Books, Websites and more Resources to Support Your Mental Health

All of the books that I list below come out of solidly evidence based mental-health science.

BOOKS FOR KIDS AND TEENS

Stuff that Sucks by Ben Sedley - Acceptance and Commitment therapy based advice for teens in a fun format.

Superpowered from the Gozen team. Resilience building for Kids and Teens

Hey Warrior - by Karen Young from Heysigmund. For 5-12 year olds. A book for kids about anxiety. Kids can do amazing things with the right information.

BOOKS FOR GROWN UPS

The Happiness Trap (How to Stop Struggling and Start Living by Russ Harris. I used this link because its Russ Harris’s actual page. This guy is a skilled communicator, and a world renowned trainer in ACT (my favourite counselling modality). I can’t recommend this book and all his other stuff highly enough. He is also very generous with all his resources and also a really nice person.

Growing yourself up by Jenny Brown (most impactful book I have read) a journey through each stage of life to see predictable patterns of relationships and to show how to use this knowledge to make purposeful adjustments in yourself

Everything isnt Terrible by Kathleen Smith - A helpful and humorous guide to shedding our anxious habits and building a more solid sense of self in our increasingly anxiety-inducing world.

WEBSITES

heysigmund.com We know that anxiety can be tough for anyone. We're here to help you deal and fight anxiety. (Karen Young’s website)

actmindfully.com.au Russ Harris’s Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (my favourite counselling modality) website.

www.thepathway2success.com provides social emotional learning (SEL) and executive functioning supports, strategies, and resources for educators and parents.

https://wholeheartedschoolcounseling.com/ Engaging counselling & social emotional learning resources, trauma informed strategies & coping skills for kids.

(much much much more to come, I promise)

Podcasts

See my Podcast blog for lots of entertaining, fun and informative mental health podcasts

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