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The Mental Health and Wellbeing Book List

If you're a teen looking for books to increase your own understanding of mental health issues, this list contains may books that can get you started.

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  • The Trans & Gender Diverse Teen Resilience Guide

    Essential Skills for Building Community, Well-being & Mental Health

    Peta, Jayme,
    Written just for trans and nonbinary (TGNB) youth, this book offers trauma-informed skills to help you embrace who you are, give and find support in community, and thrive. You'll discover tools to help you manage intense emotions and stress,…
    Book, 2025Oakland, CA : Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2025] — YA 306.7680835 Pet
  • I'm Here

    a Peer Counseling Guide for Teens

    Crist, James J.,
    "Advice for teens wanting to help friends and peers with their mental health. Mental health problems in young people are on the rise, and teens want resources to help friends in crisis. I'm Here: A Peer Counseling Guide for Teens fills that need,…
    Book, 2024Minneapolis, MN : Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials, [2024] — YA 371.4047 Cri
  • After years of asking herself, "Why, o why?", Lou discovers that she has cyclothymia: a mood disorder from the bipolar family. So, what do you do when you discover a little wild fox in your brain? Can it be tamed, subdued? And how to be happy when…
    Graphic Novel, 2024Smyrna Beach, FL : Fairsquare Comics, [2024] — Graphic YA 741.5944 Fox
  • Where to Start

    a Survival Guide to Anxiety, Depression, and Other Mental Health Challenges

    It can be extremely hard to figure out what's going on in our own heads when we are suffering -- when we feel alone and unworthy and can't stop our self-critical inner voice. And it's even more difficult to know where to go for answers. This book is…
    Book, 2023New York : Rocky Pond Books, 2023. — YA 618.9289 Whe
  • Sources of Support

    A workbook for building mental wellness protective factors, 2nd edition

    Boswell, Sheryl
    A workbook for building mental wellness protective factors, 2nd edition
    eBook, Youth Mental Health Consulting
  • 10 Minutes to Better Mental Health

    a Step-by-step Guide for Teens Using CBT and Mindfulness

    David, Lee
    What can you really do in 10 minutes? You can make a cup of tea or coffee, walk about 0.6 miles and now, with this book, you can improve your mental health.
    Book, 2022London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2022. — YA 616.89 Dav
  • The Book of Knowing

    Know How You Think, Change How You Feel

    Smith, Gwendoline,
    With lively art, tangible advice, and immersive activities, this book is a handy guide for dealing with big feelings that provides humor, kindness, and manageable strategies for issues that can sometimes feel out of our control.
    Book, 2020Kansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2020] — YA 153.42 Smi
  • Storybooth

    the True & Amazing & Heartbreaking & Inspiring Stories of Real People

    Exciting, inspirational, heartwrenching, uplifting, humorous, devastating, thought-provoking-TRUE. Storybooth illustrates for readers that no matter what is happening in their world, they are not alone.
    Book, 2022New York : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — YA 808.899283 Sto
  • When Anxiety Makes You Angry

    CBT Anger Management Skills for Teens With Anxiety-driven Anger

    Dunn, Kelsey Torgerson,
    Using a proven-effective approach rooted in evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), When Anxiety Makes You Angry will help you identify the anxiety beneath your anger, accept difficult emotions—rather than fighting or trying to ignore…
    Book, 2022Oakland, CA : Instant Help Books, [2022] — YA 616.85 Dun
  • Your Amazing Teen Brain

    CBT & Neuroscience Skills to Stress Less, Balance Emotions & Strengthen Your Growing Mind

    Nebolsine, Elisa,
    Teen brains are primed to learn and grow. In Your Amazing Teen Brain, teen readers will find fun and easy "brain hacks" grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and neuroscience to help them make the most of their growing minds, manage…
    Book, 2021Oakland, CA : Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2021] — YA 618.92891425 Neb
  • A friendly and approachable guide to teen self-care. Bursting with tips and advice to ease stress and help you live your best life.
    Book, 2021London : Vie, [2021]
  • Killing the Wittigo

    Indigenous Culture-based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing : a Book for Young Adults

    Methot, Suzanne, 1968-
    Written specifically for young adults, reluctant readers, and literacy learners, Killing the Wittigo explains the traumatic effects of colonization on Indigenous people and communities and how trauma alters an individual's brain, body, and behavior.
    Book, 2023Toronto, ON : ECW Press, [2023] — YA 362.108997071 Met
  • Your Life, Your Way

    Skills to Help Teens Manage Emotions and Build Resilience

    Ciarrochi, Joseph,
    With this fun and illustrated guide, teen readers will find solid and actionable skills to help them overcome challenges, increase psychological flexibility, and achieve their goals.
    Book, 2020Oakland, CA : Instant Help, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2020] — YA 305.235 Cia
  • Teen Instagram sensation and author of Light Filters In @poeticpoison returns with a second collection of short, powerful poems about love, forgiveness, self-discovery, and what it's like living after a hard-fought battle with depression, in the…
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019] — YA 811.6 Kau
  • The Stress Survival Guide for Teens

    CBT Skills to Worry Less, Develop Grit, & Live Your Best Life

    Bernstein, Jeffrey, 1961-
    Is stress getting the best of you? Do you ever feel overwhelmed, like your life is zooming by? This practical, proven-effective, and easy-to-use survival guide has your back!
    Book, 2019Oakland, CA : Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, [2019] — YA 155.5189042 Ber