TY - BOOK AU - Dryden,Windy TI - Managing low self-esteem SN - 1861563906 U1 - 616.89142 PY - 2003/// CY - London PB - Whurr KW - Self-esteem KW - Self-acceptance KW - Psychotherapy KW - Case studies N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword; Albert Ellis --; Pt. I; Basic Principles and Preparing the Ground --; 1; The Situational ABCDE model of REBT --; 2; Low self-esteem and the REBT view of unconditional self-acceptance --; 3; Running self-acceptance groups: the role of the REBT therapist --; 4; Setting up a self-acceptance group --; Pt. II; The Therapeutic Curriculum in Self-Acceptance Groups --; 5; Session 1: Why self-acceptance and not self-esteem? --; 6; Session 2: Specifying target problems and setting goals --; 7; Session 3: Teaching group members how to assess specific examples of their target problems --; 8; Session 4: Questioning demands, self-depreciation beliefs and their healthy alternatives --; 9; Session 5: Explaining the process of belief change and teaching the rational portfolio method --; 10; Session 6: Teaching the zigzag technique --; 11; Session 7: Three emotive techniques to facilitate change --; 12; Session 8: The conjoint use of cognitive and behavioural techniques --; 13; Session 9: More behavioural-cognitive tasks and shame-attacking exercises --; 14; Session 10: Distorted inferences - how to challenge these products of irrational beliefs --; 15; Session 11: Ending, evaluation and beyond N2 - "Through detailed session reviews, this book shows how unconditional self-acceptance can be taught not only to psychotherapy clients, but to members of the general public."--BOOK JACKET ER -