It is not always the right time to change.

Counselling of any kind is challenging and so if you do not feel you have the capacity to engage in a course right now but would like to do something towards resolving your problem, one of the books listed below may provide you with a useful starting point.

General

• The Mental Fitness Guide, Manage your Mind. Butler, G. & Hope, T. (1995)
• Easy to read and covers a range of problems from anxiety and depression to relationship and sleep problems.

• Mind Over Mood: A Cognitive Therapy Treatment Manual for Clients. Greenberger, D., & Padesky, C. (1995)
• A good introduction to CBT Counselling for those who are new to it.

• Reinventing Your Life (1993) Young, J. E. & Klosko, J. S.
• A self help book with addressing more entrenched patterns and problems. It is recommended that this is read whilst you undertake a course of CBT Counselling.

Eating Disorders

• Overcoming Binge Eating (1995) Fairburn, C.
• A CBT Counselling guided self-help book for those suffering from symptoms of Bulimia Nervosa.

• Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e)(1993) Schmidt, U. & Treasure, J.
• More CBT Counselling help for those suffering from Bulimia Nervosa

• Anorexia Nervosa, A Survival Guide for Families and Friends and Sufferers (1997).
• Helps both those with Anorexia and their families to understand more about the problems and start to work towards making some changes.

Anxiety

• Overcoming Anxiety (1997). Kennerley, H.
• This is part of a series of CBT Counselling self help books that address problems from a CBT perspective.

Depression

• Overcoming Depression (2000). Gilbert, P.
• This is part of a series of CBT Counselling self help books that address problems from a CBT perspective.

Post traumatic Stress Disorder

• *Overcoming Traumatic Stress Herbert, C. & Wetmore, A.
• Contains lots of practical CBT Counselling strategies and information.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• *Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (2005). Veal, D. & Willson, R.
• Contains lots of practical CBT Counselling strategies and information.