A Guide to Self Help References
Introduction
This guide is part of a scheme which has been set up by Student Support at the University of
Warwick. It aims to offer guidance to students who may have mild to moderate issues, which
they can explore and understand themselves.
Extensive research has shown the value of this system, with similar schemes being used at
Cardiff and Oxford.
The following references are available from the university library either in hard copy, CD or
eBooks. There are also a limited number of books in the Learning Grid and the Bio-med Grid
(most are readily available to buy either in bookshops or over the internet.) The catalogue is
also available on the Student Support website (go.warwick.ac.uk/supportservices).
The material has been carefully chosen for quality and covers a wide range of common
problems experienced by students. Where possible it also looks at some different ways of
seeing the difficulties. Self-help materials can be used successfully either by working
independently or alongside support from others.
This method of self help can be very effective especially for people who are highly motivated
and who regularly use books as a learning tool.
How does it work?
It is envisaged the catalogue will be used by members of staff who come into contact with
students who come to them with problems or who may be in distress. They include personal
tutors, members of the Residential Life Team and Student Services personnel.
It is suggested the catalogue be looked at together with the student so that you might identify
any relevant references together. The reference is then written on the ‘Recommendation pad’
which accompanies this catalogue, so that the student can take this away with them.
Research shows that people are much more likely to follow up the reference if it is written
down in this way.
These references should not be voiced as recommendations, but merely suggestions for
students to pursue, presented to them in a way that any other option for help is presented, ie.
raising awareness to the existence of the references and signposting along with other options.
Some of the books use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) which works by helping people
to identify unhelpful patterns in their thinking and behaviour, to challenge these and eventually
substitute more rational and realistic thinking. Some of these books include worksheets and
students should be encouraged to photocopy these.
Occasionally deeper feelings might be generated by the reading, so it is important that
students are made aware that further help and support is available. They should visit the
Student Support web pages go.warwick.ac.uk/supportservices or telephone Student Support
on 02476 575570 or email studentsupport@warwick.ac.uk.
Feedback
Student Support welcomes feedback on the scheme and any books and are happy to receive
recommendations
of
books
to
add
to
the
list.
Please
email
on
studentsupport@warwick.ac.uk.
Self help Information by subjects/categories
General books on change/self help/therapies
Change and Transition
Passion for the Possible : A Guide to Realizing Your True Potential,
Self-counselling : How to Develop the Skills to Positively Manage Your Life,
The Winner's Way : A Proven Method for Achieving Your Personal Best in Any
Situation,
How to improve your mental well being
How to look after yourself
How to recognise early signs of mental distress
Making sense of CBT
Making sense of counselling
Manage your mind: the mental fitness guide
The Intimacy and Solitude Self-therapy Book: developing inner strength, flexibility
and choice with hundreds of therapeutic exercises to work on by yourself
Authoritive guide to self help resources in Mental Health
Man’s Search for Meaning
The Feeling good handbook
Develop Your NLP Skills {Creating Success; 3rd Ed.
Louise Hay
Jean Houston
Wiliam Stewart
CD
Ebook
Ebook
Rowe
Sharman
Crepaz-Keay
Williams
Catty
Gillian Butler and Tony Hope
Ebook
MIND
MIND
MIND
MIND
MIND
OUP
Stephanie Dowrick
Norcross et al
Viktor E. Frankl
Burns
Andrew Bradbury
Women’s Press Ltd
Guilford Press
London
Plume
Ebook
Addictions; alcohol /smoking /sex/internet
Addictions :Your questions answered
Overcoming Addiction: Positive steps for breaking free of addiction and building
self esteem
The Addiction workbook
The Demon Drink
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Let’s Drink to Your Health
Boyd
Easy Way to Control Alcohol
Caught in the Net: How to Recognize the Signs of Internet Addiction - And a
Winning Strategy for Recovery
Overcoming Compulsive Gambling: A self help guide using cognitive behavioural
therapy techniques
How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good
Hope and Recovery : A Twelve Step Guide for Healing From Compulsive Sexual
Behavior
Allen Carr
Slough
Kimberly S. Young
J Wiley
C. Sweet
Fanning and O’Neill
Jancis Robinson
Woititz
Robertson and Heather
Blaszczynski
G Riley
Hazelden Educational materials
Element Books
CD
Group West
Penguin
Communications
Blackwell
Robinson
Vermillion
Ebook
Depression/mental health
Dealing with Depression
Mind over Mood: a cognitive treatment manual for clients
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Understanding and Overcoming Depression
Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic
Unhappiness
Overcoming depression (CBT)
Beating Depression : The Complete Guide to Depression and How to Overcome It]
Creating Optimism : A Proven, Seven-step Program for Overcoming Depression
Dealing With Depression Naturally,
Depression : The Way Out of Your Prison,
Help Yourself Move Out of Depression and Anxiety, ,]
Why Am I Still Depressed? : Recognizing and Managing the Ups and Downs of
Bipolar II and Soft Bipolar Disorder,
How to lift depression (fast)
Climbing out of depression: a practical guide for sufferers
Overcoming depression
Coming off Anti-Depressants: How to use and stop using anti-depressants safely
Accepting Voices
Barnes
Dennis Greenberger & Christine Padesky
Segal
Bates
Dorothy Rowe
Guilford
Guilford
Crossing
Routledge
J. Mark G. Williams
Paul Gilbert
Cembrowicz, Stefan.; Kingham, Dorcas.
Bob Murray; Alicia Fortinberry
Syd Baumel,
Dorothy Rowe
Helga A. H Rowe
CD
Constable
Ebook
Ebook
Ebook
Ebook
Ebook
James R Phelps,
Griffin and Tyrell
Atkinson
Windy Dryden, Sarah Opie
J. Glenmullen
Romme and Escher
Ebook
HG Publishing
Lion Publishing
Sheldon
Robinson
MIND
Mood swings
Calm Energy : How People Regulate Mood With Food and Exercise,]
Living With Bipolar : A Guide to Understanding and Managing the disorder
Overcoming mood swings (CBT)
The Food and Mood Handbook
Coping with Depression and Elation
Robert E. Thayer
Lesley Berk
Jan Scott
Amanda Geary
McKeon
Ebook
Ebook
Robinson
Thorsons
Sheldon
Happiness
Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
Simple Steps to Happiness
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential
for Lasting Fulfilment
Addicted to Unhappiness : Free Yourself From Moods and Behaviours That
Ricard, M
Rosie Hamilton-McGinty,
Martin E. P. Seligman
Martha Pieper; Joseph William Pieper,
Atlantic Books.
Ebook
CD
Ebook
Undermine Relationships work and the life you want
Managing difficult feelings/behaviour/positive thinking
Learn How to Think Positively
The Power of Your Spoken Word: Change Your Negative Self-Talk and Create the
Life You Want!
Being Positive and Staying Positive {Easy Step By Step Guide}
How to Cope when the going gets tough
The Making of them(boarding School)
Glenn Harrold
Louise L. Hay
Pauline Rowson
Dryden and Gordon
N.Duffel
CD
CD
Ebook
Lone Arrow Press
Anger
Taking Charge of Anger : How to Resolve Conflict, Sustain Relationships, and
Express Yourself Without Losing Control, ,
How to deal with anger
The anger control workbook
Overcoming anger and irritability
Overcoming Anger
Managing anger: simple steps to dealing with frustration and threat.
Anger Releasing
Robert W Nay
Cloutte
McKay, Rogers
William Davies
Windy Dryden
Gael Lindenfield
Louise Hay
Ebook
MIND
New Harbinger press
Robinson
Sheldon Press
Thorsons
CD
Emily Lovegrove
Ebook
Glenn Harrold
John Caunt
Louise Hay
CD
Ebook
CD
David Lawrence Preston
William Stewart
Connie D Palladino
Murray B Stein, John R Walker
Rowe
Maekins and Gorman
Cloutte
Ebook
Ebook
Ebook
Ebook
MIND
MIND
MIND
Bullying
Help! I'm Being Bullied : A Practical Guide for Children and Adults,.
Confidence/self esteem
Develop Your Self Confidence
Boost Your Self-esteem {Creating Success}
Forgiveness/Loving the Inner Child
365 Steps to Self-confidence : A Complete Programme for Personal
Transformation - in Just a Few Minutes a Day {3Rd Ed.},
Building Self-esteem : How to Replace Self-doubt With Confidence and Well-being
Developing Self-esteem : A Guide for Positive Success {Fifty-Minute Series}
Triumph Over Shyness : Conquering Shyness and Social Anxiety
Conquering a sense of inferiority
How to cope with loneliness
How to increase your self-esteem
Overcoming low self esteem (CBT)
Overcoming social anxiety and shyness (CBT)
Confidence works: learn to be your own life coach
How to accept yourself
The assertiveness Handbook
10 days to great self esteem
How to start a conversation and make friends
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Self-Esteem
The Confidence to be Yourself
Mel Fennell
Gillian Butler
McMahon
Dryden
Mary Hartley
Burns
Gabor
Dale Carnegie
Lindenfield
Brian Roet
Robinson
Robinson
Sheldon Press
Sheldon Press
Sheldon press
Vermilion
Sheldon
Vermilion
Thorsons
Piatkus
Anxiety/fear/phobia
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway: Dynamic Techniques for Turning Fear, Indecision,
and Anger into Power, Action, and Love
Fear : The Friend of Exceptional People : Techniques in Controlling Fear
Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Depression : New Ways to Regain Your
Confidence
Conquering fear
How to cope with panic attacks
How to stop worrying
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
When panic attacks (book and CD)
Overcoming Anxiety (CBT)
Overcoming Panic (CBT)
Coping with anxiety and depression
Don't Panic
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
Panic Attacks
The worry cure. Stop worrying and start living
Understanding Panic Attacks and Overcoming Fear
Susan Jeffers
Geoff Thompson
James Gardner, Arthur H Bell
Rowe
Teevan and Gorman
Flory
Bourne, Edmund J.
Aine tubridy
Helen Kennerley
Derrick Silove and V Manicavasagar
Trickett
Wilson, Robert R
Susan Jeffers
Christine Ingham
Leahy
Baker
CD
Ebook
Ebook
MIND
MIND
MIND
New Harbinger Publications
Newleaf
Robinson
Robinson
Sheldon Press
Harper Perennial
Vermilion
Thursons
Pitkus
Lion
Stress/relaxation
Stress-Free: Peaceful Affirmations to Relieve Anxiety and Help You Relax
The 10-Minute Stress Manager
Louise L. Hay
Emmett E. Miller
CD
CD
Relaxation: exercises and inspirations of well-being
Stress, Anxiety, Depression : A Practical Workbook,]
Mind guide to managing stress
Mind guide to relaxation
Overcoming Traumatic Stress: A Self-help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural
Techniques
Healing Without Freud or Prozac.
How to stop worrying
Managing Stress (Teach yourself)
The Good Stress Guide
The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook
Sarah Brewer
Martin Simmons, Peter Daw,.
Sharman
Atherton
Herbert, C. & Wetmore, A.
Servan-Schreiber, D.
Frank Tallis
Looker and Gregson
Mary Hartley
Davis Robbins Eshelman and McKay
DPB
Ebook
MIND
MIND
Robinson Publishing
Rodale International Ltd.
Sheldon
Hodder Education
Sheldon
New Harbinger
Meditation
Meditations for Self-Healing and Inner Power
Meditations and Music for Sound Healing
Meditations for Difficult Times
Meditations for Morning and Evening
Meditations for Personal Healing
Your Present: A Guided Imagery Meditation for Physical and Spiritual Wellness: A
Half-Hour of Peace
Hurry Up and Meditate : Your Starter Kit for Inner Peace and Better Health,.,
Meditation for Busy People : 60 Seconds to Serenity,., New World
The Best Guide to Mediation
Joan Z. Borysenko
Mitchell L. Gaynor
Bernie S. Siegel
Bernie S. Siegel
Louise Hay
Susie Mantell
David Michie
Dawn Groves,
Davich
CD
CD
CD
CD
CD
CD
Ebook
Ebook
Renaissance
OCD
OCD
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder : A Survival Guide for Family and Friends,
Washing My Life Away : Surviving Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
Understanding obsessions and compulsions
Overcoming Obsessive compulsive disorder
Stop Obsessing: How to overcome your Obsessions and Compulsions
Assertiveness
Toates and Coschug-Toates
Roy Cohen,
Ruth Deane
Tallis
Veale and Wilson
Foa and Wilson
Class publishing
Ebook
Ebook
Sheldon
Robinson
Bantom Books
Develop Your Assertiveness {Creating Success; 2nd Ed
The assertiveness workbook
How to assert yourself
Sue Bishop
Randy J Paterson
Cloutte
Ebook
New Harbinger Press
MIND
Self harm
Self-harm – perspectives from personal experience
Healing the Hurt Within : Understand Self-injury and Self-harm, and Heal the
Emotional Wounds {3Rd Ed.}
Life After Self-harm : A Guide to the Future
Cutting – the risk (self-harm, self-care and risk reduction)
Cutting: understanding and overcoming self-mutilation
Healing the Hurt Within: Understand Self-injury and Self-harm, and Heal the
Emotional Wounds
Pembroke
Jan Sutton
Ulrike Schmidt, Kate M Davidson
National self harm network
Levenkron
Jan Sutton
Chipmunka / survivors speak
out
Ebook
Ebook
National self harm network
W W Norton
Oxford
Dealing with suicide
How to help someone who is suicidal
A Special Scar
Hill and Gorman
Wertheimer
MIND
Routledge
Eating disorders
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders : A Comprehensive Treatment
Guide
Demystifying Anorexia Nervosa : An Optimistic Guide to Understanding and
Healing {Developmental Perspectives in Psychiatry}
Food-mood Solution : All-natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger,
Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again
Invisible Man : A Self-help Guide for Men With Eating Disorders, Compulsive
Exercise and Bigorexia
Bulimia nervosa – a cognitive therapy programme for clients
Eating disorders- the facts
Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e) - A survival kit for sufferers of bulimia nervosa and
binge eating disorders
(Overcoming) Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating
Anorexia Nervosa: A Survival Guide
Diet of despair: a book about eating disorders for young people and their families
Fit to die – men and eating disorders
Eating your Heart Out
Glenn Waller
Ebook
Alexander R Lucas
Ebook
Jack Challem
Ebook
John F Morgan
Cooper, Todd, Wells
Abraham and Llewellen Jones
Treasure & Schmidt
Cooper
Treasure
Paterson
Paterson
Julia Buckroyd
Ebook
Jessica Kingsley
Oxford Uni Press
Psychology Press
Robinson
Psychology Press
Lucky duck Publishing Ltd
Lucky duck Publishing Ltd
Optima
When Food is Love.
G Roth
Piatkus
Grief
Changing Course : Healing From Loss, Abandonment, and Fear
Healing Pain : Attachment, Loss, and Grief Therapy
Living with grief
Death and how to survive it – a unique, practical and uplifting guide to coming to
terms with the loss of your partner
Facing Grief: Bereavement and the Young Adult
How to go on Living When Someone you Love Dies
The Courage to Grieve
When Parents Die: Learning to live with the loss of a parent
Claudia Black
Nini Leick, Marianne Davidsen-Nielsen
Lake
Boydell
Susan Wallbank
T. Rando
Judy Tatelbaum
Black and Adams
Ebook
Ebook
Sheldon press
Vermilion
Lutterworth
Bantom
Vermilion
Routledge
Healthy living
Increase Vitality
Minding the Body, Mending the Mind
Coping with Chronic fatigue
The kitchen shrink- food and recipes for a healthy mind
Calm Energy : How People Regulate Mood With Food
and Exercise
New Optimum Nutrition for the Mind
Let’s Drink to Your Health
Michael Reed Gach
Joan Z. Borysenko
Natalie Savona
Robert Thayer,
P Holford
Robertson and Heather
CD
CD
Chalder Sheldon press
DBP
Ebook
Piatkus.
Blackwell
Abortion/pregnancy
Abortion and afterwards:
Unplanned pregnancy- Your Choices: A Practical Guide
to Pregnancy
Davies V.
Ashgrove Publishing
A Furedi
Oxford Paperbacks
Chronic fatigue syndrome /M.E.
Coping with Chronic fatigue
Chalder Sheldon press
Sleep
Deep Sleep Every Night
Sleep Better
Learn to sleep well
Glenn Harrold
Michael Reed Gach
Chris Idzikowski
CD
CD
DBP
Learn to sleep well kit (inc audio CD)
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting a Good Night's
Sleep
How to cope with sleep problems
Overcoming Insomnia and Sleep Problems: A Self-help
Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques
The Sleep Solution
Chris Idzikowski
Martin Moore-Ede, Suzanne
LeVert
Gorman and Darton
Espie, C.A.
Ball and Hough Vermillion
Duncan Bird
Ebook
MIND
Robinson Publishing
Vermilion
Family
Toxic Parents: overcoming the legacy of parental abuse
How to survive family life
Overcoming childhood trauma: a self help guide using
CBT
When you and your Mother can’t be friends
Susan Forward
Cloutte
Heal the hurt: how to forgive and move on
Overcoming Relationship Problems: A Self-help Guide
Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques
How to cope with relationship problems
Intimacy & Solitude: balancing closeness and
independence
Should you leave? The dilemmas of intimacy
The Good Dating Guide
How to cope with loneliness
Macaskill
Kennerley
V. Secunda
M. Crowe,
De Borsac
Stephanie Dowrick
Kramer
Marshall
Maekins and Gorman
Bantam Trade paperback
MIND
Robinson
Dell
Shedon Press
Robinson Publishing
MIND
Women’s Press Ltd
Victor Gollancz
MIND
Jealousy
Jealousy
Overcoming Jealousy
Paul Hauck
W. Dryden
Sheldon
Sheldon
Sexuality
How to cope with doubts about your sexual identity
Outing Yourself
The new gay teenager
Family Outing: The guide to coming out for gays,
lesbians and their parents
Hill
Signorile
Savin-Williams.R
Chastity Bono with Billie
Fitzpatrick
MIND
Simon & Schuster
Harvard University Press
Pan Books
Family Outing: The guide to coming out for gays,
lesbians and their parents
Chastity Bono with Billie
Fitzpatrick
Pan Books
Abuse/Trauma
The survivors guide to recovery from rape or sexual
abuse
Memory and Abuse : Remembering and Healing the
Effects of Trauma
Robert Kelly, Fay Maxted
ROSA
Charles L Whitfield
Ebook
Glenn Harrold
Nick Atkinson
CD
Ebook
David Acres
Bill Lucas
Katherine M. Ramsland
Carver
Cloutte
Ebook
Ebook
Ebook
MIND
MIND
Issues related to being a student
Develop a powerful memory
Exam-busting Tips : How to Pass Exams the Easy Way,.
Passing Exams Without Anxiety : How to Get
Organised, Be Prepared and Feel Confident of Success
{Student Handbooks},
Power Up Your Mind : Learn Faster, Work Smarter,
The Art of Learning : A Self-help Manual for Students,
How to cope with exam stress
How to cope with the stress of student life
How to be a student: 100 great ideas and practical
habits for students everywhere
Breaking Free: Help for Survivors of Child Sexual
Abuse.
Dyslexia, the self and higher education
Sarah Moore, Maura Murphy
Ainscough, C. & Toon, K.
David Pollak
OUP
Sheldon Press
Trentham Books
Perfectionism
When perfect isn’t Good Enough
Anthony and Swinson
New Harbinger
Motivation
100 Ways to Motivate Yourself : Change Your Life
Forever
Raise Your Energy and Increase Your Motivation
Steve Chandler
Glenn Harrold
Ebook
CD
Cultural awareness
Do’s and Taboo’s around the World
Gestures: Do’s and Taboo’s of Body Language around
the World
Multicultural Manners: New Rules of Etiquette for a
changing Society
Axtell
Wiley
Axtell
Wiley
Dresser
Wiley