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Overcoming Low Self-esteem: Self-help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques (Self-help) by: Melanie Fennell List Price: £9.99 Healthy Living Books Price: £6.44 You Save: £3.55 (36%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 158 EAN: 9781854877253 ISBN: 1854877259 Label: Robinson Publishing Manufacturer: Robinson Publishing Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: August 26, 1999 Publisher: Robinson Publishing Studio: Robinson Publishing Sales Rank: 445 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy treats emotional disorders by changing negative patterns of thought. It is now internationally established as a key method of helping overcome longstanding conditions such as panic attacks, depression, anxiety, gambling addictions and some eating disorders. The first thing that is attractive about this book is the total lack of "technicalese"; this, coupled with its logical construction makes it not only interesting but also easily accessible to the lay reader. To begin with, a guest author explains the history, meaning and relevance of cognitive therapy. This is followed by Melanie Fennell focusing on "Low Self Esteem" as an introduction to the main body of the book. The reader is then asked to participate in a self-assessment exercise. Having proven to have low self esteem, the reader is shown not only the impact self-esteem can have on their lives, but also many of the resultant issues--physical, emotional and social. "Having cleared the ground", the author proceeds to explain the importance of and means to identifying triggers to bouts of low self-esteem. This can be as a long-established predilection or as the result of learned behaviour. Once this is achieved, Fennell goes on to advise ploys to overcome these triggers. There follows a reinforcement to overcoming the triggers by the use of a Daily Action Diary (DAD), where the reader plans their daily routine. Once these "tasks" have been accomplished, they can be ticked off, proving not only self worth by achievement but also acting as a self-distracter. The book concludes by offering suggestions for "Putting Life Together" and "Planning for the Future". This is done by the use of simple graticules as an easy way of spotting self- critical thoughts and a "Precaution Record Sheet" This is a very useful book that achieves its stated aims of explaining the nature of low self esteem and self- destructive thinking, providing a complete self-help programme and monitoring sheets and basing its advice on clinically proven techniques of cognitive therapy. -- Peter Kidd, trained Community Psychiatric Nurse Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Really helpful bookI have really enjoyed reading this book. Having suffered with several anxiety disorders over the years I decided to look at the cause rather than the symptoms. I have read many self help books but this is the only one that has had a significant effect. I think maybe some readers have missed the point of the book, it is really about accepting yourself, flaws and all, but also trying to focus on the positive rather than negative, obviously this isn't an easy task but this book sets you on the right ... Read More: Rating:  - Confused and badly structuredWhile I found I could identify with much of the symptoms and causes of symptoms in this book I found it badly written and unstructured to the extent of being almost unreadable in parts. Also, the self-help program was based on the assumptions that situations that are affected by your low self esteem have TANGIBLE and OBSERVABLE outcomes which is not generally appropriate to myself. I don't mean to knock this book outright - I found it useful in helping identify certain causes of my social-anxiety and ... Read More: Rating:  - A waste of time...I bought this book because I have always had low self esteem about my appearance, ever since days of name calling, ridicule, teasing in my school days about how I looked. This book is as much use as an inflatable dart board if you suffer low self esteem because you are self conscious and feel negative about parts of yourself. It gives an example of 'Karen', the girl who is overweight and her self esteem is ruined when she weighs herself and sees she has put on weight. Her ... Read More: Rating: - Definitely the first step in tackling low self-esteem I was given this book by my Clinical Psychologist at the beginning of my therapy for depression, anxiety and low self-esteem. Nearly every page that I read shows me where I have been going wrong with my thought process. The book explains clearly why you have been thinking the way you have and how to reassess those negative thoughts. And she manages to do all this while making complete sense. This book has been as important in my therapy as the sessions have been with the Clinical Psychologist. ... Read More: Rating: - Very helpfulI found this book to be very helpful as it deals with the cause of low self esteem as well as the elements that keep it going. Obviously it will take time but knowing is half the battle and I would recommend it to anyone suffering with low self esteem or anyone interested in learning more about this issue. |
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