Recovery of Your Self-Esteem: A Guide for Women - Paperback

by Carolynn Hillman (Author), Hillman (Author)

With warmth and encouragement, along with her original ten-step process, Carolynn Hillman puts self-esteem and the accomplishments and real satisfaction it engenders within the reach of every woman. Her straightforward approach to conquering feelings of inadequacy and self-defeating behavior include: * Practicing six key ways of nurturing yourself * Recognizing and appreciating your good points * Silencing the inner-critic -- and heeding the inner-child * Breaking the self-imposed failure cycle * Overcoming external obstacles that limit your progress Recovery of Your Self-Esteem supports readers with participatory exercises and inspiring examples that confirm feelings of increased self-respect and achievement. It offers invaluable advice and understanding that will pave the way toward feeling better more of the time.

Author Biography

Carolynn Hillman is a Board-Certified Diplomate in clinical social work. She received her B.A. from Barnard College, her M.S.W. 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.