Dr Chris Williams is a professor of psychosocial psychiatry and honorary consultant psychiatrist at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. His main clinical and research interest is in the evaluation of self-help approaches that provide wider access to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) approaches. Dr. Williams developed the Five Areas® approach, and his books and resources are used nationally in the UK, and tested and used internationally in a series of major projects.

Part 1: Getting started and understanding why you feel as you do

1. Starting out ... and how to keep going if you feel stuck2. Understanding why you feel as you do

Part 2: Tackling problems and rebalancing relationships

3. Practical problem solving4. Being assertive: How to ask for what you need5. Building relationships with your family and friends6. Information for families and friends: How to offer the best support

Part 3: Making changes to what you do

7. Doing things that make you feel better8. Using exercise to improve how you feel9. Helpful things you can do10. Unhelpful things you do

Part 4: Noticing and changing unhelpful thinking

11. Noticing unhelpful thinking12. Changing unhelpful thinking

Part 5: Improving sleep, tackling alcohol and drug misuse, understanding and using antidepressant medication

13. Overcoming sleep problems 14. Harmful drinking and you 15. Understanding and using anti-depressant medication

Part 6: Planning for the future

16. Planning for the future