The Self-Esteem Workbook [Paperback]

Glenn R. Schiraldi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 9, 2001 | ISBN-10: 1572242523 | ISBN-13: 978-1572242524 | Edition: 1st

This classic is still the most comprehensive guide on the subject and the only book that offers proven cognitive techniques for talking back to your self-critical voice. 
Learn step-by-step techniques to help you:

• Handle your mistakes and respond well to criticism
• Foster compassion for yourself and others
• Set up and achieve goals that will enrich your life
• Use visualization for self-acceptance

Editorial Reviews

Review

“The Self-Esteem Workbook is both excellent and practical because it is built on a sound scientific base, offers clear recommendations, and comes from and speaks to the heart.” --Steven E. Hobfoll, Ph.D., Professor & Director, Applied Psychology Center, Kent State University

“Chock-full of effective and practical strategies for raising self-esteem…helpful for anyone who wishes to end negative thinking and learn to see their true value.” --Matthew McKay, Ph.D., co-author of best-selling Self-Esteem

“It is impossible to read this book without feeling better about oneself and others. It should be required reading for every living soul.” --Robert L. Bunnell, M.S., PA-C, marketing coordinator, University of Utah Physician Assistant Program; Executive Director, Utah Academy of Physician Assistants

“The book is excellent. We are already using it in our self-esteem presentations! Well done and many thanks…It’s one of the first and finest self-esteem resource guide books that offers in-depth information in a grounded, useful way.” --Jacqueline Miller, Maryland Governor’s Task Force on Self-Esteem

“Leads participants on a purposeful journey [to] a future of better mental health and well-being.” --Sharlene M. Weiss, Ph.D., Founder & Former Director of Psychosocial Oncology, University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center; Associate Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Psychology, University of Miami School of Medicine

From the Author

As a graduate student in the early eighties, I studied under the foremost researcher on self-esteem, sociologist Dr. Morris Rosenberg. In surveying thousands of adolescents, Dr. Rosenberg had identified the antecedents of self-esteem and shown that the lack of self-esteem results in a wide range of difficulties in life. One day after class, I asked him how an adult who lacked self-esteem could enhance it. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know." I reasoned that there must be a way to do so, and determined that I would develop an approach to self-esteem enhancement that everyday people could apply.

Applying the principle of distinguished psychologist Abraham Maslow that building self-esteem requires many and major impacts, I scoured the literature and pooled the best techniques that affect self-esteem at all levels--thoughts, images, feelings, bodily sensations, and behavior. I then tested the approach with adults ranging in age from eighteen to sixty-eight years of age. It was gratifying to find that self-esteem can indeed be improved through a conscientious application of relatively simple and clear principles and skills. And it is heartwarming to hear from people who have been able to develop the secure anchor of self-esteem, even later in life.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 183 pages
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 1st edition (September 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572242523
• ISBN-13: 978-1572242524
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.4 x 11 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #35 in Books > Self-Help > Self-Esteem
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More About the Author

Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D., has served on the stress management faculties at the Pentagon, the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, and the University of Maryland, where he received the Outstanding Teaching Award and other teaching/service awards. His books on stress-related topics have been translated into nine foreign languages, and include: The Sef-Esteem Workbook; Ten Simple Solutions for Building Self-Esteem; The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook; The Complete Guide to Resilience: Why It Matters, How to Build and Maintain It; and The Anger Management Sourcebook. Glenn's writing excellence has been recognized by various scholarly and popular sources, including the Washington Post, American Journal of Health Promotion, the Mind/Body Health Review, and the International Stress and Tension Control Society Newsletter.

Glenn's special passion is presenting skills-based resilience training to high-risk groups, such as the military, police, firefighters, and their families. The goal of such training is to optimize mental fitness and performance, while preventing, and facilitating recovery from, stress-related conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder. His resilience courses at the University of Maryland have been found to improve resilience, optimism, self-esteem, happiness, curiosity, depression, anxiety, and anger. His latest book (The Resilient Warrior Before, During, and After War) helps service members, police, and their families be at their best and respond well to their unique challenges.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

141 of 143 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Increase your psychological self-esteem without seeing a psychologist February 15, 2006

By Kimberly Wagner

Format:Paperback

Everyone talks about the importance of self-esteem, but how exactly do you go about increasing it? The Self-Esteem Workbook is a sequence of 27 short chapters that address various aspects of self-esteem along with exercises that promote awareness and change. Schiraldi argues that unconditional worth, love, and growing are the three factors that help self-esteem to flourish, and each gets its own section. For example, in the unconditional worth section, readers are asked to rate themselves on certain personality characteristics and then to reflect on which attributes they feel best about. The concept of self-esteem that is used throughout is the psychological construct, not the kind of "self-esteem" where everyone on the team gets prizes.

This book is a tremendous resource for therapists and those who want to increase their self-esteem. I have used various chapters with clients and have encouraged some to just buy the whole book. The chapters are short and don't take that long to get through. The writing is clear and appropriate for people who are not necessarily in the mental health field. The approach is a combination of Rogerian and cognitive-behavioral and would be applicable to a broad client base, although many of the exercises are probably too cognitive for children. Some clients may have difficulty with chapter 14, where readers come up with a list of 10 positive statements about themselves, and so it may be a good idea to discuss this particular exercise in therapy. Overall, a great resource.

70 of 70 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars ACoA can benefit from this book March 1, 2006

By Macondo

Format:Paperback

I have dealt with anxiety from time to time in my life. Lately, I decided to go to a therapist who recommended this book. This book has helped me understand that some beliefs from my childhood are distorted such as "boys don't cry,"and it is wrong to get angry, so I am learning how to use techniques in order to replace negative thoughts into more positive ones. I am learning a lot about myself because of this book. More importantly, I am learning to deal with my anxiety effectively. I wished I had applied these techniques in my childhood, but you know the saying, "it is never too late."

72 of 73 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Workbook September 18, 2001

By Deborah Black

Format:Paperback

A wonderful workbook for someone who is in distress. Dr. Schiraldi has the comforting gift of communicating his ideas as if he is in your presence speaking to you. The many different quotes he uses helped me in my introspection, and helped me to clarify my own thoughts and feelings. Through creative exercises The Self Esteem Workbook helped me to learn how to appreciate myself physically, mentally, and emotionally.