I was just wondering if anyone knew any information on studies on whether self help books are actually proven to help consumers? I see self helps books everywhere for things like grief, depression, anxiety and much more, and I was interested in if they worked or not.
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Amazing! Thank you guys, I'll have a look at these and I'm glad to hear that these resources have helped you both.
I do think that self reflection is key to personal growth and perhaps self help books and articles are a way to encourage that self reflection.
You're welcome @ViktorijaT
In my personal experience they've helped me quite a lot. In fact, it's what got me interested in psychology in the first place.
Now I have to be honest- people should be aware that they need to be consistent otherwise it wont work. It might sound too obvious, but self-sabotage can strike because subconsciously we deem change as something foreign to us which invites fear even if the change is associated with a good outcome. You can learn more about the nature of self-sabotage in terms of change in Brianna Wiest's book The Mountain is You.
I also found some articles online that might be useful---
https://www.mentalhelp.net/self-help/are-self-help-books-helpful/
https://www.webmd.com/balance/features/self-help-popular-effectiveness