Beat Low Self-Esteem With CBT: How to improve your confidence, self esteem and motivation

by Christine Wilding, Stephen Palmer

A TOOLKIT FOR IMPROVING YOUR SELF ESTEEM WITH CBT

Healthy self esteem does not mean thinking you are the best at everything - it means being comfortable with yourself even when you are not. It is accepting yourself, with all your strengths and weaknesses, while still taking opportunities for self-development. Having healthy self esteem means you are well equipped to cope with the challenges life throws at you and perform to your full potential.

Beat Low Self-Esteem with CBT will provide you with the skills you need to overcome a lack of self-esteem, making it easier for you to deal with tough times and leaving you a happier and more confident person. A complete program for changing your idea of yourself, it works on every aspect of your self-confidence, providing exercises to accompany each stage and short-term 'personal assignments' that will give you long-term benefits and lasting results.

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Genres: Psychology, Self Help, Nonfiction

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2010

Reviews

[Nasim · Rating 3 out of 5]

تا حدودی کتاب کاملی در این مبحث هست، اما بسیار کند و سخت پیش بردمش و یکی از دلایلش هم ترجمه نه چندان خوب اون هست؛ متن روان نبود. اما خب موضوع جدیدی برام بود، آشنایی باهاش جذاب و خواندنی.
اما فکر می کنم درباره این موضوع کتاب های مفیدتر با چهارچوب خلاصه تر و بهتر وجود داشته باشند و این کتاب بیشتر به درد افرادی میخورد که تخصصی درباره این موضوع بخوانند.
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[Alina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Key learning & notes from a book are:
1. Self- esteem arises from personal negative thinking or PFF( personal fault finders). PFF based on our own belief rather than valid facts. Do not try to defeat PFF but acknowledge where it's coming from, try to understand it. It's a good idea to keep a track of your emotions, thoughts , behavior. Test new ideas , write 3 good and grateful things from your day
2. Desire for Perfectionism only will set you to fail. It's great to improve yourself but it's not good to criticize yourself if it's not to the standard
3. Healthy self awareness- understanding own feelings and wants. When situation arises evaluate your emotions, reflect on possible outcomes, be calm and constructive
4. Positive thinking is a key, there is no problem there is a challenge

TBC

[Christina Makise · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the books that actually changed my life for the better. I've never been to see a medical professional about low self-esteem, but I know that it has been negatively and severely impacting my life, but I didn't know how to change that.... until I read this book.

As it is a book on CBT, it is very practical. I like that they try to slowly introduce concepts, with examples, to you in each chapter, so you don't feel overwhelmed by all the information. After getting used to the concepts, you are able to more readily apply it to real life. The most useful thing is probably learning about the distorted thinking patterns and how to identify negative thoughts. Because this book is so easy to understand, with very practical steps to follow, I could actually apply the concepts to real life and it improved my mental well-being tremendously. I am going to be forever grateful to the author of this book.

I would recommend it to anyone who's looking for beginners-level guide on how to improve their self-esteem.

[Rebecca Saneka · Rating 3 out of 5]

To be honest, I don't think this book was well suited to me. My self-esteem is not particularly low at the moment - I hadn't actually realised how much it had improved, so that's one really great positive from reading this. The book did raise some good points that I recall having come across previously, so it provided a good reminder. I also previously thought that I aligned a lot to the CBT approach but have consequently started rethinking this.

[Heather Campbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

some useful exercises

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting information presented in simple, jargon free language. Perhaps too simple and not quite gripping enough to hold a readers attention..