Useful resources for complex emotional need pathway
Understanding personality disorders
You may find some of the following websites helpful:
- NHS personality disorder (opens in new window)
- Mind, types of personality disorder (opens in new window)
- Rethink, diagnosis and treatment (opens in new window)
Self-help resources
You may find some of the following self-help information, leaflets and worksheets helpful:
- Self-help leaflets on a range of areas including sleep, panic, self harm, stress, alcohol, anxiety (opens in new window)
- Self-help toons (opens in new window)
- Self-esteem self-help (opens in new window)
- A free course on thoughts, feelings and relationships (opens in new window)
- CBT self help and therapy resources (opens in new window)
- DBT worksheets and skills (opens in new window)
- DBT behaviour therapy tools (opens in new window)
Self-help videos
You may find some of the following videos and YouTube channels helpful:
- Problem-solving video (opens in new window)
- Mindfulness and radical acceptance video (opens in new window)
- Urge surfing video (opens in new window)
- Introduction to 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and skills practice video (opens in new window)
- Heartbeat, exercises to calm and connect with emotions video (needs movement seated or stood) (opens in new window)
- Self soothe video (opens in new window)
- Wise mind video (opens in new window)
- Opposite action video (opens in new window)
- Minds Matters Minutes channel (opens in new window)
- DBT skills from experts channel (opens in new window)
Useful apps
You may find some of the following apps helpful:
- Calm is a mindfulness app to encourage relaxation, alleviate tension and relieve stress
- WRAP, wellness recovery action plan is a simple and powerful process for creating the life and wellness you want
- Headspace is a meditation app designed to help you live more mindfully
- Bright Sky is an app providing support and information for anyone who may be in an abusive relationship or those concerned about someone they know
- Moodkit offers over 200 activities designed to boost your mood and help change negative thinking
- Happify uses games to boost your mood, the activities were developed with positive psychology techniques and CBT interventions
- Recovery Record is a tool for anyone recovering from an eating disorder, includes affirmations, coping tactics, goal settings and trackers for food, thoughts and feelings
- Sanvello is described as feel-better toolkit, including therapy, coaching, coping techniques, meditations, and goal and mood tracking, to help you feel better
- Worry Watch helps you manage anxiety and mood using guided anxiety journaling, coping techniques, mood check ins and positive reinforcements
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Page last reviewed: September 30, 2024
Next review due: September 30, 2025
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