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Top 16 Self-Help Tools Therapists Trust and Recommend
Explore 16 trusted self-help resources recommended by mental health therapists to support your well-being. From managing anxiety to improving sleep and understanding OCD, these practical tools offer personalized strategies for mental health care. Discover how to navigate your journey with small, consistent steps for lasting emotional resilience.
Sarah Cosway
May 817 min read
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OCD and Relationships: How to Support a Loved One Without Enabling Compulsions
Loving someone with OCD is tough.
You want to ease their anxiety—but what if your support is accidentally making things worse? Learn how to help without reinforcing compulsions, and why setting kind boundaries matters.
Kerry Alleyne
Apr 223 min read
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Social Anxiety vs Generalised Anxiety: Understanding the Overlap and Differences
Understand the key differences between Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) for better diagnosis and treatme
Sophia Spencer
Dec 16, 20244 min read
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Why Intrusive Thoughts Are Like Beachballs
Learn about intrusive thoughts with the beach ball metaphor. Accept, hold lightly, and reduce their impact for greater mental clarity.
Sarah Cosway
Nov 22, 20244 min read
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Is Misophonia a Hidden Condition Millions of Us Are Overlooking?
Uncover the realities of misophonia: triggers, emotional challenges, and coping strategies. Learn how to better understand and support those
Sarah Cosway
Oct 13, 20247 min read
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Quiet Your Mind Quickly: Cognitive Shuffling for Better Sleep
Cognitive Shuffling might be the sleep strategy you've been missing—calm your mind and sleep better with this simple technique.
Sarah Cosway
Sep 20, 20246 min read
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Why We Feel Other People’s Fear: Exploring Vicarious Anxiety and Stress
Why do we absorb other people's stress and anxiety? Learn about vicarious anxiety and how it impacts our mental health.
Sarah Cosway
Jun 8, 20248 min read
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Ditch Perfect and Embrace Imperfection: Empowering Yourself to Overcome Perfectionism
Unveiling Perfectionism: Exploring Its Impact on Your Mental Health and Wellbeing Does your mind ever tell you the story that nothing you...
Sarah Cosway
Jun 1, 20248 min read
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Past Experiences Don't Have to Haunt Us: Understanding Traumatic Memories through the Linen Cupboard Metaphor.
Sometimes we may find that memories of distressing experiences can linger and, in doing so, continue causing us distress long after the...
Sarah Cosway
Mar 16, 20246 min read
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Beyond Approval: Embracing Authenticity & Overcoming People-Pleasing in a World Where Validation Is King
Unveiling the Perils of People-Pleasing: Navigating Life's Pressures in Pursuit of Authenticity Do you find yourself agreeing to take on...
Sarah Cosway
Mar 9, 202411 min read
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Imposter Syndrome: Why Even Successful People Feel Like Frauds
Have you ever felt like a fraud in your own successes? Perhaps you were sitting in a room full of accomplished individuals and were...
Sarah Cosway
Feb 17, 20248 min read
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Conquering the Anxiety Monsters of Menopause: Tips and Strategies for Finding Calm and Well-Being
Tips and strategies for finding calm and well-being during the menopause
Sarah Cosway
Feb 24, 20232 min read
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Why Do I Always Focus on the Negative? Understanding the Mental Filter Trap
Struggling with glass-half-empty thinking? Discover what mental filtering is, why your brain focuses on the negative, and how to retrain your thoughts with self-kindness and practical CBT tools.
Sarah Cosway
Mar 16, 202212 min read
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Why Do I Always Assume the Worst? How to Stop Overgeneralising Your Thoughts
Overgeneralising and assuming the worst fuels anxiety and hopelessness, especially during chronic stress. Learn what overgeneralising is, why it happens, and how to stop negative thought patterns before they spiral.
Sarah Cosway
Mar 9, 20229 min read
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What Is 'Black and White' Thinking and Why Is It So Common?
Discover what Black and White Thinking is, why it's so common, and how to shift toward a more flexible mindset using practical, compassionate CBT tools.
Sarah Cosway
Mar 2, 20228 min read
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Understanding and managing feelings
Human beings have been walking around on this planet for millennia and for the majority of that time we lived without all the technology...
Sarah Cosway
Feb 27, 20226 min read
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Why Am I Always So Self-Critical? How to Master Self-Kindness
Struggling with self-criticism and anxiety? Discover how harsh self-talk fuels the cycle—and learn practical ways to break free and build self-compassion.
Sarah Cosway
Feb 23, 20229 min read
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Overthinking 101 - Your Thoughts Aren’t Always Facts
Struggling with overthinking? Discover practical CBT strategies, self-help tools, and expert insights to calm your racing mind and break free from mental loops.
Sarah Cosway
Feb 16, 20229 min read
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How Do I Deal with Anxiety? - Tip #3 (The Worry Tree)
In an earlier post I introduced you to a flowchart that you can use to help process worries. Another popular tool in Cognitive...
Sarah Cosway
Nov 24, 20211 min read
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A simple tool for if you worry too much
We all worry at times, but if you find that your worry is taking over and getting in the way of enjoying life then you need some...
Sarah Cosway
Nov 10, 20211 min read
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CBT and Anxiety
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CBT helps you to cultivate effective tools to manage Anxiety when it shows up – whatever the flavour (Social Anxiety, Health Anxiety, OCD, Panic Attacks)
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CBT equips you with proven strategies and skills for overcoming debilitating worry.
Worry is the thief of joy, but learning to embrace the present is the gateway to a brighter future.
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