Reddit reviews Depressed and Anxious: The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook for Overcoming Depression & Anxiety

I agree with needing to seek help first. Step one is definitely to take her to a psychologist. Therapists and Psychologists are not the same thing - a psychologist does more than therapists can do and holds a degree in advanced psychology (therapists may not have one). You can do a quick Google search to see the difference between them, but I do highly recommend finding a Psychologist.

As far as book recommendations, I think it's probably not wise to give her just anything (especially books that may contain anything that reminds her of her trauma) until she figures out what is most comfortable to her. It's really best right now to let her make those choices.

What I can recommend are some books for anxiety or depression (she may be feeling both or just one or the other), or "feel-good" kinds of stuff:

• Start Where You Are: A Journal of Self-Exploration
  
• 1 Page at a Time (You can find other books similar to this and Start Where on Amazon in their "Customers Also Bought" section at the bottom of the page)
  
• Depressed & Anxious (This is a behavior therapy workbook and can be used alongside going to a psychologist, or can be directed by a psychologist at their behest. It does require that the person using it is self-motivated enough to do it.)
  
• Mind Over Mood, Second Edition: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think (This is another workbook and I really really like this one, but-like the previous workbook-it also requires self-motivation to do. Of the two this is the one I like more, personally.)
  
  There are other good books out there that have been recommended in other threads on this subreddit, but IMO these are not a bad place to start. If you really really want to get her something, you may want to stick to the first two suggestions and other books like them so she can have some feel-good "breathe easy" kinds of books until she feels she's at a point where she might want to try doing a workbook.
  
  I also found this doing a quick Google search and it looks like it has some good articles: http://www.pandys.org/recommendedreading.html
  
  

  But the first thing you should absolutely do is help her find a psychologist. Go to Google, type in your city name and Psychologists. Look up the people you find to make sure they are licensed psycholgists, not LCPC's or anything else. They need to have "PsyD" next to their name to be a licensed clinical psychologist. Start calling offices and see if anyone is accepting new patients.
  

  
  
  Edit: As an aside from book recommendations: Jigsaw puzzles and paint-by-numbers are other good no-brain-required activities that she may like to do. It keeps her focus on an activity so she isn't stewing her thoughts on anything else (negative or otherwise), and requires very little effort and energy (which may be in short supply for her right now). You can buy jigsaw puzzles for $10 or less from most stores, or go to places like Goodwill and other charity stores where they typically sell them for $.50-$2.00.

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This book has been helpful for me. I’ve learned to face the uncomfortable feelings rather than avoid them. If depression/anxiety aren’t the things you’re dealing with there are other DBT books for other issues.

This book is good

http://www.amazon.ca/Depressed-Anxious-Dialectical-Overcoming-Depression/dp/1572243635/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416947157&sr=8-1&keywords=Depression+and+anxiety+dbt