Resources

Websites

• BACP
• Counselling Directory
• MIND
• NHS Direct for Mental Health
• Samaritans
• Time to Change
• Heads Together

Books

• A Grief Observed – C.S.Lewis
• Atlas of the Heart – Brene Brown
• Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy – Philippa Perry and Flo Perry
• Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia – Hadley Freeman
• Daring Greatly – Brene Brown
• In Therapy – How Conversations with Therapists Really Work – Susie Orbach
• Love’s Executioner – Irvin. D. Yalom
• Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E Frankl
• Mating in Captivity – Esther Perel
• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone – Lori Gottleib
• The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel Van Der Kolk
• The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read – Philippa Perry
• The Examined Life – Stephen Grozs
• This Too Shall Pass – Julia Samuel
• Where do we Begin – Esther Perel
• Why Love Matters – Sue Gerhardt

Articles

• Talking therapies are better than pills, but you have to find the right one
• I couldn’t stop crying, then counselling changed my life
•  Six people describe their journey through therapy
• The Conversation: The dangers of relying on AI mental health chatbots

Videos

• I had a black dog
• RSA Short: Empathy Vs Sympathy – Brene Brown
• Why We Blame – Brene Brown