Books

Explore our collection of mental health, psychotherapy and self-help books – topics include depression, anxiety, addiction, pain, anger and much more…

Self-help series

How to lift depression ... fast

The human givens approach: This book shatters many myths. It provides clear guidelines, with case histories, for helping people get out of depression, even those at high risk of committing suicide.

Self-help Series

How to master anxiety

All you need to know to overcome stress, panic attacks, phobias, trauma, obsessions & more: Packed full of useful information, this book will not only throw light on the causes of your anxiety but, more importantly, show you how to control it.

Why we dream: the definitive answer

With real-life stories, dream examples and case histories. Includes why dreaming and daydreaming are crucial to human development, and why stories and metaphors have universal appeal.

Self-help Series

Freedom from addiction

The secret behind successful addiction busting: If you want to overcome your own addictive behaviour – whatever it is – or are interested in helping others to overcome theirs, this down-to-earth, easy-to-read book gives the clear guidance and practical steps you need to do so.

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Human Givens: New

An empowering approach to emotional health and clear thinking: the seminal book about the human givens approach, contains a rich body of psychological knowledge that will strike a chord with any lively mind...

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Just Looking

Upstream and downstream: A collection of Pat Williams’ columns from the HG Journal. Each topic is a gem of brilliant writing from a master storyteller. By turns delightful, thought provoking and funny it's packed with stories and observations about life’s vagaries.

Self-help Series

How to liberate yourself from pain

Practical help for sufferers: No matter how severe or persistent your experience of pain, it can be diminished. Packed full of effective, practical techniques for diminishing your discomfort, this book shows how to identify and overcome any potential obstacles to getting better and how to ‘diagnose’ why the pain might be persisting.

How to Tame the Political Animal

A fascinating journey of discovery into what’s behind the narcissistic behaviour of political leaders, wild opinion on social media, and polarised debates – and how we might move beyond them.

Self-help series

Release from anger

Practical help for controlling unreasonable rage: Packed with clear advice and practical examples of how to deal with inappropriate anger, whether yours or someone else’s.

Listening to Idries Shah

How understanding can grow: How ordinary life experiences interact with the mind to influence the quality of personality and understanding. As such it may contain parallels with your own quest for meaning.

Managing The Monkey

How to defuse the conflicts that can lead to violence in the workplace

Godhead: The brain's big bang

The explosive origin of creativity, mysticism and mental illness: Why science and mysticism are two essential aspects of human functioning and how both are linked to the human vulnerability to mental illness. OUT OF STOCK

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Books

How to lift depression ... fast

How to master anxiety

Why we dream: the definitive answer

Freedom from addiction

Human Givens: New

Just Looking

How to liberate yourself from pain

How to Tame the Political Animal

Release from anger

Listening to Idries Shah

Managing The Monkey

Godhead: The brain's big bang