Self-Help Resources

There are a number of great self-help resources available in Herefordshire. Take a look at some below.

Please note these self-help resources are intended for people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and are not a replacement for professional treatment or support. If you are experiencing more severe mental health difficulties or are in crisis, please visit our Get Help Now page.

Mental Health Pocket Guide

An easy to use resource containing tips and worksheets. Also includes a safety plan template.

Little Book of Mental Health

A practical self-help guide designed to support everyday emotional wellbeing. It provides accessible information and techniques to help people understand and manage common mental health difficulties such as stress, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and anger.

Mind A to Z

A comprehensive directory that brings together information about a wide range of mental health topics in one place. It is designed to help people quickly find reliable information, support, and guidance on specific mental health conditions, treatments, legal rights, and wellbeing topics.

Wellness Action Plan

Wellness Action Plans are a personalised, practical tool we can all use to help us identify what keeps us well at work, what causes us to become unwell, and how to address a mental health problem at work should you be experiencing one.

YoungMinds Resources

YoungMinds offers a wide range of guides and self-help resources covering Anxiety, depression, self-esteem, stress, exam pressure, grief, and other mental health challenges, as well as resources for parents/carers. 

Self-help CBT Techniques

Provided by Every Mind Matters and the NHS, and includes practical CBT techniques to help you manage your thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

Kooth Activities

Kooth have many mini-activities to boost wellbeing in young people, such as making a coping box, practice being present, and creating a good mood playlist. 

Mental Health Apps

We’ve comprised a list of mental health apps that cover a wide range of topics such as mindfulness, self care, and self-harm reduction.

Battlescars Self-Harm

These resources could be of use whether you self-harm, care for someone who self-harms, work with people who self-harm or are trying to get a better understanding of it.

Lumi Nova App

Get instant access to a fun digital therapy app to help your child self manage their worries. Free to access for families in Herefordshire & Worcestershire. 

Combat Stress Self-Help Guides

Our self-help guides have been developed by the specialist mental health clinicians working at Combat Stress in collaboration with veterans. The series has been specifically designed to provide guidance and support to former servicemen and women experiencing mental health issues.

Autistic Girls Network

Designed to improve understanding of how autism can present differently in girls and those with more internalised traits, helping families, schools, and professionals provide appropriate support.

Beat

Downloadable resources for those living with an eating disorder, and those who care for them. 

Reading Well

Reading Well supports you to understand and manage your health and wellbeing using books chosen and recommended by health experts and by people living with the conditions and topics covered. Titles can be requested free via the online catalogue and borrowed from any Herefordshire library. 

Bereavement and Grief

Work through a self-help guide for coping with bereavement and grief that uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).