Overcoming self-help guides use clinically proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical. Many guides in the Overcoming series are recommended under the Reading Well scheme

Overcoming resources are available in the form of self-help books, audiobooks, downloadable materials and as accompanying apps. Our authors are psychologists, psychiatrists, trained therapists and counsellors and each of them is a leading expert in their field. The resources are based on their many years of experience treating patients.

Help for Mental Health

We have help pages on over 30 different psychological, emotional or physical conditions. Choose a topic and you’ll find a wealth of information about the problem, as well as advice on how to treat it and links to self-help materials published within the Overcoming series and elsewhere.

Self-assessment and recovery tools for common mental health problems from the publishers of the bestselling Overcoming book series.

There are currently three Overcoming apps designed to support the Overcoming book series. These enable people with a range of common problems and disorders to take control of their own recovery programme using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). The apps help you with Overcoming Low Self-Esteem, Overcoming Depression and Overcoming Anxiety. Each app is completely free with additional in-app ebook purchases available.

• Rate your mood and test your likelihood of having common disorders by completing self-assessment scales
• Log your daily problem thoughts and behaviours and their severity with a diary and practical worksheets
• Monitor your daily activities and plan for the future
• Set goals for how you would like your life to be
• Design behavioural experiments to test and refine your beliefs and negative thoughts
• Log what works for you so that you can quickly refer to your own relapse prevention tips
• View your progress with test results over time
• Library of self-help titles allows you to explore problem areas more fully with e-books available to purchase
• Built-in e-reader for your library of self-help books
• Reminder function allows you to schedule when to use the tools and tests
• Password protected to ensure privacy

Overcoming Anxiety is available on iTunes and on Google Play.

Overcoming Depression is available on iTunes and on Google Play.

Overcoming Low Self-Esteem is available on iTunes and on Google Play.