Bibliotherapy book list

A Season to Heal - Luci Freed (2001)

Back from the Edge: Mental Health and Addiction in Sport - Luke Sutton (2019)

The Insanity of Gambling - Christopher Raddings (2019)

How to break up with your phone - Catherine Price (2018)

Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions - Russell Brand (2018)

The 28 Day Alcohol-Free Challenge: Sleep Better, Lose Weight, Boost Energy, Beat Anxiety - Andy Ramage and Ruri Fairbairns (2017)

The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober - Catherine Gray (2017)

Your Brain on Porn: Internet Pornography and The Emerging Science of Addiction - Gary Wilson (2015)

Cyber Junkie - Kevin Roberts (2010)

Facing The Shadow: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery - Patrick Carnes (2010)

A mind apart: poems of melancholy, madness and addiction - Mark S Bauer (2009)

No Need for Weed: Understanding and Breaking Cannabis Dependency - James Langton (2008)

Rational Recovery - Jack Trimpey (1996)

The Primal Wound: Understanding the adopted child - Nancy Verrier (2009)

Anger Management: Understanding. Healing. Freedom. - John Crawford (2016)

Overcoming Irritability and Anger - William Davies (2016)

Overcoming Anger in Your Relationship: How to Break the Cycle of Arguments, Put-Downs and Stoney Silences - W Robert Nay (2010)

How I Learned to Live with Panic: an honest and intimate exploration on how to cope with panic attacks - Claire Eastham (2022)

How to Survive the End of the World (When it’s in Your Own Head) - Aaron Gillies (2019)

The Fear Bubble - Ant Middleton (2019)

Anxiety at University: Student Wellbeing Series - Dominique Thompson (2019)

Notes on a Nervous Planet - Matt Haig (2019)

First, we make the beast beautiful: A new story about anxiety - Sarah Wilson (2019)

Overcoming Depression - Get Happy Again: A Self-Help Workbook for Understanding Depression, Anxiety and Panic Attacks - Matthew Jack Parker (2019)

Managing Stress - Kate Joseph (2018)

This too will pass - Richard Martin (2018)

Me and My Mate Jeffrey - Niall Breslin (2015)

Overcoming Health Anxiety - David Veale (2009)

Overcoming Health Anxiety: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques - David Veale and Rob Wilson (2009)

When Panic Attacks - David Burns (2007)

Coping with Stress at University: A Survival Guide - Stephen Palmer and Angela Puri (2006)

Overcoming Anxiety: A Self Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques - Helen Kennerley (1997)

Public Speaking Without Fear - Claire Cairns (2019)

The Courage to be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness - Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga (2019)

Stop People Pleasing - Patrick King (2019)

If women rose rooted - Sharon Blackie (2019)

The Gifts of Imperfection - Brene Brown (2018)

Boundaries: How to Draw the Line in Your Head, Heart and Home - Jennie Miller and Victoria Lambert (2018)

When it’s Never About You: The People Pleasers Guide to Reclaiming Your Health, Happiness and Personal Freedom - Ilene Cohen (2017)

Assert Yourself - Gael Lindenfield (2014)

Develop Your Assertiveness - Sue Bishop (2013)

Overcoming Low Self-Esteem - Melanie Fennell (2009)

Women Who Run with The Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes (2008)

Feel the fear and do it anyway - Susan Jeffers (2007)

Letters from the grief club: How we live with loss - Beth French and Kate Moreton (2022)

Letters From Brenda: Two suitcases. 75 lost letters. One mother. - Emma Kennedy (2022)

Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole - Susan Cain (2022)

Love Interrupted: Navigating Grief One Day at a Time - Simon Thomas (2019)

Dying To Be Free: A Healing Guide for Families After a Suicide - Beverley Cobain (2018)

A Clear Blue Sky - Jonny Bairstow (2018)

A Manual for Heartache: How to Feel Better - Cathy Rentzenbrink (2017)

When Parents Die: Learning to Live with the Loss of a Parent - Rebecca Abrams (2013)

On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families - Elisabeth Kubler Ross (2009)

Gift of Tears: A Practical Approach to Loss and Bereavement in Counselling and Psychotherapy - Susan Lendrum (2004)

The Orphaned Adult - Alexander Levey (2000)

My Black Motherhood: Mental Health, Stigma, Racism and the System - Sandra Igwe (2022)

Maybe I Don't Belong Here: A Memoir of Race, Identity, Breakdown and Recovery - David Harewood (2021)

What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition - Emma Dabiri (2021)

Living While Black: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Racial Trauma - Guilaine Kinouani (2021)

A Dutiful Boy: A memoir of secrets, lies and family love - Mohsin Zaidi (2021)

You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience and the Black Experience: An anthology - Tarana Burke and Brene Brown (2021)

It’s Not About the Burqa: Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race - Mariam Khan (2020)

Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit - Mary Francis Winters (2020)

I Will Not Be Erased: Our stories about growing up as people of colour - Gal - Dem (2019)

Bess: Now That I Have Found the Words - Rose Thomas (2018)

The Colour of Madness - Samara Linton (2018)

>em>Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible - Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinene (2018)

A Change Is Gonna Come - Darren Chetty (2017)

The Good Immigrant - Nikesh Shukla (2017)

The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write - Sabrina Mahfouz (2017)

The Origin of Others - Toni Morrison (2017)

Black Bodies White Gazes - George Yancy (2016)

Orphan of Islam - Alexander Khan (2012)

Look, a White!: Philosophical Essays on Whiteness - George Yancy (2012)

Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Reflection on Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Muslims - Scott Sirg Al-Haqq Kugle (2010)

The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton - Sathnam Sanghera (2008)

Beloved - Toni Morrison (2007)

In Search of Our Mother's Gardens - Alice Walker (2005)

Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression: A Memoir - Meri Nana–ama Danquah (1998)

What Dementia Teaches Us About Love - Nicci Gerrard (2019)

The Comfort Book - Matt Haig (2022)

Overcoming Depression - Get Happy Again: A Self-Help Workbook for Understanding Depression, Anxiety and Panic Attacks - Matthew Jack Parker (2019)

Depression at University: Student Wellbeing Series - Dominique Thompson (2019)

Remember This When You're Sad - Maggy Van Eijk (2018)

Boys Don't Cry - Tim Grayburn (2018)

Cheer Up Love: Adventures in Depression with the Crab of Hate - Susan Calman (2016)

Reasons to Stay Alive - Matt Haig (2015)

Overcoming Depression: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques - Paul Gilbert (2009)

I Had a Black Dog - Matthew Johnstone (2007)

The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness - Mark Williams (2007)

Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison - Dorothy Rowe (2001)

Heavy Light: A Journey Through Madness, Mania and Healing - Horatio Clare (2022)

Mind On Fire: Memoir of Madness and Recovery - Arnold Thomas Fanning (2019)

Bring Me to Light: Embracing My Bipolar and Social Anxiety - Eleanor Seagall (2019)

The Heartland: finding and losing schizophrenia - Nathan Filer (2019)

You Are Not a Before Picture: How to Finally Make Peace with Your Body, for Good - Alex Light (2022)

The Eating Disorder Recovery Journal - Cara Lisette (2022)

Stand Tall Little Girl: Facing Up to Anorexia - Hope Virgo (2018)

Starving In Search of Me: A Coming of Age Story of Overcoming an Eating Disorder and Finding Self-Acceptance - Marissa La Roca (2018)

Body Positive Power: How to Stop Dieting, Make Peace with Your body and Live - Megan Jayne Crabbe (2017)

Body Image Problems - Lauren Callaghan et al (2017)

Anorexia Nervosa: A Recovery Guide for Sufferers, Families and Friends - Janet Treasure and June Alexander (2013)

Overcoming Binge Eating, Second Edition: The Proven Program to Learn Why You Binge and How You Can Stop - Christopher Fairburn (2013)

Tyranny - Lesley Fairfield (2011)

The Invisible Man: A Self-help Guide for Men with Eating Disorders, Compulsive Exercise and Bigorexia - John Morgan (2008)

The Body Image Workbook: An Eight Step Programme for Learning to Like Your Looks - Thomas F Cash (2008)

Self-esteem and body image - Craig Donnellan and Lisa Firth (2006)

The Secret to Happy: How to build resilience, banish self-doubt and live the life you deserve - Vicky Pattison (2022)

Why has nobody told me this before? - Julie Smith (2022)

You've Got This: A Student’s Guide to Well-being at University and Beyond - Rachael Alexander (2022)

How to live when you could be dead - Deborah James (2022)

Life is Sad and Beautiful - Hussain Manawer (2022)

Therapy is Magic - Jo Love (2021)

Lowborn: Growing up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain's Poorest Towns - Kerry Hudson (2020)

My Sh*t Therapist & other mental health stories - Michelle Thomas (2020)

Be Well, Learn Well: Improve Your Wellbeing and Academic Performance: 94 (Macmillan Study Skills) - Gareth Hughes (2020)

Do Pause: you are not a To Do list - Robert Poynton (2019)

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - Charlie Mackesy (2019)

How to Grow a Grown Up: Prepare your teen for the real world - Dominique Thompson and Fabienne Vailes (2019)

How To Fail Everything: Everything I've Ever Learned from Things Going Wrong - Elizabeth Day (2019)

Poems to Live Your Life By - Chris Riddell (2018)

Atomic Habits - James Clear (2018)

With a Splash of Triumph - Writing on the Wall (2018)

The Student Mindset: A 30-item toolkit for anyone learning anything - Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin (2018)

Resilient: Find your inner strength - Rick Hanson and Forrest Hanson (2018)

The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (2017)

Stuff That Sucks: A teens guide to accepting what you can't change and committing to what you can - Ben Sedley (2017)

Silence: In the Age of Noise - Erling Kagge (2017)

Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams - Matthew P Walker (2017)

Mental Health and Me 2016 - Writing on the Wall (2016)

If I Could Just Tell You One Thing: Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable Advice - Richard Reed (2016)

The little book of resilience - Matthew Johnstone (2015)

The Chimp Paradox - Steve Peters (2012)

I'm Ok, You're Ok - Thomas A Harris (2012)

Flip It: How to get the best out of everything - Michael Heppell (2011)

Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life. - Spencer Johnson (2002)

Menopausing: The positive roadmap to your second spring - Davina McCall (2022)

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture - Gabor Mate (2022)

Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence - Gavin Francis (2022)

Preparing for the Perimenopause and Menopause: No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller - Louise Newson (2021)

How To Feel Better - Frances Goodhart and Lucy Atkins (2015)

Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health - Alexis Caught (2022)

Gender Euphoria: stories of joy from trans, non-binary and intersex writers - Laura Kate Dale (2021)

Sexuality: A Graphic Guide - Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele (2021)

Non-Binary Lives: An Anthology of Intersecting Identities - Jos Twist, Ben Vincent, Meg-John Barker, Kat Gupta (2020)

Life isn't binary: on being both, beyond and in between - Meg-John Barker and Alex Iantaffi (2020)

Gender: A Graphic Guide - Meg John-Barker (2019)

Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us - CN Lester (2018)

Straight Jacket: Overcoming Society's Legacy of Gay Shame - Matthew Todd (2018)

You and your gender identity: A guide to discovery - Dara Hoffman-Fox (2017)

What's Your Pride Story - Writing on the Wall (2017)

Proud - Gareth Thomas (2015)

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? - Jeanette Winterson (2012)

Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Reflection on Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Muslims - Scott Sirg Al-Haqq Kugle (2010)

The Student Guide to Mindfulness - David Mair (2019)

Calm: Working through life's daily stresses to find a peaceful centre - Fearne Cotton (2018)

Take a moment: Refocus, recentre and relax wherever you are - Mind (2018)

Mindfulness for Students - Stella Cottrell (2018)

The Power of Now: Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment - Eckhart Tolle (2016)

Mindfulness For Carers: How to Manage the Demands of Caregiving Whilst Finding Peace for Yourself - Cheryl Rezek (2015)

Mindfulness For Dummies - Shamash Alidina (2014)

Sane New World - Ruby Wax (2014)

Mindfulness in Eight Weeks: The revolutionary 8-week plan to clear your mind and calm your life - Michael Chaskalson (2014)

Full Catastrophe Living: How to cope with stress, pain and illness using mindfulness meditation - Jon Kabat-Zinn (2013)

Become More Mindful in A Day for Dummies - Shamash Alidina (2012)

Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World - Mark Williams and Danny Penman (2011)

Facing the Storm: Using CBT, Mindfulness and Acceptance When Your Worlds Falling Apart - Ray Owen (2011)

Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English: An Introductory Guide to Deeper States of Meditation - Bhante Henepola Gunaratana (2011)

The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness - Mark Williams (2007)

Coming To Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness - Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005)

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness meditation for everyday life - Jon Kabat-Zinn (2004)

Heal Thyself: Lessons on mindfulness in medicine - Saki Santorelli (2000)

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store - Cait Flanders (2019)

The No Spend Year: How you can spend less and live more - Michelle McGagh (2018)

The Meaningful Money Handbook: Everything you need to KNOW and everything you need to DO to secure your financial future - Pete Matthew (2018)

Spare Change: How to Save More, Budget and Be Happy with Your Finances - Iona Bain (2016)

How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt, and Live Prosperously*: Based on the Proven Principles and Techniques of Debtors Anonymous - Jerrold Mundis (2003)

Wired Differently – 30 Neurodivergent People You Should Know - Joe Wells (2022)

Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You - Jenara Nerenberg (2021)

The Subtle Spectrum: An Honest Account of Autistic Discovery, Relationships and Identity - Joanna Grace (2021)

The Adult Side of Dyslexia - Kelli Sandman-Hurley (2021)

Taking charge of adult ADHD - Russell Barkley (2021)

Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder - Gabor Mate (2019)

Stuff Asperger's Like - J.F Browne (2018)

The Reason I Jump: one boy’s voice from the silence of autism - Naoki Higashida (2014)

The Autistic Brain - Temple Grandin (2014)

The Girl with the curly hair: Asperger's and Me - Alis Rowe (2013)

The gift of Dyslexia - Ronald D. Davis (2010)

Coming Out Asperger: Diagnosis, Disclosure and Self-Confidence - Dinah Murray (2006)

Living with Dyspraxia - Mary Colley (2006)

Is Fred in the Refrigerator? Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life - Shala Nicely and Reid Wilson (2018)

Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts - Sally Winston and Martin Seif (2017)

Mad Girl: A Happy Life with A Mixed Up Mind - Bryony Gordon (2016)

The Man Who Couldn't Stop: The Truth About OCD - David Adam (2015)

Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - David Veale and Rob Wilson (2009)

The Thought That Counts: A first hand account of one teenager's experince with obsessive-compulsive disorder - Jared Douglas Kant and Martin Franklin (2008)

Touch and go Joe: An Adolescents Experience of OCD - Joe Wells (2006)

Becoming the One: Heal Your Past, Transform Your Relationship Patterns and Come Home to Yourself - Sheleana Aiyana (2022)

Tell Me the Truth About Love: 13 Tales from the Therapist's Couch - Susanna Abse (2022)

The Unexpected Joy of Being Single: Locating unattached happiness - Catherine Gray (2018)

The Relationship Handbook: A Simple Guide to Satisfying Relationships - George Pransky (2017)

The Art of Loving - Erich Fromm (2013)

Facing The Shadow: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery - Patrick Carnes (2010)

Overcoming Anger in Your Relationship: How to Break the Cycle of Arguments, Put-Downs and Stoney Silences - W Robert Nay (2010)

The Bridge - Donna Lancaster (2022)

How to Be You: Stop trying to be someone else and start living your life - Jeffrey Marsh (2022)

Sensitive Is the New Strong: The Power of Empaths in an Increasingly Harsh World - Anita Moorjani (2021)

How to come alive again: A guide to killing your monsters - Beth McColl (2019)

Help Me!: One Woman's Quest to Find Out if Self-help Really Can Change Her Life - Marianne Power (2019)

The Unexpected Joy of Being Single: Locating unattached happiness - Catherine Gray (2018)

Parent Yourself Again: Love Yourself the Way You Have Always Wanted to be Loved - Yong Kang Chan (2018)

How Not to Be a Boy - Robert Webb (2017)

The Mask of Masculinity: How Men Can Embrace Vulnerability, Create Strong Relationships and Live Their Fullest Lives - Lewis Howes (2017)

Authentic: How to be yourself and why it matters - Stephen Josepth (2016)

The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves - Stephen Grosz (2014)

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Won't Stop Talking - Susan Cain (2013)

The Art of Being - Erich Fromm (2013)

The Compassionate Mind - Paul Gilbert (2010)

Counselling for Toads: A Psychological Adventure - Robert de Board (1998)

Things I got wrong, so you don't have to: 48 lessons to banish burnout and avoid anxiety for those who put others first - Pooky Knightsmith (2022)

This is for You: A Creative Toolkit for Better Self Care - Ellen M Bard (2019)

This Book Could Help (Men's Head Space) - Rotimi Akinsete (2019)

Self-Care for the Real World: Practical self-care advice for everyday life - Nadia Narain and Katia Narain Phillips (2017)

When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It - Rory O'Connor (2021)

Dying To Be Free: A Healing Guide for Families After a Suicide - Beverley Cobain (2018)

Healing the Hurt Within: Understanding Self-Injury and Self-Harm and Heal the Emotional Wounds Within - Jan Sutton (2007)

A Bright Red Scream: Self-mutilation and the language of pain - Marliee Strong (2005)

Confronting Shame: How to Understand Your Shame and Gain Inner Freedom - Ilse Sand (2022)

Shame: The Power of Caring - Gershen Kaufman (1992)

Sleep: Change the way you sleep with this 90 minute read - Nick Littlehales (2016)

The sleep book: how to sleep well every night - Guy Meadows (2014)

Overcoming Insomnia and Sleep Problems: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques - Colin Espie (2006)

The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff (2018)

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho (2001)

The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace - His holiness the Dalai Lama (1998)

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing - Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Perry (2022)

Finding Frank: A Memoir - Rachel Townsend (2020)

Healing Your Lost Inner Child: How to Stop Impulsive Reactions, Set Healthy Boundaries and Embrace an Authentic Life - Robert Jackman (2020)

Healing the fragmented selves of trauma survivors: overcoming internal self-alienation - Janina Fisher (2017)

Time To Go: Leaving Emotional Abuse and other forms of Abusive Relationships - Norva Semay Abiona (2015)

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma - Bessel Van Der Kolk (2015)

Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Child Sexual Abuse - Mike Lew (2014)

New Shoes: Stepping Out of the Shadow of Sexual Abuse and Living Your Dreams - Rebecca Mitchell (2011)

Life After Trauma: A Workbook for Healing - Dena Rosenbloom (2010)

8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery: Take-charge Strategies to Empower Your Healing - Babette Rothschild (2010)

The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse - Ellen Bass and Laura Davies (2002)

The Woman Who Walked into Doors - Roddy Doyle (1997)

You've Got This: A Student’s Guide to Well-being at University and Beyond - Rachael Alexander (2022)

Be Well, Learn Well: Improve Your Wellbeing and Academic Performance: 94 (Macmillan Study Skills) - Gareth Hughes (2020)

Anxiety at University: Student Wellbeing Series - Dominique Thompson (2019)

Depression at University: Student Wellbeing Series - Dominique Thompson (2019)

The Student Guide to Mindfulness - David Mair (2019)

Mindfulness for Students - Stella Cottrell (2018)

The Student Mindset: A 30-item toolkit for anyone learning anything - Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin (2018)

Coping with Stress at University: A Survival Guide - Stephen Palmer and Angela Puri (2006)

Write It All Down: How to Put Your Life on the Page - Cathy Rentzenbrink (2022)

Writing for Resilience: Finding the Courage to Bounce Back - Charmaine Pollard (2021)

Bird by Bird: Instructions on Writing and Life - Anne Lamott (2020)

Reflective Practice: Writing and Professional Development - Gillie Bolton (2018)

The Writer's Key: Introducing Creative Solutions for Life - Gillie Bolton (2014)

49 Ways to Write Yourself Well: The Science and Wisdom of Writing and Journaling - Jackee Holder (2013)

Write Yourself: Creative Writing and Personal Development - Gillie Bolton (2011)

Poetry and Story Therapy: The Healing Power of Creative Expression - Geri G. Chavis (2011)

Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying Your Authentic Voice - Laraine Herring (2007)

Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write - Gayle Brandeis (2002)

Walking In This World. Practical Strategies for Creativity - Julia Cameron (2002)