Dr Alice Boyes’ List of Best Psychology Self Help Books
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Categories
- Happiness, Depression, Anxiety, and Binge Eating
- Relationships
- Helping Your Anxious Child
Happiness, Depression, Anxiety, and Binge Eating
The Happiness Trap Excellent. Very practical. Different from things you have probably heard before about how to be happy.
Mind Over Mind (Cognitive Therapy for Depression and/or Anxiety)
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life
The Mindful Way Through Depression
The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook on Anxiety. Very practical.
Overcoming Binge Eating. Excellent Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) self help book for binge eating.
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Relationships
The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work. The best book out there for relationships self help. Applicable to any relationship – not just marriage.
Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships.
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Helping Your Anxious Child
Helping Your Child Overcome Separation Anxiety or School Refusal: A Step-by-step Guide for Parents.
Temperament Tools: Working with Your Child’s Inborn Traits. For if you think your child is in some way “difficult” e.g. anxious, very active, finds small changes difficult. All useful for adults who have negative thoughts about aspects of their own temperament and want to develop more understanding of self, self acceptance, skills, and confidence.
Freeing Your Child From Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step-by-step Guide for Parents.
What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety. For under 10s. A picture book you can read to your child. You’ll probably want to get one of the other books on this list aimed at info for parents in addition to this one.
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