resources
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This page contains a wealth of resources including podcasts, apps, books and many useful websites.
quick links
WEBSITES
Happiful
Useful website and magazine about all aspects of mental health.
Website tabs are News, Wellbeing, Relationships, happiful hacks, your stories, Coronavirus, podcast and therapy.
‘happiful’ hacks are such things as “Creative Ways to Stay in Touch” and “8 tools to help you concentrate when you have brain fog”
Under ‘therapy’ you can access directories for Counselling, Hypnotherapy and Life Coaching after putting in your postcode.
The magazine is free to access on-line if you subscribe and a paper copy is available at a cost. Past paper copies are available at the peer support group and you may borrow them if you would like to.
The Mighty
The Mighty is a safe, supportive community for people facing health challenges and the people who care for them.
They can be found on Facebook:
Recover Your Life
“Welcome to RecoverYourLife: One of the biggest and best Self-Harm Support Communities on the internet.
Although we are known for helping people suffering with Self Harm, we also welcome and support people with other issues such as Eating Disorders, Mental Health problems, those dealing with Abuse, and many more!
We do not condone any pro-activity or encourage anyone to hurt themselves in any way, and there are a few rules to hold that in place.”
podcasts, APPS and others
(With thanks to Kevin Rice, Shaftesbury CMHT)
| Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| CBT based websites | Website | Get Self Help |
| Website | Moody Gym | |
| Website | Living Life To The Full | |
| One You | There’s only One You “Making better choices today can have a big impact on your health”. | One You Website |
| ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) | email: [email protected] | Grassroots Website |
| Living Life to the full (LLTTF) | Free online courses covering low mood, stress and resiliency. Also resources page. | Living Life to the full Website |
| Clic | Mental Health UK has launched Clic, an online peer support service | Clic Website |
| One You (Public Health England) apps and recommended apps | ||
| One You | One You apps | One You Apps |
| Thrive | Feel Stress Free – use the app to relax before a stressful situation or as part of your regular routine. Also Apps to help stop or cut down on smoking, drinking, eat more healthily, get more active. | Thrive Website |
| IPrevail | connects you with people who face similar situations and know what you’re going through….stress, anxiety, depression and more. | IPrevail Website |
| CatchIt | how to look at problems in a different way, turn negative thoughts into positive ones, and improve your mental wellbeing. | Catch It Website |
| My possible Self | take control of your thoughts, feelings and behaviour…help manage fear, anxiety and stress, and tackle unhelpful thinking. | My Possbile Self Website |
| Pzizz | help you stop your mind racing, get to sleep, stay asleep and wake up refreshed. | Pzizz Website |
| Health Unlocked | connect with people with mental health conditions, including low mood, panic and anxiety. | Health Unlocked Website |
| Feeling Good | uses the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy to help improve thoughts and feelings, self-esteem and self-confidence | Feeling Good Website |
| Cove | create music to help express complex feelings…..a personal musical journal to help you with your emotional and mental health. | Cove Website |
| Cypher | an anonymous peer-to-peer social network. It’s a space to share your feelings and secrets, give and receive support and connect to other support organisations. | Cypher Website |
| Breathwrk | Breathwrk App allows you to select the area you want to focus on, from reducing anxiety to falling asleep. The app walks you through your recommended breathing exercises, and sends you daily reminders to practise your breathing. (Download from the App Store) | Breathwrk Website |
| Apps Recommended by Treads, Blandford with help from MHFA For young people and children. | ||
| Dragon in the Attic (for children) | This app, developed by GPs and a group of year 6 children aims to teach 8-12 year olds how to make healthy choices for their minds and body. It uses a game where children are given a pet dragon to look after to build confidence and educate children about issues such as mental health and bullying | Dragon in the Attic Website |
| Feeling Good app | This is a free app with NHS approval, free audio courses available | Feeling Good Website |
| Emoodji(for university students) | Emoodjj by Mind is a free app for the ups and downs of university life, from exam stress and homesickness to the joys of the last exams done | Emoodji Website |
| For Me | This app created by ChildLine with the input of four teenagers, includes all of Childline’s services in an app:direct 121 access to a counsellor, videos, advice and chat on a range of issues that affect young people. It is safe and discreet, available on iphone only with an android app | Childline Website |
| Moodometer | Developed by an NHS Foundation Trust, and approved by NHS Choices, this app is an interactive mood diary for monitoring and understanding emotional wellbeing. It includes tips and guidance on how to influence mood. | My Healthy Apps Website |
| Moodpanda | Mood panda is an app based platform allowing people to track their moods. | Moodpanda Website |
| Moodscope (age 14 and over) | Web based mood tracking and management platform | Moodscope Website |
| StressHeads | Developed by youth charity The Mix and approved by NHS Choices website, this app aims to help 16-25 year olds identify and cope with stress. It includes games to help young people from immediate stress and monitor causes of stress | StressHeads Website |
| Dorset Mind Recommended | ||
| Reasons2 | building …own profile of Reasons2 feel better (Age 13+) | Reasons 2 Website |
| Side By Side (formerly elefriends) | A safe and friendly online community run by Mind. | Side By Side Website |
| Happier | helps you stay more present and positive throughout the day (Apple Watch app) | Happier Website |
| Mental Health Recovery Guide | Mental Health Recovery Guide: 17 essential things….to know to fast track your recovery. | MHRG website |
| Stay Alive | a pocket suicide prevention resource, useful information to help you say safe. | Stay Alive Website |
| WellMind | NHS app…help you with stress, anxiety and depression…includes advice, tips and tools… | Well Mind Website |
| SAM | Self-Help for Anxiety Management…understand…and manage your anxiety…The “Social cloud” …share your experiences…while protecting your identity. | SAM Website |
| Mood Tools | Depression Aid…Thought Diary, Activities, Safety Plan, Information, Test (PHQ-9 depression questionnaire), Video- You-Tube videos guided meditations to enlightening TED talks. | Mood Tools |
| Fear Tools | Anxiety Kit …Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Phobias, and Social Anxiety Disorder. | Fear Tools Website |
| Relax Melodies | Select sounds and melodies that you like and combine them to create a mix. 50 high quality ambient sounds… Use your own favourite as alarm to wake up slowly. | Relax Melodies Webiste |
| Rise-Up | Eating Disorder’s app | Rise-Up Website |
| Recovery Record | Eating Disorder’s App…for every stage of recovery from anorexia, bulimia, OED, BED, CED and other eating disorders. | Recovery Record |
| Mind Shift | designed to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety. | Mind Shift Website |
| Happify | Happify brings you effective tools and programs to take control of your emotional well-being. | Happify Website |
| Smiling Mind | Mindfulness meditation is about mental health and looking after the mind. | Smiling Mind Website |
| Headspace | How to meditate and live mindfully. | Headspace Website |
| What's Up? | CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) methods to help you cope with Depression, Anxiety, Anger, Stress and more! | What's Up Website |
| Student Health App | The content has been created for university students by NHS doctors…reduce your worries, feel more confident and get the support you need at what can be a challenging time for any student. | Student Health App Website |
| Stress & Anxiety | Companion…breathing exercises, relaxing music and games designed to calm the mind, the app helps you change negative thoughts to help you better cope with life’s ups and downs. | Stress & Anxiety Website |
| SilverCloud | Manage stress, anxiety and depression…eight-week course…completed in your own time. | SilverCloud Website |
| MeeTwo | for teenagers wanting to discuss any issue affecting their lives. | MeeTwo Website |
| Feeling Good | Positive Mindset…Relax your body and mind with a series of audio tracks designed to help you build confidence, energy and a positive mindset. | Feeling Good Website |
| distrACT | Information and advice about self-harm and suicidal thoughts. | distrACT Website |
| Chill Panda | Learn to relax, manage your worries and improve your wellbeing with Chill Panda…measures your heart rate and suggests tasks…include simple breathing techniques and light exercises… | Chill Panda Website |
| Calm Harm | To help people resist or manage the urge to self-harm. It’s private and password protected. | Calm Harm Website |
| Be Mindful | ||
| Be Mindful | Website | Be Mindful Website |
| Be Mindful Online | Website | Be Mindful Online Website |
| Being Mindful | Website | Being Mindful Website |
| Get Self Help | Website | Get Self Help Website |
| Compassion | ||
| YouTube | Video | Youtube Video |
| YouTube | Video | YouTube Video |
| Compassionate Mind | PDF Document | PDF Document Link |
| Mindfulness & Clinical Psychology Solutions | Website | Mindfulness & Clinical Psychology Solutions Website |
| Facebook Groups | ||
| Time To Talk UK | Facebook Group | Facebook Group Link |
| From Happiful Magazine - Available on Google Play and the App Store | ||
| My Possible Self | combining research from the Black Dog Institute with CBT techniques helps uses look at the way they manage problems and suggests different modules based on your responses. | My Possible Self Website |
| Smiling Mind | A modern meditation app and website. Helps people de-stress and learn how to stay calm. Programs for five age groups ranging from seven to adults. | Smiling Mind Website |
| Mind Shift | Designed to help teens and young adults struggling with fear and anxiety | Mind Shift Website |
| Aura: Calm Anxiety & Sleep | named one of Apple’s best apps of 2017, offers more than 1,000 sessions to help with sleep, stress and anxiety. | Aura: Calm Anxiety & Sleep Website |
| Colorfy | More than 1000 patterns, animals etc. to colour. | Colorfy Website |
| MoodHWB | mood and wellbeing in young people | MoodHWB Website |
| But You Don't Look Sick | an online community for support, education, and inspiration. | But You Don't Look Sick Website |
| Stumbling Mind | Blog by Katie Conibear, a freelance writer focussing on mental health. Podcast ‘A Life Lived Vividly’ with a focus on hearing voices. | Stumbling Mind Website |
| Mindfulness recommendations from Recovery Education Centre. | ||
| Be Mindful | Website | Be Mindful Website |
| Jon Kabat-Zinn | Video Clips And Talks | YouTube Channel |
| Healing With Bill Moyers | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction | YouTube Channel |
| Oxford Mindfulness | Website | Oxford Mindfulness Website |
| Headspace | Website | Headspace Website |
| Frantic World | Website | Frantic World Website |
| Learn Mindfulness | Website | Learn Mindfulness Website |
| The Mindful Manifesto | Website | The Mindful Manifesto Website |
| Free Mindfulness | Website | Free Mindfulness Website |
| Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy | Website | Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy |
| App for Dementia | ||
| My House of Memories | App | Be Mindful Website |
| Learning | ||
| ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) | email: [email protected] | ASIST Website |
| LLTTF | Living Life to the full. Free online courses covering low mood, stress and resiliency. | LLTTF Website |
books
| Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Well For Mental Health | A comprehensive guide to “Reading Well for Mental Health” All available from your library. Mental health Topics include | Reading Well For Mental Health |
| • Therapies and approaches – such as, Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World | Link | |
| • Common feelings and experiences – such as: Overcoming Anger and Irritability,; Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving; The Sleep Book: How to Sleep Well Every Night; Overcoming Low Self-Esteem, Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness | Link | |
| • Self-help books to support mental health Other common conditions Such as The CBT Handbook, Overcoming Worry and Generalised Anxiety Disorder; | Link | |
| • Personal stories – Such as A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled by Ruby Wax, Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig; such as I Had a Black Dog by Matthew Johnstone, The Boy with the Topknot: A memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton by Sathnam Sanghera | Link | |
| Mindfulness | Mindfulness. A practical guide by Tessa Watts. 2012 Icon Books UK | |
| Books on Prescription Find self-help books at your local library. | Books on Anger, Anxiety, Binge eating, Bulimia Nervosa, Chronic fatigue, Chronic Pain, Depression, Health anxiety, Obsessions and compulsions, Overcoming Panic and Agoraphobia, Panic Attacks, Phobias, Relationship Problems, Self-esteem, Sleep problems, Social phobia, Stress, Worry. | Link |
| Reading Well for People with long term conditions. | Find helpful books at your local library. Recommended by health professionals and people with long term conditions including Arthritis, Bowel conditions, Breathing difficulties, Diabetes, Heart disease, Stroke. Also general such as “How to Feel Better: Practical Ways to Recover Well from illness and Injury and Self-Management of Long-term Health conditions. Plus, common symptoms such as Fatigue, Pain, Sleep problems and Mental Health and wellbeing and Support for Relatives and Carers. | Link |
| Full Catastrophe Living | Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn. 1990 DeltaAlso Apps to help stop or cut down on smoking, drinking, eat more healthily, get more active. | |
| Daring Greatly | Daring greatly: How the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead. – Brene Brown | |
| Awesome Archie | Published on 20/9/20 this is a book written by a mother and son from Dorset to explain autism to others in other words how his “awesome and adventurous brain” works. | Awesome Archie Website |
| Arthur Wants a Balloon by Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia, illustrated by Erika Meza | Sensitively written and beautifully illustrated, tough subject – parental depression. Children 2 -5. Great conversation starter for young children about mental health. | Waterstones Website |
| Mindfulness, recommended by Recovery Education Centre. | ||
| The Mindful Way Through Depression | The Mindful Way through Depression, J Teasdale, Z Segal, J Kabat Zinn (2007) Guildford Press. | |
| Mindfulness | Mindfulness: A practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World, M. Williams and D. Penman (2011) Little Brown book company. | |
| The Mindfulness Breakthrough | The Mindfulness Breakthrough: The Revolutionary Approach to Dealing with Stress, Axiety and Depression – S. Silverton (2012) Watkins. | |
| Wherever You Go There You Are | Wherever you go there you are Mindfulness meditation for everyday life by J. Kabat-Zinn (2004) Piatkus. | |
| Mindfulness For Dummies | Mindfulness for Dummies – S Alidina (2014) John Wiley and sons. | |
| Amanda is happy to lend out her small library of books and booklets and also back copies of happiful magazines, please email her for details. | ||
| • Understanding mental health problems – Mind | ||
| • Understanding anxiety and panic attacks – Mind | ||
| • How to manage stress – Mind | ||
| • How to be mentally healthy at work – Mind | ||
| • How to – physical activity and sport – Mind | ||
| • Anxiety and panic attacks – Mind | ||
| • How does it really feel? On the inside – Mental Health UK | ||
| • Recovery Education Centre Prospectus | ||
| • Adult Care and Support Services Directory 2019/20 (Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole & Dorset). | ||
| • Skills & Learning Adult Learning Course Guide | ||
| • NVQ2 Mental Health Awareness Course workbooks, 2019 | ||
| • Notes On a Nervous Planet - Matt Haig, 2018 | ||
| • What Would Nietzsche Do? - Marcus Weeks, 2017 | ||
| • This Book will Send You to Sleep -Professor K. McCoy, 2018 | ||
| • Energize: Spring Clean Your Mind and Body to Get Your Bounce Back Today and Every Day – Jo Salter, 2019 | ||
| • Four Legged Therapy: How fur, scales and feathers can make life worth living – dept.store for the mind, 2018 | ||
| • 100 Ways to Be As Happy As Your Dog – Celia Haddon, 2018 | ||
| • Star Wars Be Leia: Find Your Rebel Voice and Fight the System – Christian Blauvelt, 2019 | ||
| • Everyday Hope: 365 Ways to a Tranquil Life – Sarah Vaughan, 2019 | ||
| • Everyday Confidence: 365 ways to a fearless life - Sarah Vaughan, 2017 | ||
| • A Child’s Grief: Coping with a death in your family – Julie Stokes, 1995 | ||
| • Winnie-The-Pooh’s little book of feng shui – (A.A. Milne), 1999 | ||
| • Neal’s Yard Remedies Essential Oils – Susan Curtis, 2016 | ||
| • Take a Deep Breath: Desktop Yoga & the Art of Office Relaxation - Celia Barden, 2006 | ||
| • Depression & How to Survive It – Spike Milligan and Anthony Clare, 1994 | ||
| • Teach Yourself to Meditate: Over 20 simple exercises, Eric Harrison, 1994 | ||
| • Families: And How to Survive Them – Skynner Robin & John Cleese, 1984 | ||
| • The Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 minutes a day – Dr Patrizia Collard, 2014 | ||
| • Art of Happiness – Dalai Lama and Howard C Cutler, 2003 |
music
| Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| The Might - Mental Illness Songs | The Mighty's Spotify Playlist | Mental Illness Songs Website |
| These are tunes recommended by people on various websites: | ||
| Get Up | Shine Down | |
| One More Light | Linkin Park | |
| Fear Is A Liar | Zach Williams | |
| Migraine | Twenty One Pilots | |
| Screen | Twenty One Pilots | |
| Who You Are | Jessie J. | |
| Carry On | Fun | |
| The Greatest Love Of All | Whitney Houston | |
| Not Gonna Die | Skillet | |
| Fake Happy | Paramore | |
| Emergency | Paramore | |
| Into The West | Annie Lennox | |
| Fight Song | Rachel Platten | |
| Better Place | Rachel Platten | |
| This Is Me | The Greatest Showman Soundtrack | |
| High Hopes | Panic! At The Disco | |
| Weightless | Marconi Union | |
| Everybody Hurts | R.E.M | |
| I Want To Be Well | Sufjan Stevens | |
| Phantom Of Aleppoville | Benjamin Clementine | |
| Fighter | Christina Aguilera | |
| Sweet Child O' Mine | Guns N' Roses | |
| Hey Jude | The Beatles | |
| Let It Be | The Beatles | |
| Budapest | George Ezra | |
| Give It Up | K.C. And The Sunshine Band | |
| Dancing Queen | Abba | |
| Everybody Here Wants You | Jeff Buckley | |
| Universe | Savage Garden | |
| Baby Baby Baby | Sam Cooke | |
| C'est La Vie | B'Witched | |
| Learn To Fly | Foo Fighters | |
| Jesus To A Child | George Michael | |
| Live Forever | Oasis | |
| God Give Me Strength | Elvis Costello And Burt Bacharach | |
| Give Me Love | Ed Sheeran | |
| Unwell | Matchbox 20 | |
| Million Reasons | Lady Gaga | |
| I'll Be There For You | The Rembrandts |