Today, with over 2 million books in print, our resources have changed the lives of countless people around the world.
Our staff training services, consultancy and professional resources are used by carers, supporters, medical practitioners, teachers, charities, churches, educators, businesses, public health services and social care organisations all over the world.
Recommended by NHS England and by many major charities, our books, courses and resources are all based on the Five AreasTM approach to CBT created by our founder Dr Chris Williams, Emeritus Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK; Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and twice President of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies – the lead body for CBT in the United Kingdom.
We provide our core course content free of charge for individual use in a range of formats, as part of our commitment to supporting as many people as possible around the world towards improved mental and physical wellbeing through evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
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Living Life to the Full is the UK’s most-recommended online CBT course, according to independent research by NHS England
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Courses translated into 6 languages
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Over 2 million books sold to date
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Over 2 million website hits per year
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Five Areas.com indexed by the British Library/Wellcome Trust as a site of historical significance
Our resources
The world’s most widely used CBT self-help systems
Our award-winning self-help resources are based around the Five AreasTM approach to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), developed by our founder Dr Chris Williams in 1998 through published works including ‘Overcoming Depression and Low Mood’.
The Five AreasTM approach is now one of the world’s most widely used CBT self-help systems, and forms the basis for our two tried-and-trusted product ranges:
Five AreasTM
Five AreasTM: our original product range includes the ‘Overcoming Depression’ books, go-to resources used by health and wellbeing practitioners to support individuals with low mood, depression and anxiety since 1998. Written by our founder Dr Chris Williams, these books are available to buy from Amazon and supporting delivery materials can be found in our shop.
Living Life to the Full (LLTTF®)
Living Life to the Full (LLTTF®) takes the same tried-and-trusted Five AreasTM approach and breaks it down into highly accessible, visually engaging, bite-sized support, accessible in a range of formats in order to help as many people as possible to improve their mental and physical wellbeing through CBT-based lifeskills.
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