Websites, Books and Apps
Websites
OCD Stop Program
Helps you to gain control over obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) by teaching you strategies to better manage OCD. You will learn range of techniques to help you change your behaviour and thinking styles, designed to put you on the road to improving the management of OCD.
Erowid
This site provides different information about substances, such as history, facts, resources, etc. What is unique about this site is it includes personal accounts of use as well and refrains from making judgments about substances or the people who use them.
Anxiety Canada
This is a truly excellent website with high quality information regarding anxiety disorders. It has self-help information, an app you can download on your phone (iPhone and Android) for free, as well as info about community programs.
MoodGym
This is an online program developed in Australia to go over basic Cognitive Behaviour Therapy principles and concepts to help people better manage their mood concerns.
Depression Online Program
Is designed to help you learn and implement skills and strategies that help manage depression and improve your overall mental health and wellbeing.
Social Anxiety Program
Is designed to help you learn and implement skills and strategies that help manage social anxiety and may improve your overall mental health and wellbeing.
OCD Stop Program
Helps you to gain control over obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) by teaching you strategies to better manage OCD. You will learn range of techniques to help you change your behaviour and thinking styles, designed to put you on the road to improving the management of OCD.
PTSD Online Program
Is designed to help you understand and manage symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and helps you to learn how to change the unhelpful thoughts and beliefs maintaining PTSD. It can also teach you useful distraction and relaxation techniques, and ways to reduce stress or physical symptoms.
Panic Stop Program
Contains a range of resources designed to help you manage panic and agoraphobia. You will increase your understanding of panic attacks and panic disorder and learn the skills and strategies useful for managing panic.
Take a Test
Developed by world-leading experts from St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney and the University of NSW, this anonymous online test assesses anxiety, depression, and distress levels. Based on your results, this test will suggest a This Way Up online course that may be suitable, or options for further help.
Anxiety Information And Self-Tests
The Black Dog Institute website has free information and clinical anxiety resources, including anxiety self-assessment. The institute aims to reduce the incidence of mental illness and the stigma around it, reduce suicide rates and empower everyone to live the most mentally healthy lives possible.
Self Help Resources for Mental Health Problems
GriefLink
It is a useful website for those who suffer grief and bereavement.
Doxy.me
Doxy is a video communication that you can connect online with your practitioner securely. No download required for patients.
Prime Path Psychology offers a wide range of clinical services aimed at supporting your mental well-being. Whether you prefer in-person sessions or the flexibility of telehealth services, our experienced team is here to provide personalized care. Discover more about our clinical services or explore the convenience of our telehealth services from the comfort of your home.
Books
Self-compassion for parents. Nurture your child by caring for yourself
Susan M. Pollak
Raising a Secure Child How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child’s Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore
Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell With Christine M. Benton
The bipolar disorder survivor guide
David Miklowitz
Getting over OCD
Jonathan Abramowitz
The mindful self-compassion workbook
Christopher Germer
Mind over mood
Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky
Getting Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading and Threatening is a book written for affected family members
Robert Myers and Brenda Wolfe, the developers of CRAFT
Smart but Scattered—and Stalled: 10 Steps to Help Young Adults Use Their Executive Skills to Set Goals, Make a Plan, and Successfully Leave the Nest
Richard Guare, Colin Guare, and Peg Dawson
Smart but Scattered—and Stalled: 10 Steps to Help Young Adults Use Their Executive Skills to Set Goals, Make a Plan, and Successfully Leave the Nest
Richard Guare, Colin Guare, and Peg Dawson
Smart but Scattered The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential
Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
Smart but Scattered Teens The “Executive Skills” Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential
Richard Guare, Peg Dawson, and Colin Guare
The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success: How to Use Your Brain’s Executive Skills to Keep Up, Stay Calm, and Get Organized at Work and at Home
Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
Finding Your Best Self:Recovery from Addiction, Trauma, or Both
Lisa M. Najavits
Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry: Workbook
Michelle G. Craske, David H. Barlow
The Road Less Travelled
M. Scott Peck
Apps
MoodMission
When we feel down or anxious, there are heaps of things we can do to help us feel better again. Doing these things can help prevent everyday mood disturbances from developing into mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety disorders. When you tell MoodMission how you’re feeling, it gives you a tailored list of 5 simple, quick, effective, evidence-based Missions to improve your mood. All Missions are taken from scientific research, made accessible to you through the app, so you can learn exactly how what you’re doing is helping.
MoodKit
MoodKit is a one-of-a-kind app designed to help you apply effective strategies of professional psychology to your everyday life. With four integrated tools, MoodKit helps you to engage in mood-enhancing activities, identify and change unhealthy thinking, rate and chart mood across time, and create journal entries using custom templates designed to promote well-being.
Moodnotes
Moodnotes® empowers you to track your mood over time, avoid common thinking traps, and develop perspectives associated with increased happiness and well-being. Moodnotes is grounded in the scientifically-supported content of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and positive psychology. Moodnotes helps you to: Track your mood and identify what influences it; Learn about “traps” in your thinking style and how to avoid them; Increase your self-awareness; Reduce your distress and enhance your sense of well-being.
Moodprism
MoodPrism is a newly developed app that helps you learn about your mood by transforming daily mood reports into a colourful summary of your emotional health. You will receive feedback on your mood each day, and the more you use the app, the more detailed this information will become – with flourishing scores after 1 week’s use, and depression/anxiety scores after 2 weeks of use. It also provides health information based on your daily mood, and links to mental health resources.
Overcoming Social Phobia App
In this 6-lesson course you will learn how to tackle and improve symptoms of social phobia, or social anxiety. The app was developed by world-leading experts from St Vincent’s Hospital and University of New South Wales.
Mastering Generalised Anxiety App
In this 6-lesson course you will learn how to tackle and improve symptoms of generalised anxiety, including excessive worry, fear of uncertainty, and physical tension. The app was developed by world-leading researchers and clinicians from St Vincent’s Hospital and University of NSW.
WorryTime App
ReachOut WorryTime app gives you a place to store your worries, and alerts you when it’s time to think about them. Instead of listening to negative thoughts or pushing them away, research shows that postponing worries and only giving them attention at a predetermined time helps you control worry.
Breathe App
ReachOut Breathe helps you reduce the physical symptoms of stress and anxiety by slowing down your heart rate with your iPhone or Apple Watch. Using simple visuals, the app helps you to control your breath and measures your heart rate in real-time using the camera in your phone.
Recharge App
The Recharge app offers a personalised 6-week program focused on improving mood, energy and wellbeing by putting in place good sleep and wake patterns.
Mood Tracker
MoodTracker.com is a simple web app that lets you track important health measurements like depression and anxiety levels, sleep, water intake, and many others — each recorded on a vibrant chart. The app also includes medication tracking, reminders, and the ability to share your charts with members of your wellness team.
Ten Percent Happier
It’s the best way to grow your meditation practice and become ten percent happier. Become a member and enjoy unlimited access to our guided meditations, talks, daily features, and more.
PTSD Coach App
The PTSD Coach app is a digital resource provided by the National Centre for PTSD aimed at helping veterans learn more about and manage their symptoms of PTSD from anywhere. Through the PTSD Coach app you are able to use the built-in coping tools when you feel upset or stressed as well as create your own support network. You can also track your progress to see if symptoms are improving over time.
Calm
Is a meditation, sleep and relaxation app.