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Bipolar Disorder: Managing Mood Swings
Managing Mood Swings | CBT Strategies for Bipolar and Beyond
Rachel Manser & Helen Close
Severe mood changes can disrupt life—but you can regain balance. This CBT-based booklet explains what causes mood swings and offers practical strategies to manage highs and lows, reduce persistence of low mood, and achieve stability. Written by expert psychologists Rachel Manser and Helen Close.
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Although we all experience changes in our moods, sometimes these can be severe and cause difficulties in our lives. This booklet uses cognitive behavioural principles to help understand what causes and maintains these mood changes. Although the title of the booklet mentions bipolar disorder, the booklet is designed to be useful to anyone who would like to better understand their significant changes in mood and learn strategies to manage. The strategies provided give tried and trusted cognitiv... READ MORE
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Making sense of military trauma
Making Sense of Military Trauma | CBT Strategies for Veterans and Families
Martina Mueller and Paul Andrews
Military deployments can lead to lasting trauma—but recovery is possible. This CBT-based booklet offers practical tools to process experiences and reconnect with life. Written by a clinical psychologist and a former soldier for serving personnel, veterans, and their families.
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Whilst traumatic events can happen to anyone at any time, military deployments to conflict zones make this much more likely. Afterwards it can be hard to make sense of the experience particularly for a group of people who are used to self-reliance, minimizing and boxing things off. These strategies do work in the short term, but they don’t tend to be good long-term solutions. This booklet is co-written by a clinician and a former soldier and offers serving military personnel, veterans and... READ MORE
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An Introduction to Managing Psychosis
Managing Psychosis | CBT Strategies for Coping and Recovery
Rachel Manser and Louise Isham
Psychosis can feel overwhelming—but help is available. This CBT-based booklet offers practical strategies to manage distressing experiences, improve mood, and plan for the future. Written by expert psychologists Rachel Manser and Louise Isham.
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Psychosis is a broad term that includes fears that others are going to harm us, hearing voices which distress us, and low mood, amongst many other experiences. This booklet provides information and ideas from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help understand the distress we can feel and what can be done to help. It includes sections on understanding difficulties, immediate coping strategies, managing worry and sleep, improving our mood and planning for the future and provides tried and test... READ MORE
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Keep safe and carry on: coping with suicidal feelings
Coping with Suicidal Feelings | Hope and Recovery with CBT
Dr Khadija Rouf
Suicidal feelings are not uncommon—but there is hope. This easy-to-read CBT-based booklet offers practical strategies from research and best clinical practice to manage suicidal thoughts and restore meaning. Written by Dr Khadija Rouf, consultant clinical psychologist.
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Suicidal feelings are not uncommon and in the extreme, people may feel that they have no alternative but to act on these. This booklet shows that there is hope for recovery by managing suicidal feelings in a range of ways. Based on the principles of cognitive behaviour therapy, it contains strategies from current research and best clinical practice. It is written to avoid jargon and can be useful to patients, family members, carers and clinicians alike. With practice, time and support, ... READ MORE
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Changing perfectionism
Changing Perfectionism | CBT Strategies to Break Free from Unrealistic Standards
Sarah Egan, Roz Shafran & Tracey Wade
Perfectionism can help—but it can also harm. This CBT-based booklet explains clinical perfectionism, its impact on mental health, and practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. Written by leading experts Sarah Egan, Roz Shafran, and Tracey Wade.
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Perfectionism can be helpful but it can also be unhelpful. It is associated with a range of mental health problems and can interfere with many aspects of life. This booklet describes ‘clinical perfectionism’ and its link with how people evaluate themselves. It uses cognitive behavioural methods to help understand the nature of clinical perfectionism and what can be done to change it. Sarah Egan is the Director of Clinical Psychology at Curtin University, Australia and does research i... READ MORE
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MANAGING ANXIETY: A USER’S MANUAL (BOOKLET + AUDIO RELAXATION EXERCISES)
Overcome Anxiety with CBT | Self-Help Guide + Relaxation Audio
Helen Kennerley
Struggling with anxiety? Discover a proven CBT approach in this easy-to-read booklet. Learn practical steps to manage worries and fears, backed by 10 years of patient-tested strategies. Includes How to Relax audio for instant calm. Written by leading psychologist Helen Kennerley. Start your journey to confidence today!
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Anxiety is a common mental health problem but one which can be helped using a CBT approach. This short and easy to read booklet offers a step-by-step guide to dealing with problem worries, fears and anxieties. It first helps the user develop a better understanding of anxiety and then introduces some basic cognitive and behavioural coping skills. It is based on CBT programme which was developed over ten years and which used patient feedback to adjust and improve it. N.B. The streamable... READ MORE
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Managing Psychosis: a guide for relatives, carers and friends
Managing Psychosis | CBT Support Guide for Families, Carers and Friends
Khadija Rouf, Helen Close & Kate Rosen
Psychosis affects everyone involved—but help is available. This guide offers proven CBT methods to manage stress and provide effective support for your loved one. Written by expert psychologists Helen Close, Kate Rosen, and Khadija Rouf.
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Psychosis is a condition that can be very stressful for the person who has it, and for their relatives, family and friends. This guide has been written to help relatives, carers and friends to take care of their own needs, as well as supporting their relative or friend. In this booklet you will find clearly described ways of dealing with stress that has been shown to help people. There are also techniques to manage psychosis which are proven to be effective. You can use the methods exp... READ MORE
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Recovering from PTSD
Recovering from PTSD | CBT Strategies for Trauma Recovery
Martina Mueller
Traumatic experiences can leave lasting scars—but recovery is possible. This CBT-based booklet offers proven tools to overcome fear, reconnect with the present, and move forward. Written by trauma specialist Martina Mueller.
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Traumatic experiences (such as assaults, serious accidents, acts of terrorism and natural disasters) can happen to anyone. Recovery from such terrible events can be difficult and sometimes survivors develop Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a result. This is a debilitating disorder which causes people to feel frightened or overwhelmed, stuck in the past and disconnected from the present. This booklet offers trauma survivors tried and tested tools to help them recover from PTSD. Th... READ MORE
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Overcoming Phobias
Conquer Your Phobias with CBT | Step-by-Step Self-Help Guide
Diana Sanders
Phobias can cause distress and limit your life—but you can overcome them. This CBT-based booklet explains how phobias develop and offers a clear, step-by-step approach to tackle fears effectively. Written by expert psychologist Diana Sanders.
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Most people have some kind of phobia, such as snakes, heights or spiders. For some, the fear can cause great distress and have a significant impact on life. This booklet gives a clear step-by-step approach to treating phobias. Using well-established cognitive behaviour therapy, it shows how phobias develop, the kinds of behaviours and thoughts which keep phobias going, and how to gradually and effectively tackle the phobia. Diana Sanders is a Counselling Psychologist and Accredited Co... READ MORE
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Managing Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Managing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | CBT Self-Help Guide
David Westbrook, Paul Salkovskis, Norma Morrison and Victoria Bream
OCD can be overwhelming—but you can take control. This easy-to-read CBT-based booklet explains OCD and offers practical strategies to help you manage symptoms and regain confidence. Written by leading experts in clinical psychology.
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be a very troublesome condition, and according to UK guidelines cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a treatment of choice for it. In this short and easy to read guide, the authors tell you about the CBT approach to OCD and how to use CBT methods to help yourself overcome it. The booklet is aimed at giving basic information about OCD and its treatment, to help you cope alone or as a supplement to treatment with a therapist. David Westbrook was a Consult... READ MORE
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Building Self-Esteem
Building Self-Esteem | CBT Guide to Boost Confidence
Helen Jenkins & Melanie Fennell
Low self-esteem can hold you back—but you can change that. This practical CBT-based booklet explains how self-esteem develops and offers proven strategies to overcome negative thinking and build self-acceptance. Written by expert psychologists Melanie Fennell and Helen Jenkins.
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Low self-esteem is a very common problem. It can cause great unhappiness and restrict people’s lives. This practical booklet draws on an established treatment, cognitive behaviour therapy. It offers a framework for understanding how low self-esteem develops and the unhelpful thinking patterns that keep it going, and offers ideas on how to tackle the problem and how to learn to accept yourself and treat yourself with kindness. Melanie Fennell is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with... READ MORE
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Overcoming Social Anxiety
Overcoming Social Anxiety | CBT Guide to Build Confidence
Gillian Butler
Social anxiety can make life difficult—but you can change that. This CBT-based booklet offers clear, practical strategies to reduce self-consciousness and feel more confident in social situations. Written by expert psychologist Gillian Butler.
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Social anxiety is a common and painful problem that makes it hard to interact comfortably with others. It can interfere with many aspects of people’s lives. This booklet explains how to overcome the problem using cognitive behavioural methods. The ideas in it are designed to help people become less self-conscious and more confident. They are clearly described, so that they can be applied in many different situations. Many people have found that using them helps to make their social live... READ MORE
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Understanding Health Anxiety
Understanding Health Anxiety | CBT Guide to Manage Worry
Christine Kuchemann & Diana Sanders
Health anxiety and worry about symptoms can be overwhelming—but help is here. This CBT-based booklet explains health anxiety and offers practical strategies to reduce fear and regain peace of mind. Written by experts Christine Küchemann and Diana Sanders.
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Health anxiety and worry about physical symptoms is very common and distressing. Cognitive behaviour therapy can be very helpful and, in this guide, Christine Kuchemann and Diana Sanders describe how to treat the problem. They describe a model of health anxiety to enable you to understand your concerns. The booklet goes through a number of methods, based on CBT, which you can use yourself or with the help of a therapist. Christine Küchemann was a clinical psychologist with Oxford Heal... READ MORE
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Understanding Panic
Understanding Panic | CBT Guide to Overcome Panic Attacks
David Westbrook & Khadija Rouf
Panic, with or without agoraphobia can be overwhelming—but you can take control. This easy-to-read CBT-based booklet explains panic and offers practical strategies to manage symptoms and regain confidence. Written by experts David Westbrook and Khadija Rouf.
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Panic, with or without agoraphobia, is a common but distressing mental health problem, and according to UK guidelines, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is the treatment of choice for such problems. In this short and easy to read guide, David Westbrook & Khadija Rouf tell you about the CBT approach to panic, and how you can use CBT methods to help yourself overcome it. David Westbrook was a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and former Director of OCTC. He has written or co-written s... READ MORE
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Managing Depression
Managing Depression | CBT Self-Help Guide for Recovery
David Westbrook
Depression can feel overwhelming—but you can take steps toward recovery. This CBT-based booklet offers clear, practical self-help advice to manage symptoms and improve well-being.
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Depression is the most common mental health problem and according to UK guidelines, CBT is one of the best forms of non-drug treatment for such problems. In this short and easy to read guide, David Westbrook tells you about the CBT approach to depression and how to use CBT methods to help yourself to overcome it. This booklet contains information and cognitive self-help advice for people who are depressed.... READ MORE
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