Bibliotherapy

What’s Bibliotherapy*?

Bibliotherapy aims to help you find self-help books that can empower and guide you when dealing with emotional difficulties such as:

  • anxiety
  • mild depression
  • bereavement
  • homesickness
  • relationship problems
  • fear of failure

Abuse

Beginning to heal: a first book for men and women who were sexually abused as children

Beginning to heal: a first book for men and women who were sexually abused as children

  • Book
  • by Bass, Ellen; Davis, Laura
  • 2003, c1993

Adoption

Alcohol/drug abuse:

Addiction

Alcohol manual

Alcohol manual

  • Book
  • by Tudhope, Gaylin
  • c2006

Anger

Anxiety

Assertiveness

Bereavement

No time to say goodbye: surviving the suicide of a loved one

No time to say goodbye: surviving the suicide of a loved one

  • Book
  • by Fine, Carla
  • c2000

Claustrophobia

Cultural issues

The boy with the topknot: a memoir of love, secrets and lies in Wolverhampton

The boy with the topknot: a memoir of love, secrets and lies in Wolverhampton

  • Book
  • by Sanghera, Sathnam; Sanghera, Sathnam
  • 2009

Depression

Eating Disorders

Gambling

Overcoming compulsive gambling: a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques

Overcoming compulsive gambling: a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques

  • Book
  • by Blaszczynski, Alex
  • 2010

Leaving Home

Men’s Issues

Counselling for toads: a psychological adventure

Counselling for toads: a psychological adventure

  • Book
  • by De Board, Robert
  • 1998

Obsessions & Compulsions

Panic

Panic attacks: what they are, why they happen and what you can do about them

Panic attacks: what they are, why they happen and what you can do about them

  • Book
  • by Ingham, Christine
  • 2000

Parents

Perfectionism

Phobia

Coping with fears and phobias: a step-by-step guide to understanding and facing your anxieties

Coping with fears and phobias: a step-by-step guide to understanding and facing your anxieties

  • Book
  • by Mansell, Warren
  • 2007

Procrastination

Psychiatric Diagnoses

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Book
  • by Rachman, Stanley; De Silva, Padmal
  • 2009

Relationships

Self-Esteem

Self-esteem

Self-esteem

  • Book
  • by McKay, Matthew; Fanning, Patrick
  • c2000

Self-Harm/Self-injury

Sexual Identity

Shyness

Sleep Problems

The good sleep guide: increase your energy levels and banish fatigue from your life forever

The good sleep guide: increase your energy levels and banish fatigue from your life forever

  • Book
  • by Margo, Sammy
  • c2008

Stress

The relaxation & stress reduction workbook

The relaxation & stress reduction workbook

  • Book
  • by Davis, Martha; Eshelman, Elizabeth Robbins; McKay, Matthew
  • c2008

Self-Help Resource

The drama of being a child: the search for the true self

The drama of being a child: the search for the true self

  • Book
  • by Miller, Alice
  • 1997
*Bibliotherapy, University of Westminster