List of Books
1 Overcoming anger and irritability
William Davis
2 Managing anger
Gael Lindenfield
3 Overcoming anxiety
Helen Kennerley
4 Feel the fear and do it anyway
Susan Jeffers
5 Overcoming binge eating
Christopher Fairburn
6 Getting better bit(e) by bit(e)
Ulrike Schmit & Janet Treasure
7 Overcoming depression
Paul Gilbert
8 Mind over mood
Dennis Greenburger &
Christine Padesky
9 The feeling good handbook
David Burns
10 Overcoming compulsive gambling
Alex Blaszczynski
11 Overcoming mood swings
Jan Scott
12 Overcoming panic
Derrick Silove
13 Panic attacks
Christine Ingham
14 Overcoming traumatic stress
Claudia Herbert & Ann Wetmore
15 Stop Arguing, Start Talking
Susan Quilliam
16 Staying Together
Susan Quilliam
17 Overcoming low self-esteem
Melanie Fennell
18 Self-esteem for women
Lynda Field
19 Ten days to great self-esteem
David Burns
20 Change your life in 7 days
Paul McKenna
21 Instant Confidence
Paul McKenna
22 Overcoming social anxiety and
shyness
u Gillian Butler
23 Managing stress
Terry Looker & Olga Gregson
24 How to stop worrying
Frank Talis
25
“Living Life to the Full”
www.livinglifetothefull.com
26
Overcoming low self-esteem
audio tape
Melanie Fennell
27
Panic attacks audio tape
Christine Ingham
28
Coping with bereavement audio
tape
Wendy Lloyd Audio Productions
29
Coping with children’s sleep
problems audio tape
Wendy Lloyd Audio Productions
30
Coping with depression audio CD
Wendy Lloyd Audio Productions
31
Coping with headaches and
migraine audio tape
Wendy Lloyd Audio Productions
32
Coping with pain audio CD
Wendy Lloyd Audio Productions
33
Coping with sleep problems
audio tape
Wendy Lloyd Audio Productions
34
Feeling good audio CD
Wendy Lloyd Audio Productions
35
Change your life in 7 days audio CD Paul McKenna
36
Instant Confidence audio CD
Paul McKenna
Brief Descriptions of Books on List
LIST OF BOOKS
A number of the books on the list are from the ‘Overcoming’ series published by Robinson. Books in this
series use the cognitive-behavioural approach to provide easy to understand strategies for helping readers
to overcome a variety of psychological problems. The authors are all practising clinicians who have adapted
the latest cognitive-behavioural techniques into a specifically tailored self-help programme focussing on a
particular type of mental health problem
Each book is divided into two parts. Part One explains the psychological problem and its possible causes
and discusses various ways in which it can impact on people’s lives. Part Two is the treatment manual with
step-by-step strategies and techniques for recognising, confronting and dealing with the problem. The books
also provide helpful advice on preventing setbacks and relapse.
ANGER
1 Overcoming Irritability and Anger
Will Davis
This book is a self-help manual for people who find that they are constantly becoming irritable and angry. It
explains why such bouts occur and what can be done to avoid angry over-reaction. Following a cognitive
approach, the book aims to help people to control their temper and to handle potentially dangerous
situations effectively and non-aggressively. With the help of real-life case studies, the author describes what
happens when people get angry and why some people become angry more easily than others. The book
encourages to reader to keep an ‘anger diary’ and then to analyse any angry incidents that occur. It shows
the reader how to look at situations differently so that anger occurs less frequently, and it also explains how
anger can be controlled so that it does not lead to aggression or violence.
2 Managing Anger
Gael Lindenfield
Gael Lindenfield stresses the fact that that anger is a natural emotional response to threat, hurt, frustration
and loss. It can be a vital means of releasing a build-up of emotional pressure but can also be a destructive
force. If uncontrolled it can lead to violence; if repressed it can lead to bitterness, stress and guilt. Both
extremes can damage health. The book explains the effects of anger on our minds and bodies, and
suggests ways of dealing both with our own anger and that of other people. Using many engaging examples
of everyday situations, the author suggests strategies for using anger in a positive and non-destructive way.
Lindenfield is well-known for her books on self-esteem and assertiveness and has developed a model she
calls Assertive Anger (which is assertive but responsible and non-violent). She shows how, by using specific
strategies, people can learn to deal with frustration and threat in a positive way. The tone of the book is
positive, optimistic, and understanding of those who have found it difficult to control their angry feelings in
the past.
ANXIETY
3 Overcoming Anxiety
Helen Kennerley
This book explains why anxiety is a major problem for some people and not for others. It describes the
various forms that anxiety problems may take, including panic attacks and phobias, and then guides the
reader through a series of steps to enable them to overcome problem fears and anxieties of all kinds. The
step-by-step plan follows the cognitive behavioural approach. The book includes many illustrative quotes
from people who have had anxiety problems, allowing readers to realise that many others have shared
similar experiences and have overcome their difficulties.
4
Feel the fear and do it anyway
Susan J Jeffers
Almost everyone experiences fear at some time in their lives. It may be while public speaking, asserting
themselves, making decisions, being alone, ageing, etc. This book offers the insight and tools to deal with
such fears. You will learn to live your life the way you want—so you can move from a place of pain,
paralysis and depression to one of power, energy and enthusiasm. This inspiring modern classic has
helped thousands turn their anger into love—and their indecision into action.
BINGE-EATING
5
Overcoming Binge Eating
Chris Fairburn
This book presents a self-help version of a clinical programme that has been shown to be highly effective in
a number of clinical trials. Based on the assumption that bulimic patients have lost control over their eating,
the cognitive behavioural programme is intended to ‘hand control back to the patient’. There is a strong
educational component, with the reader being helped to understand the links between food deprivation,
hunger, craving for food, and bingeing. The programme addresses the wide range of problems encountered
in bulimic patients, including disturbed eating patterns, concerns about body shape and weight,
perfectionism, ‘all or none’ thinking and low self-esteem. Patients are helped to monitor their own eating and
purging behaviour, and to maintain a regular eating pattern. Deliberate attempts at dieting are held to
maintain the problem, so efforts are made to eliminate ‘inappropriate’ forms of dieting (especially long
periods of abstinence from food). Advice is given on the identification of personal binge triggers and on
behavioural techniques that the person can use when tempted to binge. The final part of the book deals with
‘relapse prevention’ - techniques that can be used to maintain an avoidance of binge eating and purging.
6
Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e) Ulrike Schmit and Janet Treasure
The efficacy of this self-help book has been demonstrated in clinical trials. The book empowers people with
bulimia and binge eating disorder to take control and tackle their eating difficulties by themselves. Being
easy to read, it engages and motivates the reader and quotes real-life examples of specific problems. It
provides the key behaviour changes necessary for the person to achieve a happier and more fulfilled life.
The book also addresses a range of psychological and lifestyle issues that often contribute to the onset and
maintenance of bulimia.
Issues covered in depth include: coping with binges, cravings and urges; the health risks of dieting;
achieving optimal weight; giving up vomiting, laxatives and diuretics; healing the wounds of childhood;
correcting faulty thinking; being appropriately assertive; avoiding reliance on drink and drugs; and dealing
with problems in relationships and work. Advice is also given on how to cope with setbacks. The book
prescribes a series of self-help tasks which provide a comprehensive treatment programme.
DEPRESSION
7
Overcoming Depression
Paul Gilbert
This self-help guide provides step-by-step strategies for sufferers of depression, using cognitive therapy
techniques. There has now been a steady stream of evidence supporting the effectiveness of Cognitive
Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques in the treatment of depression. The techniques are relatively simple
and can be self-administered by intelligent, literate and motivated people (however, it’s worth noting that
depression itself can undermine motivation). The idea is that depression (as well as anxiety, anger and
other negative emotions) are often triggered and maintained by negative automatic thoughts which are overgeneralised, pessimistic and unrealistic. CBT enables the person to identify such thoughts, to devise more
realistic alternatives and then to substitute these for the damaging, depressing thought patterns.
Overcoming Depression sets out to explain CBT techniques and to guide the reader to use such strategies
following practical step-by-step guidance. The book is very readable and sympathetic in tone and includes
numerous case examples.
8 Mind Over Mood
Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky
Mind Over Mood became a classic text soon after it was published, and it may well be the book most
frequently recommended to clients by those working in mental health (both in the US and in the UK).
Although the book is classified here under the category ‘Depression’, it does in fact have a much wider
focus. It provides a hands-on workbook for clients suffering from depression, panic attacks, anxiety, eating
disorders, substance abuse, and relationship problems. In each case the approach used is that of cognitive
therapy. Numerous case examples and written exercises help clients to understand and use these methods,
and the book includes many sample worksheets and blank worksheets. The first Chapter guides the reader
to develop introspective skills and new perspectives about everyday predicaments. This familiarises readers
with the cognitive approach and allows them to discover with their own problematic thought patterns. The
remaining Chapters focus on specific emotional problems and provide clear, easy, step-by-step instructions
for identifying distorted problematic thoughts and replacing them with more realistic and more positive
thoughts. In a foreword to the book, written by Aaron Beck, one of the pioneers of cognitive therapy, the
authors are commended for their "vision and innovation" as well as their ability to teach what they practice.
9 The Feeling Good Handbook
David Burns
This is a practical manual that helps those who are depressed to understand how their thinking processes
have contributed to their depression and how, by changing their thinking they will be able to exert some
control over their mood. It begins with an easy to read overview of cognitive theory before discussing the
various approaches to treating depression. The book then introduces a number of practice therapeutic
techniques based on the cognitive theory of depression. Practice exercises enable readers to uncover any
errors of thinking that may have contributed to their feelings of depression (for example, a tendency to
underemphasise and overemphasise failures). They are then helped to correct their faulty thought patterns
using cognitive strategies that are taught and reinforced through self-managed practical assignments.
GAMBLING
10 Overcoming Compulsive Gambling
Alex Blaszczynski
A self help guide to curing compulsive gambling problems through cognitive behavioural techniques. The
text consists of a definition and discussion of the issues and a step-by-step recovery programme.
Part 1: What is problem gambling? ; how does the problem develop?; who is at risk?; what is the effect of
problem gambling?; what is the impact of problem gambling on family members and others?; what causes
gamblers to lose control?; how can problem gambling be treated?; goals of treatment - abstinence or
control?; preventing relapses after treatment. Part 2 A self-help manual: working out your motivation to stop;
learning a relaxation technique; recognizing irrational ideas; how your family can help; pitfalls to avoid;
dealing with emotional stresses; working out a budget to pay debts; preventing future episodes; useful
organizations to contact; hints for spouses and parents.
MANIC DEPRESSION
11 Overcoming Mood Swings
Jan Scott
This book offers insights and practical help for those who are seriously disturbed by extreme high or low
spirits. Although everyone is aware of changes in their mood, some people are very distressed by changes,
either because the mood swings happen too frequently or because they are very intense and are
accompanied by other symptoms of depression or mania. Overcoming Mood Swings is a self-help manual
that applies tried and tested cognitive techniques to allow people first to identify and then to manage their
mood swings more effectively, and to regain more stable and comfortable emotional levels. Background
information on depression and mania is also included. The book presents a complete self-help program
including self-tests and monitoring sheets.
PANIC
12 Overcoming Panic
DerrickSilove and Vijaya Manicavasagar
This book was developed as a self-help guide for overcoming and preventing panic attacks and the
associated problem of agoraphobia. The authors offer a step-by-step management program based on
cognitive behavioural therapy. The first part of the book describes the nature and origin of panic attacks and
agoraphobia and considers the various ways in which these conditions affect and limit people's lives. The
various approaches used to treat these conditions are then described. The second part of the book
constitutes a self-help manual. Readers are shown how to recognize triggers of anxiety and panic and how
to control panic attacks by changing unhelpful thinking styles and dealing with physical sensations. All of the
information is presented in an accessible way and the book includes advice on maintaining progress and
preventing relapse.
13 Panic Attacks (also available as audio tape see no. 27) Christine Ingham
This book provides many useful insights into the terror and misery of panic attacks by an author who has a
personal history of such attacks. The book provides reassurance, insight and practical help. The author
considers the nature of panic attacks and different causes of panic attacks before offering sensible guidance
on what a person can do (and think) when having an attack. There is also a sensitive presentation of steps
that can be taken to learn how to avoid a recurrence, and a section on how to help others with panic
attacks.
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS (PTSD)
14
Overcoming
Traumatic
Stress
Claudia
Herbert
&
Ann
Wetmore
This is a self help guide aimed to help sufferers, their families and those who work with them to understand
the physical, mental and emotional reactions of traumatic stress... Step by step guidance to recovery helps
the reader to recognize, accept and manage the longer term reactions to a traumatic experience such as a
road traffic accident, an industrial accident, or rape. It works through accepting and managing those
reactions, learning to accept the trauma itself and then letting go and moving on.
RELATIONSHIPS
15 Stop Arguing, Start Talking: the 10 point plan for couples in conflict Susan Quilliam
Through ten simple stages, Susan Quilliam explains how to change old patterns of behaviour, to avoid using
words as weapons when the going gets tough and encourages upfront discussion. Offering the skills you
need to learn to discuss problems rather than row about them and shows how differences of opinion can be
a strength in a relationship. Quilliam seeks to give the skills needed to understand what a partner is really
trying to say, in order to bring discussion rather than confrontation back into relationships.
16 Staying Together: From Crisis to Deeper Commitment (Relate)
Susan Quilliam
Susan Quilliam's book is vital to any couple who are, deep down, willing to work hard at saving their
relationship. Quite rightly, there is no attempt by the author to mask the fact that there will be blood sweat
and tears involved. Of course, sometimes a relationship can't be saved (while also it can be 'saved' for the
wrong reasons), but where this book is the most effective is in its no-nonsense approach to breaching that
chasm between the crisis and the deeper commitment of the title.
SELF ESTEEM
17 Overcoming Low Self Esteem
Melanie Fennell
(Also available as audio tape see no. 26)
This is a highly readable and useful book for those who are oppressed by
self-doubt, self-criticism, social anxiety and other problems associated with low self-esteem. It enables
those with low self-esteem to understand their condition, and to break the habit of thinking about themselves
in negative ways by applying cognitive therapy techniques in a simple and logical programme for change.
Many real-life examples are used to illustrate the nature and consequences of self-destructive thinking. The
book aims to help the reader understand how a negative view of oneself can be changed to a view that is
more positive and self-accepting. An initial self-assessment enables readers to measure their own selfesteem and to identify triggers to bouts of self-criticism. Strategies for overcoming these triggers are then
described. The book provides a complete self-help programme for combating negativity and moving towards
greater self-esteem and a more positive mental attitude.
18
Self-Esteem for Women
Lynda Field
This guide shows how women can increase their self-esteem and change their lives by using specific
techniques, including visualizations and affirmations. These are presented in a simple five-step programme
for personal change. The book demonstrates how women can examine their personal history to reveal and
address negative self-beliefs. Clear guidelines are provided to enable readers to believe in themselves, to
let go of guilt, to have successful personal relationships and to become empowered in the home and in the
workplace.
19 10 Days To Great Self-Esteem
David Burns
The author offers a tool for providing hope, compassion, and healing for people suffering from low selfesteem. In ten steps the reader is taught specific techniques to enhance self-esteem, productivity and
happiness and to change thought patterns, feelings and behaviour. The ideas are based on commonsense
and are easy to apply. The basic premise is that you feel the way you think. Negative feelings do not
actually result from bad things that happen but from the way you think about these events.
20 Change your life in seven days
Paul McKenna
(Also available as audio CD see no. 35)
Learn how to master your emotions and run your own brain, how to have supreme self confidence and
become the person you really want to be.
21 Instant Confidence!: the power to go for anything you want
Paul McKenna (Also available as audio CD see no. 36)
Do you have problems making your presence felt in a crowd? Does the thought of public speaking terrify
you? Do you lack the confidence to ask you boss for a pay rise? Paul McKenna’s techniques will help let
go of any negative thoughts and will help you to think about yourself in a more positive and life enhancing
way. You will learn how to push the ‘off’ switch for fear and desperation and create massive amounts of
confidence and motivation in just a few moments.
SOCIAL ANXIETY
22 Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness
Gillian Butler
This well-written, very readable book, contains many real-life examples and provides detailed instructions
on effective cognitive behavioural techniques for overcoming social phobia and shyness. Those who lack
confidence when they are with other people, or feel embarrassment when meeting new people, are likely to
benefit from reading this book. It is suitable for those with crippling, entrenched problems right through to
those with mild feelings of discomfort and social shyness. The first part of the book explains social anxiety,
its origins and what actually happens when social anxiety strikes. The second part provides a complete
practical guide to overcoming these feelings, changing thinking patterns, reducing self- consciousness and
building confidence. The author explains how to deal with upsetting thoughts, overcome avoidance and
manage symptoms of anxiety through relaxation, distraction and panic management. Finally, the third part
provides a number of "optional extras" such as an explanation of the long-term effects of being bullied and a
guide to relaxation.
STRESS
23 Managing Stress: Teach Yourself Terry Looker and
Olga Gregson
This practical guide to stress management advises on assessing and identifying stress, and on developing a
personal stress management plan. Packed with good, easy to understand advice, it is based on the
‘Stresswise’ programme developed in the 1980’s as a result of the author’s research on the link between
stress and coronary heart disease. It begins with a clear explanation of the nature, origins and
consequences of stress. Advice is then given on relaxation and ways of adjusting to the demands of daily
life. The main core of the book is a comprehensive self-treatment programme designed to enable readers
to manage pressures and demands more effectively. A ‘stress management planner’ allows the reader to
develop a personally tailored programme. It is suggested that the maintenance and enhancement of selfesteem is a key factor in managing stress.
WORRY
24 How to Stop Worrying
Frank Tallis
Worry is discussed as a natural way in which the brain warns that something is wrong and needs to be dealt
with. It becomes a problem when things get out of hand, and the worrying starts to spoil a person’s health
and enjoyment of life. The author explains how readers can make worry work for them.
A problem-solving approach is taken, enabling people to avoid stress and anxiety by controlling worry,
understanding their fears, and facing life calmly. The book includes detailed instructions in problem solving
and also discusses how to deal with setbacks and how to cope when the worry doesn’t stop.
COMPUTERISED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY
25 Living Life to the Full
A new free online mental health life skills course – “Living Life to the Full” www.livinglifetothefull.com - has
been produced by Glasgow Institute for Psychosocial Interventions and Depression Alliance Scotland.
Based on the evidence-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approaches, teaching sessions include:
discovering why we feel as we do
building problem solving skills
rebalancing relationships
becoming more active and rediscovering the fun in life
developing helpful responses to life stress
discovering how to sleep better
learning how to change unhelpful and undermining thinking
focusing on key elements of healthy living
The Living Life to the Full course is a life skills course that aims to provide access to high quality, practical and
user-friendly training in life skills. The course content teaches both key knowledge and importantly new
ways of responding to tackle the various demands we all face in life.
Course content and materials
Sound, text and video clips are used throughout. Free short handouts supplement the course. Longer detailed
practical workbooks that develop and build upon the course are available as the Overcoming Depression: Five
Areas workbooks
Moderated discussion forums are available to help course users swap ideas, information and provide
mutual support.
The library staff will be able to furnish you with the local graduate mental health worker’s contact details if
you should get stuck.
AUDIO TAPE/CD
26 Self Esteem: Simple Steps to Develop Self-reliance and Perseverance [Audiobook] (Audio
Cassette)
27 Panic attacks audio tape
Christine Ingham (Also available
as book see no. 13)
Coping with bereavement audio tape
Productions
28
Wendy
Coping with children’s sleep problems audio tape
Productions
29
Wendy Lloyd Audio
30 Coping with depression audio CD
Wendy Lloyd Audio
Lloyd
Audio
Productions
31 Coping with headaches and migraine audio tape
Wendy Lloyd Audio
Productions
32 Coping with pain audio CD
Wendy Lloyd Audio
Productions
33 Coping with sleep problems audio tape
Wendy Lloyd Audio
Productions
34 Feeling good audio CD
Wendy Lloyd Audio
Productions
35 Change your life in 7 days audio CD
Paul McKenna (Also available
as book see no. 20)
36 Instant Confidence audio CD
available as audio CD see no. 21)
Paul McKenna (Also
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VERY USEFUL WEBSITES
EATING DISORDER ASSOCIATION
Details: Here you will find information and help on all aspects of eating disorders including Anorexia
Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and related eating disorders.
www.edauk.com 08456 341414
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR EATING DISORDERS
Details: The National Centre For Eating Disorders, established in 1984, is an independent organisation set
up to provide solutions for all eating problems, compulsive or "binge" eating, failed or "yo-yo" dieting, bulimia
and anorexia.
www.eating-disorders.org.uk 0845 8382040
DUDLEYCOMMUNITY HEALTH
Details: This website provides health service users with information about local services. It complements
the information provided through the www.nhs.uk website.
www.dudley.nhs.uk 01384 366111
DEPRESSION ALLIANCE
Details: Charity offering help to people with depression, run by sufferers themselves. Website contains
practical information about depression, as well as details of Depression Alliance campaigns and local
groups.
www.depressionalliance.org 0845 1232320
CRUSE BEREAVEMENT CARE
Details: Offers counselling, information and advice to anyone affected by a death and those who care for
them. Also runs Cruse Youth Helpline, giving confidential advice and support to young people affected by
bereavement.
www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk 0844 4779400
FIRST STEPS TO FREEDOM
Details: First Steps to Freedom is a registered charity which aims to help, in a practical way, people who
suffer from phobias, obsessional compulsive disorder (excessive washing, checking, unwanted thoughts
etc., those with general anxiety, panic attacks, anorexia and bulimia, and those who wish to come off
tranquillisers, together with help for their carers. Also help, advice and support for the carers of those with
borderline personality disorder.
www.first-steps.org 0845 120 2916
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS
Details: A fellowship of men and women who have joined together to do something about their own
gambling problem and to help other compulsive gamblers do the same.
www.gamblersanonymous.org.uk 02073 843040
GAMCARE
Details: GamCare takes a non-judgemental approach on gambling. We do not wish to restrict the choices
or opportunities for anyone to operate or engage in gambling opportunities that are available legally and
operated responsibly. GamCare, a registered charity, has become the leading authority on the provision of
information, advice and practical help in addressing the social impact of gambling.
www.gamcare.org.uk 0845 6000 133
INTERNATIONAL STRESS MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION UK
Details: The International Stress Management Association UK is a registered charity with a multidisciplinary professional membership. It exists to promote sound knowledge and best practice in the
prevention and reduction of human stress.
www.isma.org.uk 07000 780430
NATIONAL PHOBICS SOCIETY
Details: Largest anxiety disorders association in the UK, run by sufferers and ex-sufferers and supported by
a medical advisory panel. Website gives all round advice and info on anxiety disorders.
www.phobics-society.org.uk 0870 1222325
NO PANIC
Details: No Panic is a totally voluntary charity, whose aims are to aid the relief and rehabilitation of those
people suffering from panic attacks, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorders, other related anxiety
disorders, including tranquilliser withdrawal, and to provide support to sufferers and their families and or
carers.
www.nopanic.org.uk 0808 8080545
PANIC/ANXIETY DISORDER
Details: Provides comprehensive information regarding anxiety attacks and panic attacks.
www.anxietypanic.com (US) 888 584 7112
RAPE CRISIS FEDERATION- ENGLAND AND WALES
Details: The Rape Crisis Federation was launched in October 1996 and exists to provide a range of
facilities and resources to enable the continuance and development of Rape Crisis Groups throughout
Wales and England.
www.cambridgerapecrisis.org.uk/rcf-archive/groups-worcestshire.htm
01223 245888
SANE
Details: SANELINE was established in 1992 as the first national out-of-hours telephone helpline offering
practical information, crisis care and emotional support to anybody affected by mental health problems. The
service is open from 12 noon until 2am and receives tens of thousands of calls every year from service
users, family members, carers and health professionals. www.sane.org.uk 0845 7678000
SOCIAL ANXIETY UK
Details: Three main aims of this site are to provide a starting point for people just finding out
about SA and related issues, to enable them to access further information through this site and
through external links; to act as a central hub for the community of those with social anxiety
problems in the UK; and to attempt to raise the profile of SA problems and campaign for change.
www.social-anxiety.org.uk
TRIUMPH OVER PHOBIA
Details: Triumph Over Phobia (TOP U.K.) runs a national network of self-help groups to help people with
phobia or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to overcome their problems using graded self-exposure.
This means learning how to face up to your fears in a very gradual and structured way so that eventually the
anxiety should decrease.
www.triumphoverphobia.com 0845 600 9601