Reading for Pleasure: Wellbeing collection

Award-winning mental health specialist Dr Dominique Thompson explores issues around leaving home, exam stress, socialising, safety, sex, and drugs, to help you succeed and truly enjoy your time as a student. Complemented by insights from real students, this useful guide provides credible advice, practical tips and exercises to help you safely navigate the unique pressures and opportunities that student life brings.
Easy-to-read, visually appealing and convenient to carry, it's a non-judgemental toolkit for happiness and confidence. Stay Balanced While You Study is the ultimate companion for school-leavers planning ahead for university, as well as a handy addition for those already in higher and further education.

The start of your higher education can be an exciting time, full of opportunities to explore your interests and meet new people. However, it can also be a difficult transition – between adapting to a new environment, keeping on top of deadlines and trying to socialize, managing anxious thoughts and feelings can seem like too much.
In this practical guide, award-winning student mental health expert Dominique Thompson helps you understand where anxiety comes from and why it exists, and draws on real students’ experiences to help you feel less alone.
Whatever the source of your worries, whichever way anxiety shows up for you, this book gives you the strategies and tools you’ll need to address it and find a place of calm.

Everyone says that your time in higher education will be the best years of your life. But in reality, it can be a tough transition – and with the isolation and stress that comes from being thrust into a new environment, it might feel impossible to keep low moods and negative feelings under control.
In this supportive and easy-to-read guide, award-winning student mental health expert Dr Dominique Thompson helps you understand the potential sources of depression, and the ways in which it may be affecting you.
She includes students’ personal accounts of their depression and how they learned to manage it – a strong reminder that you are not alone in the way you feel. With practical tips and exercises, you too can build a toolkit that will lift you out of a dark place and improve your mental health.
This book will help you gain real power over your depression so that you can enjoy the full student experience – on your terms.

You’ve been in school for most of your life; now, you’re beginning further education – and you may not feel fully prepared for all that your new life brings!
Award-winning student mental health expert Dominique Thompson is here to help. This easy-to-read guide is packed with advice and information to help you overcome the most common issues you may face at university, including:
Roommate and relationship conflicts
Self-esteem and confidence crises
Stress, depression and mental health challenges
Living far from home and feelings of loneliness
Maintaining good physical health
Academic pressure and study skills
Armed with this book, you’ll have all the tools you need to establish a problem-solving mindset, and not only survive your years at university – but thrive.

As a student, your safety and wellbeing should be your top priority.
This pocket-friendly guidebook will help you successfully navigate the challenges that studying can bring and help you make the best choices for you.
Award-winning student mental health specialist Dominique Thompson explores what can affect both your personal safety and mental health. Complemented by insights from real students, she shares guidance and practical tips aimed at keeping you well so that you can make the most of your time as a student.