Bibliotherapy book collection
Expertly curated for you
Every title in our collection has been carefully selected by our Counsellors, Wellbeing Advisers, and Mental Health Team.
Whether you’re looking for practical approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness, or support with specific challenges like anxiety, depression, or insomnia, our collection includes books that reflect real student experiences.
This collection isn’t just for students, staff are welcome to access it too. Our range includes psychoeducational guides that offer practical tools for change, alongside powerful real-life narratives that inform, reassure, and empower.
We encourage you to take some time to explore, reflect, and discover a book that speaks to you.
Where to find us
The Bibliotherapy collection is located in the Wellbeing Areas of our libraries. Many titles are also available online via the LJMU Library catalogue.
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Abortion
A Season to Heal - Luci Freed (2001)
What I wish: 110 Love notes to help you survive, come alive, and thrive after abortion - Amanda Star Kingsley (2021)
Addiction
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)
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)
Adoption
The Primal Wound: Understanding the adopted child - Nancy Verrier (2009)
Anger
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)
Anxiety and Stress
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)
Switch Off Overthinking: 33 Ways to Calm your Thoughts, Reduce Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, and Improve Mental Clarity (Master the Art of Self-Improvement) – Chase Hill (2024)
Burnout: Solve Your Stress Cycle – Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski (2020)
Assertiveness and Self Esteem
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)
The Imposter Cure: Beat Insecurities and Gain Self-Belief – Jessamy Hibberd (2024)
The Art of Everyday Assertiveness – Patrick King (2018)
Bereavement
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)
On Death and Dying – Elisabeth Kubler Ross (2014)
Losing Young: How to Grieve When Your Life is Just Beginning – Rachel Wilson (2024)
The Madness of Grief: A Memoir of Love and Loss – Reverand Richard Coles (2022)
Cultural Issues
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)
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)
Shame: The Bestselling True Story of a Girls Struggle to Survive – Jasvinder Sanhera (2016)
Dementia
What Dementia Teaches Us About Love - Nicci Gerrard (2019)
Depression
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)
The Recovery Letters – James Withey & Olivia Sagan (2017)
How to Tell Depression to Piss Off – James Withey (2020)
Diagnostic Mental Health
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)
Psychosis Recovery Guide: A Survivor’s handbook to Overcoming Mental Breakdown – Richard Forbes Steven (2020)
Borderline Personality Disorder: A Life-Changing Guide to Successfully manage BPD, Protect Your Mental Health, and Cultivate Healthy Relationships – Lois Frost (2023)
Eating Disorders and Body Image
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)
Hope with Eating Disorders – Lynn Crilly (2019)
Hungry – Crystal Renn (2010)
Lighter Than My Shadow – Katie Green (2013)
Life Without Ed – Jenni Schaefer (2004)
General
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)
The Mountain is you: Transforming Self-Sabotage into Self-Mastery – Briana West (2020)
Just One Thing: How Simple Changes can Transform your Life – Michael Mosley (2023)
Boundaries = Freedom: How to Create Boundaries That Set You Free Without Feeling Guilty – Joseph Nguyen (2023)
A Manuel for Heartache: How to Feel Better – Cathy Rentzenbrink (2017)
And How Does That Make You Feel?: everything you (n)ever wanted to know about therapy – Joshua Fletcher (2024)
DBT for Life: Skills to transform the way you live – Diana Partington (2024)
DBT for everyone: A Guide to the Perks, Pitfalls, and Possibilities of DBT for Better Mental Health – Michelle Henderson & Kate Sherman (2023)
Managing your mental health during your PhD: A Survival Guide – Zoe Ayres (2022)
Health and Illness
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)
LGBTQ+
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 House of Hidden Meanings – Ru Paul (2024)
Live, Laugh, Lesbian: Navigating Life as a Lesbian in the 21st Century – Helen Scott (2023)
Mindfulness
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)
Money and Debt
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)
Real Life Money: An Honest Guide to Taking Control of Your Finances – Clare Seal (2020)
Neuro Diversity and Neuro Developmental Conditions
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)
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)
Small Talk: 10 ADHD Lies and how to stop believing them – Richard Pink (2024)
The pocket Guide to Neurodiversity – Daniel Aherne (2023)
Woman with ADHD: The Complete Guide to Stay Organised, Overcome Distractions and Improve Relationships. Manage Your Emotions, Finances and Succeed in Life – Sarah Davies and Linda Hill (2022)
DBT Skills for Mental Health: A Neurodivergent Friendly Guide for Teens on Managing Social Anxiety, Stress, Depression, Anger and ADHD with Positive Psychology for Emotional Regulation – Don Barlow (2023)
Obsessions and Compulsions
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 experience with obsessive-compulsive disorder - Jared Douglas Kant and Martin Franklin (2008)
Touch and go Joe: An Adolescents Experience of OCD - Joe Wells (2006)
Living with OCD: Triumph over Negative Emotions, Obsessive Thoughts and Compulsive Behaviours – Cross Border Books (2022)
Relationships
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)
Things No One Taught Us About Love: How to Build Healthy Relationships with Yourself and Others – Vex King (2024)
Attached: Are you Anxious, Avoidant or Secure? How the science of adult attachment can help you find and keep love – Amir Levine & Rachel Heller (2019)
Mothers Who Can’t Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters – Susan Forward (2014)
Navigating Loneliness: How to Connect with Yourself and Others – Cheryl Rickman (2021)
The Emotionally Absent Mother – Jasmin Lee Cori (2017)
Conversations On Love – Natasha Lunn (2022)
Everything I Know About Love – Dolly Alderton (2019)
Big Panda and Tiny Dragon: The Beautifully Illustrated Novel about Friendship and Hope (2021)
Self Acceptance
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)
Self Care
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)
The Little Frog’s Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons – Maybell Eequay (2023)
Craft Your Own Happy: A Collection of 25 Creative Projects to Craft Your Way to Mindfulness – Becci Mai Ford (2020)
The Little Book of Hygge – Meik Wiking (2016)
Hügge: The Art of Comfort in Your Home – Sergey Shipulin (2024)
Calm for Every Day: Simple Tips and Inspiring Quotes to Help You Find Peace – Summersdale Publishers (2022)
Wise Words For Women – Donna Lancaster (2023)
Moments of Comfort: Embracing the Joy in Life’s Simple Pleasures – Gill Hasson (2021)
Self Harm and Suicide
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)
Shame
Confronting Shame: How to Understand Your Shame and Gain Inner Freedom - Ilse Sand (2022)
Shame: The Power of Caring - Gershen Kaufman (1992)
Sleep Issues
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)
Spirituality
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)
Trauma and Abuse
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)
Paper Cuts: A Memoir – Stephen Bernard (2019)
University Specific
Managing your Mental Health during your PhD: A Survival Guide - Zoe Ayres (2022)
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)
Writing for Wellbeing
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)