An Introduction to Improving Your Self-Esteem, 2nd Edition

by Leonora Brosan, Melanie Fennell

Low self-esteem can impact on many areas of your life such as your relationships, work life and general wellbeing. This invaluable self-help guide will help you to understand what has led to your poor self-esteem, what keeps it going and how to improve your self-image, gaining a more balanced and positive view of yourself. This self-help guide is based on clinically proven cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques to help you improve your confidence. You will How low self-esteem develops- How to challenge negative predictions- How to improve self-acceptance

83 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 4, 2020

Reviews

[Siew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was browsing the library on my off day, feeling a little down from work stress and decided to go to the mental health section.

Picked up this small book to-go, I initially. But found a cozy reading area and decided to finish it anyways.

“Are these just thoughts or are they facts?”

We always have to ask ourselves this question when the negative mentality kicks in. It’s the simplest way I can sum this up. Comes with worksheets downloadable, for you to track your negative thoughts and guides you on ways to overcome them.

Definitely worth reading, as I’ve been struggling with esteem and anxiety all my life. Recommended.

[Em Prend · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very basic introduction to self esteem.

Pros: Asked some interesting questions that made me reflect on my self esteem and self worth.

An easy read for someone wanting to begin a self help journey or read a self help book, without being too complicated and medical.

Cons: Introduces the idea of cycles and CBT as if a new idea they invented, but without naming it as CBT.
And found it repeatedly condemned young parents, single parents and struggling parents for the cause of low self esteem.

Would I recommend? I don’t think I would recommend it to someone of my gen, but would recommend for an older person or someone who perhaps has never read this sort of material before.

Very simple, but what can you expect from under 100 pages! X

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I actually thought it was good but it really was an 'introduction' to improving your self esteem. To be fair my self esteem problems are probably pretty severe which requires more in depth treatment than a book but even so... I wanted more from this book... more content, more in depth explanations.. more practical exercises. Though it did make me reflect a little bit at least

[Sofia Chaves · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was okay, I did get a lot of journal prompts from it and some useful tips too