Reflections and recommendations
A collection of reflections, book suggestions and useful websites.
Book
Re: Gabor Mate on ADHD
In Scattered Minds, Gabor Maté writes poignantly about ADHD, drawing on his own experience with Attention Deficit Disorder to help those who struggle with inattention, impulsivity, and emotional overwhelm. The book is particularly powerful because it combines his personal experience of living with ADHD with insights from psychology, neurology, and child development. Maté argues that ADHD is shaped primarily by environmental influences, offering an alternative perspective to the view that it is predominantly genetically based.
Gabor Mate in his book 'Scattered Minds' writes about ADHD
Book
Low self-esteem? Here is a good book that might help
A good book for anyone suffering from low self-esteem. It can help you move away from the vicious circle of unhelpful thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and self-destructive thinking. The book gives some practical techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help move towards self-acceptance and improved self-worth.
Overcoming Low Self Esteem
Book
Re: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents – a great book
What I like about this book is that it explains the four different types of parents who can lack empathy and can be challenging, and also suggests how you could deal with them without becoming too upset yourself.
A really good book if you have challenging parents who can er towards being self-centred or narcissistic
Website
Managing a relationship breakdown
Relationship breakdowns can be difficult to cope with and it is good to know the process of working through issues and break-ups. This website is helpful and give further links for more help and support.
A website to help manage relationship breakdown
Website
A good website about OCD with resources
This website contains good information about OCD with book suggestions and focuses on CBT treatments.
Link to a good OCD website - OCDUK
Website
A good website with handouts about anxiety, depression and a lot more
This is a highly regarded website for materials about mental health – for free!
Getselfhelp link for mental health information and handouts
Book
A good book on Attachment styles
A good book I recommend regarding romantic relationships and attachment styles is the book entitled 'Attached'. Very useful information that can help with all relationships, not just romantic ones. Is your attachment style 'secure, anxious, avoidant or disorganised'? This book will help you understand the way you are in relationships and others.
Link for the 'Attached' book