Self-Esteem
by Matthew McKay and Patrick Fanning
The standard CBT self-help text on self-esteem: the pathological critic, disarming it, accurate self-assessment, cognitive distortions, compassion, shoulds, handling mistakes and criticism, and asking for what you want. It is comprehensive, structured and effective when worked through.
Read it if…
you want a thorough, clinical program for rebuilding self-worth.
Skip it if…
you want inspiration; it is a workbook.
Three things you will actually use
- The inner critic is learned and can be disarmed.
- Accurate self-assessment replaces both inflation and attack.
- Compassion is a skill with steps.
Do this first
Write down the critic's exact words for a day, then answer each statement with evidence.
Our verdict
Thorough and clinical.
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