Recovery Of Your Self-Esteem

Carolynn Hillman is a Board-Certified Diplomate in clinical social work. She received her BA from Barnard College, her MSW from Hunter College, and her psychoanalytic training at the National Institute of the Psychotherapies. She is also an AASECT (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists) certified sex therapist. For the past twenty-four years she has been helping women and men fulfill their potential and raise their self-esteem. She lives in Teaneck, New Jersey, with her husband and two daughters and maintains a private practice in New York City of individual, couple, and group therapy.

• ContentsIntroductionPART I: THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-NURTURING1 Being There for Yourself2 CARESS: Six Key Ways to Nurture Yourself3 Why We Are the Way We ArePART II: TEN STEPS TO LIKING THE PERSON YOU ARE4 Step One: Recognizing Your Good Points and Believing in Yourself5 Step Two: Looking at How You Berate Yourself6 Step Three: Recognizing the Real You7 Step Four: Finding Out Who Taught You to Feel Bad about Yourself8 Step Five: Letting Go and Liking Yourself9 Step Six: You Be You and I'll Be Me10 Step Seven: Learning What You Need to Feel Nurtured and Step Eight: Opening Your Heart to Your Inner-Child11 Step Nine: How to Listen with Your Heart and Talk so You'll Be Heard: Learning Empathic Communication12 Step Ten: Giving Yourself the Nurturance You NeedPART III: NURTURING YOURSELF IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS13 Nurturing Yourself When Anxious14 Nurturing Yourself When Depressed15 Nurturing Yourself While Raising Children16 Nurturing Yourself While Making Love17 Nurturing Yourself at WorkA Final WordSuggested ReadingsNotesIndex