self-help
/ˌselfˈhelp/noun
mass noun
1- the use of one's own efforts and resources to achieve things without relying on others自助; 自力更生：
popular capitalism necessitates a reduction in the role of the state and an increasing reliance on self-help.
普遍资本主义使国家职能的减少和自力更生的增加成为必要。
1.1
- as modifier designed to assist people in achieving things for themselves使人自助的：
when I suffered from depression I went to a self-help group.
我意志消沉时就去一个自助团体。