMBLING 10 Overcoming Compulsive Gambling

Alex Blaszczynski

A self help guide to curing compulsive gambling problems through cognitive behavioural techniques. The text consists of a definition and discussion of the issues and a step-by-step recovery programme. Part 1: What is problem gambling? ; how does the problem develop?; who is at risk?; what is the effect of problem gambling?; what is the impact of problem gambling on family members and others?; what causes gamblers to lose control?; how can problem gambling be treated?; goals of treatment - abstinence or control?; preventing relapses after treatment. Part 2 A self-help manual: working out your motivation to stop; learning a relaxation technique; recognizing irrational ideas; how your family can help; pitfalls to avoid; dealing with emotional stresses; working out a budget to pay debts; preventing future episodes; useful organizations to contact; hints for spouses and parents.

MANIC DEPRESSION
Jan Scott This book offers insights and practical help for those who are seriously disturbed by extreme high or low spirits. Although everyone is aware of changes in their mood, some people are very distressed by changes, either because the mood swings happen too frequently or because they are very intense and are accompanied by other symptoms of depression or mania. Overcoming Mood Swings is a self-help manual that applies tried and tested cognitive techniques to allow people first to identify and then to manage their mood swings more effectively, and to regain more stable and comfortable emotional levels. Background

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information on depression and mania is also included. The book presents a complete self-help program including self-tests and monitoring sheets.

PANIC
DerrickSilove and Vijaya Manicavasagar This book was developed as a self-help guide for overcoming and preventing panic attacks and the associated problem of agoraphobia. The authors offer a step-by-step management program based on cognitive behavioural therapy. The first part of the book describes the nature and origin of panic attacks and agoraphobia and considers the various ways in which these conditions affect and limit people's lives. The various approaches used to treat these conditions are then described. The second part of the book constitutes a self-help manual. Readers are shown how to recognize triggers of anxiety and panic and how to control panic attacks by changing unhelpful thinking styles and dealing with physical sensations. All of the information is presented in an accessible way and the book includes advice on maintaining progress and preventing relapse.

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13 Panic Attacks (also available as audio tape see no. 27) Christine Ingham
This book provides many useful insights into the terror and misery of panic attacks by an author who has a personal history of such attacks. The book provides reassurance, insight and practical help. The author considers the nature of panic attacks and different causes of panic attacks before offering sensible guidance on what a person can do (and think) when having an attack. There is also a sensitive presentation of steps that can be taken to learn how to avoid a recurrence, and a section on how to help others with panic attacks.

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS (PTSD)

Claudia Herbert & Ann Wetmore This is a self help guide aimed to help sufferers, their families and those who work with them to understand the physical, mental and emotional reactions of traumatic stress... Step by step guidance to recovery helps the reader to recognize, accept and manage the longer term reactions to a traumatic experience such as a road traffic accident, an industrial accident, or rape. It works through accepting and managing those reactions, learning to accept the trauma itself and then letting go and moving on.

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RELATIONSHIPS 15 Stop Arguing, Start Talking: the 10 point plan for couples in conflict Susan Quilliam
Through ten simple stages, Susan Quilliam explains how to change old patterns of behaviour, to avoid using words as weapons when the going gets tough and encourages upfront discussion. Offering the skills you need to learn to discuss problems rather than row about them and shows how differences of opinion can be a strength in a relationship. Quilliam seeks to give the skills needed to understand what a partner is really trying to say, in order to bring discussion rather than confrontation back into relationships.

16 Staying Together: From Crisis to Deeper Commitment (Relate)

Susan Quilliam Susan Quilliam's book is vital to any couple who are, deep down, willing to work hard at saving their relationship. Quite rightly, there is no attempt by the author to mask the fact that there will be blood sweat and tears involved. Of course, sometimes a relationship can't be saved (while also it can be 'saved' for the wrong reasons), but where this book is the most effective is in its no-nonsense approach to breaching that chasm between the crisis and the deeper commitment of the title.

SELF ESTEEM 17 Overcoming Low Self Esteem

Melanie Fennell (Also available as audio tape see no. 26) This is a highly readable and useful book for those who are oppressed by self-doubt, self-criticism, social anxiety and other problems associated with low self-esteem. It enables those with low self-esteem to understand their condition, and to break the habit of thinking about themselves in negative ways by applying cognitive therapy techniques in a simple and logical programme for change. Many real-life examples are used to illustrate the nature and consequences of self-destructive thinking. The book aims to help the reader understand how a negative view of oneself can be changed to a view that is more positive and self-accepting. An initial self-assessment enables readers to measure their own selfesteem and to identify triggers to bouts of self-criticism. Strategies for overcoming these triggers are then described. The book provides a complete self-help programme for combating negativity and moving towards greater self-esteem and a more positive mental attitude.

Self-Esteem for Women Lynda Field This guide shows how women can increase their self-esteem and change their lives by using specific techniques, including visualizations and affirmations. These are presented in a simple five-step programme for personal change. The book demonstrates how women can examine their personal history to reveal and address negative self-beliefs. Clear guidelines are provided to enable readers to believe in themselves, to let go of guilt, to have successful personal relationships and to become empowered in the home and in the workplace.

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David Burns The author offers a tool for providing hope, compassion, and healing for people suffering from low selfesteem. In ten steps the reader is taught specific techniques to enhance self-esteem, productivity and happiness and to change thought patterns, feelings and behaviour. The ideas are based on commonsense and are easy to apply. The basic premise is that you feel the way you think. Negative feelings do not actually result from bad things that happen but from the way you think about these events.

19 10 Days To Great Self-Esteem

20 Change your life in seven days

Paul McKenna (Also available as audio CD see no. 35) Learn how to master your emotions and run your own brain, how to have supreme self confidence and become the person you really want to be.

21 Instant Confidence!: the power to go for anything you want

Paul McKenna (Also available as audio CD see no. 36) Do you have problems making your presence felt in a crowd? Does the thought of public speaking terrify you? Do you lack the confidence to ask you boss for a pay rise? Paul McKennas techniques will help let go of any negative thoughts and will help you to think about yourself in a more positive and life enhancing way. You will learn how to push the off switch for fear and desperation and create massive amounts of confidence and motivation in just a few moments.

SOCIAL ANXIETY
Gillian Butler This well-written, very readable book, contains many real-life examples and provides detailed instructions on effective cognitive behavioural techniques for overcoming social phobia and shyness. Those who lack confidence when they are with other people, or feel embarrassment when meeting new people, are likely to benefit from reading this book. It is suitable for those with crippling, entrenched problems right through to

22 Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness

those with mild feelings of discomfort and social shyness. The first part of the book explains social anxiety, its origins and what actually happens when social anxiety strikes. The second part provides a complete practical guide to overcoming these feelings, changing thinking patterns, reducing self- consciousness and building confidence. The author explains how to deal with upsetting thoughts, overcome avoidance and manage symptoms of anxiety through relaxation, distraction and panic management. Finally, the third part provides a number of "optional extras" such as an explanation of the long-term effects of being bullied and a guide to relaxation.

STRESS
Olga Gregson This practical guide to stress management advises on assessing and identifying stress, and on developing a personal stress management plan. Packed with good, easy to understand advice, it is based on the Stresswise programme developed in the 1980s as a result of the authors research on the link between stress and coronary heart disease. It begins with a clear explanation of the nature, origins and consequences of stress. Advice is then given on relaxation and ways of adjusting to the demands of daily life. The main core of the book is a comprehensive self-treatment programme designed to enable readers to manage pressures and demands more effectively. A stress management planner allows the reader to develop a personally tailored programme. It is suggested that the maintenance and enhancement of selfesteem is a key factor in managing stress.

23 Managing Stress: Teach Yourself Terry Looker and

WORRY
Frank Tallis Worry is discussed as a natural way in which the brain warns that something is wrong and needs to be dealt with. It becomes a problem when things get out of hand, and the worrying starts to spoil a persons health and enjoyment of life. The author explains how readers can make worry work for them. A problem-solving approach is taken, enabling people to avoid stress and anxiety by controlling worry, understanding their fears, and facing life calmly. The book includes detailed instructions in problem solving and also discusses how to deal with setbacks and how to cope when the worry doesnt stop.

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COMPUTERISED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY 25 Living Life to the Full

A new free online mental health life skills course Living Life to the Full www.livinglifetothefull.com - has been produced by Glasgow Institute for Psychosocial Interventions and Depression Alliance Scotland.
Based on the evidence-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approaches, teaching sessions include: discovering why we feel as we do building problem solving skills rebalancing relationships becoming more active and rediscovering the fun in life developing helpful responses to life stress discovering how to sleep better learning how to change unhelpful and undermining thinking focusing on key elements of healthy living

The Living Life to the Full course is a life skills course that aims to provide access to high quality, practical and user-friendly training in life skills. The course content teaches both key knowledge and importantly new ways of responding to tackle the various demands we all face in life. Course content and materials Sound, text and video clips are used throughout. Free short handouts supplement the course. Longer detailed practical workbooks that develop and build upon the course are available as the Overcoming Depression: Five Areas workbooks Moderated discussion forums are available to help course users swap ideas, information and provide mutual support. The library staff will be able to furnish you with the local graduate mental health workers contact details if you should get stuck.

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VERY USEFUL WEBSITES

EATING DISORDER ASSOCIATION Details: Here you will find information and help on all aspects of eating disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and related eating disorders. www.edauk.com 08456 341414 NATIONAL CENTRE FOR EATING DISORDERS Details: The National Centre For Eating Disorders, established in 1984, is an independent organisation set up to provide solutions for all eating problems, compulsive or "binge" eating, failed or "yo-yo" dieting, bulimia and anorexia. www.eating-disorders.org.uk 0845 8382040 DUDLEYCOMMUNITY HEALTH Details: This website provides health service users with information about local services. It complements the information provided through the www.nhs.uk website. www.dudley.nhs.uk 01384 366111 DEPRESSION ALLIANCE Details: Charity offering help to people with depression, run by sufferers themselves. Website contains practical information about depression, as well as details of Depression Alliance campaigns and local groups. www.depressionalliance.org 0845 1232320 CRUSE BEREAVEMENT CARE Details: Offers counselling, information and advice to anyone affected by a death and those who care for them. Also runs Cruse Youth Helpline, giving confidential advice and support to young people affected by bereavement. www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk 0844 4779400 FIRST STEPS TO FREEDOM Details: First Steps to Freedom is a registered charity which aims to help, in a practical way, people who suffer from phobias, obsessional compulsive disorder (excessive washing, checking, unwanted thoughts etc., those with general anxiety, panic attacks, anorexia and bulimia, and those who wish to come off tranquillisers, together with help for their carers. Also help, advice and support for the carers of those with borderline personality disorder.

www.first-steps.org 0845 120 2916

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS Details: A fellowship of men and women who have joined together to do something about their own gambling problem and to help other compulsive gamblers do the same. www.gamblersanonymous.org.uk 02073 843040

GAMCARE Details: GamCare takes a non-judgemental approach on gambling. We do not wish to restrict the choices or opportunities for anyone to operate or engage in gambling opportunities that are available legally and operated responsibly. GamCare, a registered charity, has become the leading authority on the provision of information, advice and practical help in addressing the social impact of gambling. www.gamcare.org.uk 0845 6000 133

INTERNATIONAL STRESS MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION UK Details: The International Stress Management Association UK is a registered charity with a multidisciplinary professional membership. It exists to promote sound knowledge and best practice in the prevention and reduction of human stress. www.isma.org.uk 07000 780430 NATIONAL PHOBICS SOCIETY Details: Largest anxiety disorders association in the UK, run by sufferers and ex-sufferers and supported by a medical advisory panel. Website gives all round advice and info on anxiety disorders. www.phobics-society.org.uk 0870 1222325 NO PANIC Details: No Panic is a totally voluntary charity, whose aims are to aid the relief and rehabilitation of those people suffering from panic attacks, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorders, other related anxiety disorders, including tranquilliser withdrawal, and to provide support to sufferers and their families and or carers. www.nopanic.org.uk 0808 8080545

PANIC/ANXIETY DISORDER Details: Provides comprehensive information regarding anxiety attacks and panic attacks. www.anxietypanic.com (US) 888 584 7112

RAPE CRISIS FEDERATION- ENGLAND AND WALES Details: The Rape Crisis Federation was launched in October 1996 and exists to provide a range of facilities and resources to enable the continuance and development of Rape Crisis Groups throughout Wales and England. www.cambridgerapecrisis.org.uk/rcf-archive/groups-worcestshire.htm 01223 245888

SANE Details: SANELINE was established in 1992 as the first national out-of-hours telephone helpline offering practical information, crisis care and emotional support to anybody affected by mental health problems. The service is open from 12 noon until 2am and receives tens of thousands of calls every year from service users, family members, carers and health professionals. www.sane.org.uk 0845 7678000
SOCIAL ANXIETY UK Details: Three main aims of this site are to provide a starting point for people just finding out about SA and related issues, to enable them to access further information through this site and

through external links; to act as a central hub for the community of those with social anxiety problems in the UK; and to attempt to raise the profile of SA problems and campaign for change. www.social-anxiety.org.uk

TRIUMPH OVER PHOBIA Details: Triumph Over Phobia (TOP U.K.) runs a national network of self-help groups to help people with phobia or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to overcome their problems using graded self-exposure. This means learning how to face up to your fears in a very gradual and structured way so that eventually the anxiety should decrease. www.triumphoverphobia.com 0845 600 9601