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It
is often useful to know and understand the symptoms you
may have. Whether you are having face to face
therapy or not, self-help guides may also help, especially
if you may have to wait a long time for treatment. This
list does not constitute any endorsement by jfo.
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Books
Books
may be available from your local library or you should
be able to buy them in the shops or online. A sample of
online stockists are listed for both the UK and US. If
you check out the marketplace on Amazon, you
can quite often get new books at cheaper prices.
Online
Stockists:
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A range of self help guides using Cognitive
Behavioural Techniques:
Overcoming
Depression -
Paul Gilbert ISBN 1-84119-125-6
Overcoming Traumatic Stress -
Claudia Herbert & Ann
Wetmore ISBN 1-84119-016-0
Overcoming Anxiety - Helen Kennerly ISBN 1-85487-422-5
Overcoming Poor Self Esteem - Melanie Fennell ISBN
1-8547-725-9
Mind
Over Mood -
Dennis Greenberger & Christine
A Padesky ISBN 0-89862-128-3
A workbook to change how you feel by changing the way you
think
The
Freedom from Depression Workbook Les
Carter & Frank
Minirth ISBN 0-8407-6207-0
A 12-part plan to define and identify depression, understand
mental and physical factors of depression and develop keys
to lasting change.
Trauma & Recovery -
Judith Lewis Herman ISBN 086358430-6
Herman is a psychiatrist and award-winning author who repeatedly challenges
established orthodoxies, identifies a new diagnostic category for those suffering
from 'hidden' traumas and proposes a ground-breaking recovery programme that
favours a process of reintegration to one of catharsis.
The
PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming
Traumatic Stress Symptoms -
Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula ISBN 1572242825
In this workbook, two psychologists gather together techniques and interventions
used by PTSD experts from around the world to offer trauma survivors the most
effective tools available to conquer their most distressing trauma-related symptoms.
I Can't Get over It: A Handbook for Trauma
Survivors -
Aphrodite Matsakis ISBN 157224058X
Now in an updated edition, this guide includes new information on suicide, traumatic
memories, depression, guilt, and the new EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and
Reprocessing) technique.
Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder – David
Kinchin ISBN 0-9529121-3-9
Written by a former sufferer rather than a trauma specialist,
David Kinchin explains in plain language what PTSD is and
tells his story and those of ten others. His book also includes
a small section on bullying and PTSD.
Bullying
in Adulthood – Peter Randall ISBN 0-415-23694-0
Randall assesses both bullies and the victims and the effects of adult bullying.
He suggests a number of strategies both for dealing with bullying and victim
behaviour
and for monitoring situations, for example by employers to see if problems improve.
Making
Peace with your Past – Harold
Bloomfield ISBN 0-06-019528-2
The past lives on in everything you think, feel, say and do. This is six steps
to enjoying a great future by helping to get rid of repressed and suppressed
pain.
How
to Survive Without Psychotherapy – David
Smail ISBN 0-09-478480-9
Smail agues that the causes of psychological distress are
often more to do with the circumstances of our immediate
environment than any need to change our selves and the need
to change our social world rather than the will to become
different.
Meditation
in a Changing World – William
Bloom ISBN 0-906362-29-6
A friendly and encouraging introduction to mediation.
Aware of the therapeutic and spiritual benefits, he carefully
describes the whole process of mediation from
achieving relaxation and silence, through to expanding awareness
and consciousness.
Relax
your Way to a Stress Fee Life – Kennedy,
Garion, Hutchings
This is a simple yet profoundly effect approach to dealing with tension and stress.
Don’t
Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s
all Small Stuff – Richard
Carlson ISBN 0-340-70801-8
Simple ways to keep the little things from overtaking your
life and driving you crazy.
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