This page includes many useful links that will help you learn more about many common personal problems. Please realize that it is advisable to verify the accuracy of what you read on the Internet by consulting other independent and reliable sources, including the clinical staff at the UNCW Counseling Center. These information sources are offered as an educational supplement and are not intended to replace counseling with a qualified professional. If you (UNCW students) have personal concerns that you would like to discuss, please contact the Counseling Center at 962-3746.
**NEW SECTION: STAFF READING FAVORITES**
The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck, M.D. Confronting and solving problems is a painful process, which most of us attempt to avoid. The very avoidance results in greater pain and an inability to grow both mentally and spiritually. Drawing heavily upon his own professional experience, Dr. M. Scott Peck, a practicing psychiatrist, suggests ways in which confronting and resolving our problems--and suffering through the changes--can enable us to reach a higher level of self understanding. Dr. Peck discusses the nature of loving relationships; how to recognize true compatibility; how to distinguish dependency from love; how to become one's own person; how to be a more sensitive parent.
The Obsession: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness by Kim Chernin. The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful, thought-provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It is a book about women's efforts to become thin rather than to accept the natural dimensions of their bodies--a book about the meaning of food and its rejection.
ANXIETY DISORDERS
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
ADHD
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIH National Institute on Drug Addiction
Partnership For A Drug Free America
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Rethinking Drinking Pamphlet (pdf file)
COLLABORATION FOR ASSAULT RESPONSE & EDUCATION (CARE)
DEPRESSION
EATING DISORDERS
Anorexia And Related Eating Disorders
National Eating Disorders Association
Something Fishy Web site on Eating Disorders
MENTAL HEALTH
University of Chicago Virtual Pamphlets
Self-Help Brochures from University of Illinois, UC
Abdominal Breathing for Stress
Downloadable MP3
Beach Imagery for Stress
Downloadable MP3
Stress Management Booklet
Microsoft Word Document
OCD
Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
Psychology In Daily Life
- Depression and How Psychotherapy and Other Treatments Can Help People Recover
- Memories of Childhood Abuse
- Controlling Anger Before It Controls You
- Choosing A Therapist
- Panic Disorder
- Other useful topics
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Sexual Harassment
The American Psychological Association's Help Center
National Association of Social Workers
American Counseling Association
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
International Organization for Survivors of Trauma and Victimization
Stress And Anxiety
Abdominal Breathing for Stress ( Downloadable MP3)
Beach Imagery for Stress ( Downloadable MP3)
Contemplate, AM Meditate, Relax-Create, Alert-Focus, PM Meditate, Sleep, Zen (Downloadable MP3 files for help)
Stress Management Booklet
Microsoft Word Document
Terrorism
Coping with Terrorism.
Please contact the Counseling Center at x23746.
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