Self-help guides

The University has produced an online library of self-help guides which provide practical advice and support for a wide range of issues that may affect personal wellbeing.

If you or someone you know is experiencing difficulties these guides provide a reference point for further information, suggestions on how to make positive changes and where to find further support.

Written by clinical psychologists the series contains 20 booklets with self-help materials on the following topics:

• Abuse
• Alcohol and You
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Controlling Anger
• Depression
• Depression and Low Mood
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• Food for Thought
• Health Anxiety
• Hearing Voices
• Obsessions and Compulsions
• Panic
• Post Traumatic Stress
• Postnatal Depression
• Self Harm
• Shyness and Social Anxiety
• Sleeping Problems
• Stress

Each guide is also available as an audio file as a helpful alternative to written material and provides the option of selecting a guide to send via email to a friend or yourself for future reference. The guides are available free of charge.

Browse the library and choose a guide >