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The Queer Mental Health Workbook: A Creative Self-Help Guide Using CBT, CFT and DBT
'A privilege to read, a pleasure to endorse' PROFESSOR TANYA BYRON
'This book completely bowled me over' DOMINIC DAVIES
'A super comprehensive book' MEG-JOHN BARKER
To be queer is to feel different - a felt sense that you don't fit in. This can be alienating and difficult and lead to mental health challenges and lower wellbeing throughout life. Using a range of therapeutic approaches, this comprehensive, down-to-earth self-help workbook is designed to be your personal mental health resource. It is filled with techniques and activities you can read, tailor and 'pick and mix' to improve your wellbeing as a queer person, at your pace.
The workbook is split into two sections - the first part focusses on laying the groundwork by exploring identity, psychological wellbeing, and mental health experiences in order to situate mental health challenges in context and improve overall mental health. The second half hones in on ideas and techniques applicable to specific challenges and situations. It explores difficult topics such as anxiety, low self-esteem, eating disorders, self-harm, suicidal ideation, shame, trauma, substance abuse, sleep, and low mood, all whilst maintaining a focus on your needs as a queer individual.
Empowering and reassuring, and written by an experienced queer mental health practitioner, this one-of-a-kind workbook will help you to flourish as a queer person and begin to overcome any challenge.
'This book completely bowled me over' DOMINIC DAVIES
'A super comprehensive book' MEG-JOHN BARKER
To be queer is to feel different - a felt sense that you don't fit in. This can be alienating and difficult and lead to mental health challenges and lower wellbeing throughout life. Using a range of therapeutic approaches, this comprehensive, down-to-earth self-help workbook is designed to be your personal mental health resource. It is filled with techniques and activities you can read, tailor and 'pick and mix' to improve your wellbeing as a queer person, at your pace.
The workbook is split into two sections - the first part focusses on laying the groundwork by exploring identity, psychological wellbeing, and mental health experiences in order to situate mental health challenges in context and improve overall mental health. The second half hones in on ideas and techniques applicable to specific challenges and situations. It explores difficult topics such as anxiety, low self-esteem, eating disorders, self-harm, suicidal ideation, shame, trauma, substance abuse, sleep, and low mood, all whilst maintaining a focus on your needs as a queer individual.
Empowering and reassuring, and written by an experienced queer mental health practitioner, this one-of-a-kind workbook will help you to flourish as a queer person and begin to overcome any challenge.
288 pages, Paperback
Published March 21, 2022
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May 25, 2022
Clean and clear and readable advice. Understandably UK focused when it comes to resources but, at least from this admittedly limited cis white gay perspective, a lot of the tips and methods rang true in ways I had not expected. One to take notes on and journal with for sure. I picked up a library copy so wrote down exercises I want to do in future.
The chapters are organized clearly and start with general mental health topics and terminology, before moving on to specific issues you or your queer loved ones may be facing.
To sum up - a worthy read for us queers and allies alike.
The chapters are organized clearly and start with general mental health topics and terminology, before moving on to specific issues you or your queer loved ones may be facing.
To sum up - a worthy read for us queers and allies alike.
October 26, 2022
I read this book mainly for professional development reasons, but of course much of it resonated with my personal experiences.
Although very little of the information in it was new to me, what struck me the most about this book was its compassionate tone. I often find that self-help books feel patronising or make me think "this is not how it works" or "this person does not understand what it's like". This book never made me feel belittled or that I should be able to solve all my difficulties by filling in these exercises. For this reason I recommend it to any queer person who is experiencing mental health struggles and does not know where to start.
For me personally, this book also offered a way to include structural, institutional and environmental factors in a CBT framework, which I think will be useful for my own practice.
Although very little of the information in it was new to me, what struck me the most about this book was its compassionate tone. I often find that self-help books feel patronising or make me think "this is not how it works" or "this person does not understand what it's like". This book never made me feel belittled or that I should be able to solve all my difficulties by filling in these exercises. For this reason I recommend it to any queer person who is experiencing mental health struggles and does not know where to start.
For me personally, this book also offered a way to include structural, institutional and environmental factors in a CBT framework, which I think will be useful for my own practice.
April 9, 2022
A comprehensive and accessible book, full of practical activities for practitioners working with queer people.
December 23, 2023
This is a fabulous read and a very valuable resources for individuals and professionals. This was one of the first books I read that I felt truly understood my experiences and provided applicable and helpful tools and worksheets. There are unfortunately not many resources available that address the intersectionality of mental health and queerness. For a community that experiences mental health issues at a higher rate than our non-lgbt peers, we can find a lot of hope in resources like this.
August 21, 2023
I am so grateful to all that have taken the time to read The Queer Mental Health Workbook and send such lovely feedback to me. I do hope that it continues to be useful to all those that need. Sending love, and in pride, Dr Brendan x
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