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Mental Health Must-Reads: A List of Empowering Books
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items Find solace, support and strategies for managing depression and anxiety with this curated of books. From personal memoirs to practical guides, this pages offers a wealth of knowledge, inspiration and hope. Dive into the world of mental wellness and ...
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Top Recommendations
Expert-approved books that offer powerful insights and strategies for managing depression and anxiety.
I recommend this book for anyone who wishes to better understand the complexities of depression, from those who live with it personally to those who have/lost a loved one who does/did. It articulates how the lows of depression feel in a way that I co...
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
Very good book.. Just finished reading Kindle edition.. A perspective changing book, A must for those with anxiety and depression; for those who are care givers for people with depression and anxiety; those who want to understand depression and anxie...
Lost Connections by Johann Hari: Compare Prices on New & Used Copies
I found this to be a very powerful book - for individuals experiencing depression AND for individuals who are not depressed but want to enjoy more of their moments in life.
The Mindful Way Through Depression
is not just a book; it's a guiding light through the labyrinth of trauma, offering profound insights and practical tools for healing.
The Body Keeps the Score: Healing Trauma
Workbooks and Practical Guides
Hands-on resources to help you develop coping skills, challenge negative thoughts and build mental resilience.
This book helped me a lot, and I learned a lot from this book. I learned how to totally overcome depression. This book is very detailed and very informative. It's very interesting. The guides are clear and easy to understand. Everyone should read thi...
Fighting Depression & Anxiety Workbook: Better Brain Bootcamp
It provides comprehensive coverage of different disorders, offering practical strategies such as cognitive-behavioral techniques and mindfulness exercises. The workbook's exercises and worksheets are well-designed, guiding readers through the process...
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook - Edmund J. Bourne
I've been learning a lot from this workbook as well as reinforcing the tools I've been learning to cope with PTSD and anxiety in general (CBT) is effective because it helps individuals identify and change negative or unhelpful thought patterns and be...
The CBT Workbook for Mental Health: Exercises
Very good workbook. Suitable for teens and upwards. Very easy to understand and great layout. Exercises are simple to understand and not too complicated.
The Anxiety Workbook: Practical Tips & Exercises
This workbook is straightforward, practical, and easy to follow. Each week builds on the last, offering simple but powerful CBT exercises that really help shift negative thought patterns. I love how it combines education with hands-on activities it d...
Retrain Your Brain: CBT in 7 Weeks
Self-help and Personal Stories
Inspiring stories of hope, resilience and recovery offering a glimpse into the complexities of mental health.
Insightful and brave admission on depression by a great author revealing that we are all human, susceptible to life’s challenges. Many varied references and examples were convincingly provided making for a very credible publication.
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
This is a great book, and simply how she overcame her adversity--which at first was outside of her--is amazing. I think it is must reading for anyone who is exposed to or interfaces with others who are mentally ill. The author did us a great thing by...
The Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison, PH.D.
I loved everything about this book. Funny, insightful, healing, honest. Moments i laughed out loud, and moments I was quiet and contemplating. You are not alone!
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
I have read it twice and will read it again. I have suffered from depression, anxiety, and OCD for much of my life. I can't say I'm cured, but I am much improved and very hopeful that a cure may be possible. I highly recommend this book if you want t...
The Way I See It: Psychologist's Guide
Additional Resources
Complementary books that provide further guidance support and tools for Achieving mental wellness.
This seemed to help with educating me about anxiety. The root causes and the steps you take to guide you in removing that from your life. Knowing everyone goes through it makes it seem easier when you follow Dr. Boyes' guidelines to help you not get ...
The Anxiety Toolkit: Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind
This book offers actionable ways to immediately improve your mental health. I recommend it to everyone, happy or sad. Whether you've been diagnosed with a mental health condition or not. It's great
The Upward Spiral: Neuroscience & Depression
This is a great book. The explanations are very clear and the sequence of self-help activities (cognitive behavior therapy) is very easy to understand. The program begins by explaining the different ways we distort our thinking.
The Feeling Good Handbook: Burns, David D.
Dr Goodman offers so much wise and humane advice and I believe it will be greatly appreciated and much of the anxiety, sadness and sufferring can be relieved. The skills are all there for you to learn
The Mindful Freak-Out: Rescue Manual