Wellbeing Library
We are thrilled to introduce the new Wellbeing Library at the Student Welcome Centre Reception.
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Our collection spans a variety of topics, ensuring there’s something for everyone. Whether you’re looking for information, inspiration, or just a new read, our Wellbeing Library is open to all students and staff.
You can easily check out books through our friendly reception staff.
Books on Addiction
- In the realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction – Gabor Maté
- Pleasure: How our brains make junk food, exercise, marijuana, generosity, and gambling feel so good – David J. Linden
- Un yn ormod: profiadau unigolion a’u perthynas ag alcohol – Ffion Dafis
Books on Anxiety
- Book of overthinking: how to stop the cycle of worry – Gwendoline Smith
- Overcoming anxiety: A self-help guide to using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques – Helen Kennerly
- Overcoming panic and agoraphobia: a self-help guide using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques – Derrick Silove
- Overcoming your child’s fears and worries: a guide for parents using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques – C. Cresswell & L. Willetts
- Tu ôl i'r awyr – Megan Angharad Hunter
Books on Body Image Issues and Eating Disorders
- Anorexia nervosa: A survival guide for families, friends, and Sufferers – Janet Treasure
- Body image problems and body dysmorphic disorder: The definitive treatment and recovery approach – Lauren Callaghan et al.
- Feeling good about the way you look: A program for overcoming body image problems – Sabine Wilhelm
- Getting a better bit(e) by bit(e): A survival kit for sufferers of bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorders – Ulrike Schmidt et al.
- Overcoming binge eating – Christopher G Fairburn
Books on Depression
- I had a black dog: His name was depression – Matthew Johnstone
- Mindful way through depression: Freeing yourself from chronic unhappiness – J. Mark G Williams
- Overcoming depression: A self-help guide using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques – Paul Gilbert
Books on Disability
- Disability visibility: First-person stories from the twenty-first century – Alice Wong
- Sitting pretty: The view from my ordinary resilient disabled body – Rebekah Taussig
Books on Ethnicity and Race
- “I will not be erased”: Our stories about growing up as people of colour – Gal-dem
- Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi
- Slay in your lane: The black girl bible – Yomi Adegoke et al.
- Taking up space: the black girl’s manifesto for change – Chelsea Kawakye
- Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race – Reni Eddo-Lodge
Books on General Wellbeing
- 50 ways to help the planet – Sian Berry
- Atomic Habits: Tiny changes, remarkable results – James Clear
- Big picture: A guide to finding your purpose in life – Christine B Whelan
- Byw yn fy nghroen: profiadau pobl ifanc sy'n dioddef yn dawel – Erin Hughes
- Calm – Fearne Cotton
- Chatter: The voice in our head, why it matters, and how to harness it – Ethan Kross
- Comfort book – Matt Haig
- Examined life: How we lose and find ourselves – Stephen Grosz
- Happy – Derren Brown
- Hero (the secret) – Rhonda Bryne
- How to be alone – Sara Maitland
- In praise of slow: How a worldwide movement is changing the cult of speed – Carl Honore
- Y Pump: Aniq – Marged Elen Williams et al.
- Y Pump: Cat – Megan Angharad Hunter et al.
- Y Pump: Robyn – Lestyn Tyne et al.
- Y Pump: Tami – Mared Roberts et al.
- Y Pump: Tim – Elgan Rhys et al.
- University life: Making it work for you – Lauren Lucien
- Watering the Soul – Courtney Peppernell
- We should all be feminists – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Books on Grief and Bereavement
- Galar a fi: Profiadau ingol o fyw gyda galar – Esyllt Maelor
- Grief is the thing with feathers – Max Porter
- Gwirionedd – Elinor Wyn Reynolds
- Living with bereavement – Alex James
- Mynd – Marged Tudur et al.
- “You’ll get over it”: the rage of bereavement – Virginia Ironside
Books on LGBTQ+
- Dutiful boy: A Memoir of a gay Muslim’s journey to acceptance – Mohsin Zaidi
- Fun home: A family tragicomic – Alison Bechdel
- Pocket guide to LGBTQ mental health: Understanding the spectrum of gender and sexuality – Petros Levounis et al.
- Positive view of LGBTQ: Embracing identity and cultivating well-being – Ellen D.B Riggle et al.
- Running Amach in Ireland: True stories by LGBTQ women – Maureen Looney
- Straight Jacket: How to be gay and happy – Mathew Todd
- Trans bodies, trans selves: A resource for the transgender community – Laura Erickson-Schroth
Books on Mental Health (General Wellbeing)
- A-Z guide to good mental health: You don't have to be famous to have manic depression – Jeremy Thomas et al.
- Beginner’s guide to mindfulness: Live in the moment – Ernst Bohlmeijer et al.
- Coping with stress – Helen Dore
- Gyrru drwy storom – Alaw Griffiths
- How to be human – Ruby Wax
- How to come alive again – Beth McColl
- It’s absolutely fine: Life is complicated, so I’ve drawn it instead – Ruby Elliot
- Let me not be mad – A.K. Benjamin
- Life after self-harm: A guide to the future – Ulrike Schmidt et al.
- Marbles: Mania, depression, Michelangelo, and Me – Ellen Forney
- Mind over mood: Change how you feel by changing the way you think – Dennis Greenberger et al.
- Overcoming anger and irritability: A self-help guide using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques – William Davies
- Overcoming mood swings: A self-help guide using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques – Jan Scott
- Relaxation and stress reduction workbook – Martha Davis et al.
- Untrue story of you – Bryan Hubbard
Books on Money Management
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
Books on Neurodivergence
- Asperger syndrome and anxiety: a guide to successful stress management – Nick Dubin
- Asperger syndrome, the universe and everything – Kenneth Hall
- Autistic trans guide to life – Yenn Purkis et al.
- Dirty Laundry: Why adults with ADHD are so ashamed and what we can do to help – Richard Pink & Roxanne Emery
- Drama Queen: One woman and a life of unhelpful labels – Sara Gibbs
- Dyslexia a hundred years on – T.R. Miles & E. Miles
- Dyslexia at college – D.E Gilroy & T.R Miles
- Dyslexia students in need – P. Heaton & G. Mitchell
- Finding a different kind of normal: Misadventures with Asperger syndrome – Jeanette Purkis
- Girl with curly hair: Asperger’s and me – Alis Rowe
- Imagining autism: Fiction and stereotypes on the spectrum – Sonya Freeman Loftis
- Scatter Brain: How I Finally got off the ADHD Rollercoaster and Became the Owner of a Very Tidy Sock Drawer - Shaparak Khorsandi
- Small Talk: 10 AFHD lies and how to stop believing them – Richard Pink & Roxanne Pink
- Strong female character – Fern Brady
- Succeeding in college with Asperger syndrome: a student guide – John Harpur
- This book doesn’t make sense – Jean Augur
Books on Physical Health
- How to not die: Discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease – Michael Greger et al.
- Sleep book: How to sleep well every night – Guy Meadows
- Why we sleep: The new science of sleep and dreams – Matthew Walker
Books on Social Anxiety and Social Skills
- Besting the imposter syndrome – Portia Mount et al.
- Difficult conversations: How to discuss what matters most – Douglas Stone
- How to talk to absolutely anyone: confident communication in every situation – Mark Rhodes
- How to win friends and influence people – Dale Carnegie
- I’m ok, you’re ok – Thomas A. Harris
- Overcoming social anxiety and shyness: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques – Gillian Butler
- Sorry I’m late, I didn’t want to come: An introvert’s year of living dangerously – Jessica Pan
- We’re all mad here: The no-nonsense guide to living with social anxiety – Claire Eastman
Books on Study Skills
- Critical thinking skills: Effective analysis, argument and reflection – Stella Cottrell
- Essential Study Skills: The complete guide to success at University – R. Burns & S. Sinfield
- How to use your reading in your essays – Jeanne Godfrey
- How to write better essays – Brian Greetham
- How to write your undergraduate dissertation – Brian Greetham
- Mind for numbers: How to excel at math and science – Barbara Oakley
- Study skills handbook – Stella Cottrell
- Undergraduate research handbook – Gina Wisker
- Writing a dissertation for dummies – Carrie Winstanley
Books on Trauma and PTSD
- Overcoming traumatic stress: A self-help guide using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques – Claudia Herbert et al.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder: the invisible injury – David Kinchin
- PTSD survival guide for teens: Strategies to overcome trauma, build resilience and take back your life – Sheela Raja et al.
- Trauma and recovery – Judith Lewis Herman