To ask if ‘therapy workbooks’ exist?

[PruneYourRoses]

I had some therapy at the beginning of lockdown 1. It was quite useful, but just so, so expensive and I can’t afford to continue it any more.

I found the most useful aspect was how the therapist would ask questions which then led me to reflect, and connect the dots with my past and my behavior and feelings now.

They were quite simple questions though - just ones I hadn’t really reflected on before. Surely there must be some kind of therapy workbook/ interactive self-help book which asks question prompts and you then write in your answers?

I’ve looked on Google but it’s more standard self help books based on empowerment or different psychological theories, which isn’t really what I’m looking for.

Does anyone know if anything like this exists? Thank you!

Thank you so much, everyone. The John Bradshaw book looks interesting, thanks @BuddhaAtSea! I’ve just ordered it. Very interested in anything else, too. I’ve also ordered The Artist’s Way which a PP recommended.

Here you go;

www.getselfhelp.co.ukdocs/SelfHelpCourse.pdf

Ooh thank you - this looks really clear.

Great thread thank you op - I would also like to do this

It sounds like you might like an approach called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and I'd recommend checking out YouTube videos on this by Russ Harris. There's also a workbook called Get out of your head and into your life. His website actmindfully has lots of free resources on it too. ACT is a bit like cbt but with more focus on self compassion which is why I like it.

Ooh Misty that workbook looks really interesting.

I'd be interested in a read-along perhaps. If we fancied a group doing a book together and discussing? I would love to do that with the self compassion one as I have it but the act one looks fab too.

I have the Mind over Mood book, I wrote on my copy so I got the later one for DH but he hasn't used it so I might look at that.

@SaltyTootsieToes

I had CBT and we used the Mind Over Mood book. Perhaps it was a newer more updated version than the previous poster didn’t like because I found it very useful.

It's not that it's not useful, it's just that I want to punch the people in it.

I found the Homecoming book mentioned quite good too.