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Discover creative strategies to help you get your head straight

Take an Online Course and start learning proven ways to reduce your stress, improve your mood and conquer your anxieties.

IMPROVE YOUR WELL-BEING    REDUCE YOUR STRESS


How easy do you find it to relax?  Is a lack of confidence holding you back?


Sometimes you don’t have the answers. Its not your fault. You just haven’t learned the best tools to deal with your situation.

Stress, anxiety and depression are problems that affect everyone at some time. And yet, when you’re suffering it can feel scary and lonely. Your mind might tell you that you’re the only person feeling this bad.

It can make you think that “no-one understands.”  You might feel hopeless that “things will never get better.”

Life involves problems. There is no escaping it. You suffer when you get stuck with the same problem day-in and day-out.

WE ARE HERE TO SHOW YOU HOW TO BREAK THE VICIOUS CYCLES THAT ARE MAKING YOU UNHAPPY.


Welcome to…


Self-Help School is our way of giving you the best of what therapy has to offer without you paying-by-the-hour.  This means you can grab all the knowledge, experience and skills from the comfort of your own home.

Self-Help School is online and it is mobile.  Sign-up for a Course or purchase an Expert Guide and you can get started on learning effective ways to reduce stress, improve sleep and boost your well-being.


What is inside Self-Help School?

Online Courses

Learn new ways to get more out of your work, relationships and how you feel inside.

Expert Guides

Tap into the lived-experiences of other people to carry you through difficult times.

Self-Help School is a Community.  We understand it can be difficult juggling your work and your personal life. It is hard to get the right balance.  We’re here to help you stay on-track and find your way back when life gets on top of you.


How does it work?

1.   Sign-up for a Course or download an Expert Guide

2.   Get instant access to the knowledge and skills to deal with real-life issues

3.   Receive your warm welcome into the Self-Help School community and start learning


Who will you be working with?

Jim Lucas

founder and course tutor

Jim has given therapy to 1000s of people struggling with stress, anxiety and depression. He is Visiting Lecturer at University of Birmingham in the School of Psychology. He teaches and supervises trainee therapists in the NHS and he regularly writes articles for the blog. Check out the podcast to discover interviews and free step-by-step guidance from leading experts in the field of mental health and well-being.

Who is Self-School for?

Self-Help School is for anyone who wants to make a change.  You’ll discover new perspectives and learn key techniques that will help you move forwards.  Our courses and guides show you how to be open to what life gives you so that you can keep moving your feet.  Being open and moving forwards is the philosophy that underpins all of our teaching.


Choose an Online Course


Five Daily Helpers

A Short Online Course designed to escape the daily monotony of going to work and coming home.

This course will show you how to get more out of your day.  Find the excitement, energy and enthusiasm to get busy living.

Find out more

Fine Tune your Stress Management Skills

An evidence-based Online Course designed to teach you how to handle your stress like a pro!

Get to grips with the of causes stress. Discover key psychological processes that keep you stuck.  Learn new strategies and create a system that allows you to sustain these new habits for years to come.

Find out more