Author Description

This is a new guide to understanding and improving self-esteem for individuals, families, groups and helpers. Readers learn essential skills and practice them in a systematic, step-by-step way until each skill is mastered.The volume is a vital resource for educators, mental health professionals, pastoral counselors and paraprofessionals helping individuals cope with stress, abuse, addictions, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, troubled relationships, anger and many other difficulties. Dr. Schiraldi takes the mystery out of techniques that have been used successfully in clinical settings, providing much more clear, detailed guidance than other books. Building Self-Esteem is based on the successful Stress and the Healthy Mind course offered at the University of Maryland.Unique features include: sound principles; clearly explained, skill building exercises that impact all levels: cognition, behavior and feelings; thought provoking reflections, artistic graphics and cartoons to inspire and maintain interest; model for Helping the Person in Distress (helps the reader place self-esteem building in perspective alongside other forms of disease prevention and health promotion); recommended reading list references, and how to keep slips from turning into relapse.