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