Back-to-school transitions can trigger stress and anxiety — these 5 books can help
Bibliotherapy, practised as prescribed reading by a mental health professional, can help with anxiety and depression with positive effects being sustained over a longer period.
If you seek to be proactive with maintaining your mental health, or are mildly concerned about how well you are doing (the mental health continuum model of “green, amber and red” zones might help you consider this), self-help books are among the resources that can provide a supportive option until you have access to a professional, or in conjunction to working with a trained professional.
When choosing books for this purpose, choose evidence-based books. Here are five books offering strategies on how to ease the stress and anxiety associated with back-to-school transitions…