Self-Esteem . . - Third Edition - book review

Adolescence,  Winter, 2002  

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McKAY, Matthew, & FANNING, Patrick. Self-Esteem (Third Edition). Oakland: New Harbinger Publications, 2000. 320pp. $15.95 (p).

The authors present proven cognitive techniques for assessing, building, and maintaining your self-esteem by taking back the self-critical voice inside you. This third edition benefits from a new chapter on setting and achieving those goals that will enrich your life and nourish your belief in yourself. Chapters include: the nature of self-esteem the pathological critic; disarming the critic; accurate self-assessment; cognitive distortions; compassion; the shoulds; handling mistakes; responding to criticism; asking for what you want; goal setting and planning; visualization; hypnosis for self-acceptance; I'm still not OK; core beliefs; and building self-esteem in children.

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