Various Therapies used to build Self-Esteem

There are five basic approaches therapist use to help build self-esteem in patients. The most effective approach is a combination of these five styles. The five varying approaches used are:

COGNITIVE APPROACH-This approach places the emphasis on developing positive mental attitudes, helping students to think about their feelings, and adopt healthier ways of interpreting or relating to the events that occur in their lives.

BEHAVIORAL APPROACH-This approach endeavors to develop specific functional behaviors in students so that they can display behaviors that command greater respect from others and self-esteem in themselves. Such behaviors may relate to voice control, posture, eye contact, or expression of feelings.

EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH-This approach is perhaps the most common among the programs published. It provides positive experiences for students to build up feelings of self-respect and self-esteem. Most of the activities rely on external sources of feedback and reinforcement.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT APPROACH-There are a number of programs that aim to build self-esteem by improving the functional communication skills, decision making skills, or social skills of students. They base their programs on the concept that unless students actually function at a higher level, they are unable to sustain positive feelings about themselves.

ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH-This approach is a more holistic approach that structures the environment and the activities students engage in to develop particular attitudes and skills that lead to self-esteem. It tends to address such aspects as discipline, social activities, goal setting, responsibility, and how adults interact with students.

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More ways to build Self Esteem

Make a habit to be on time for functions.

Show respect for others. The return respect will help build self-esteem.

Do not cheat, steal, or deceive, or lie to others.

Maintain proper grooming at all times.

Turn your negative thoughts to 10 positive thoughts.

Keep a clean conscience.

Take responsibility for your actions and choices.

Appreciate the good things in your life daily.

Share your knowledge about things in your life with others who wish to know.

Do what you enjoy.

Keep your word.

All of these tips change the way you will feel about yourself and how others perceive you. You can build self-esteem from within, but how others react to you also plays a role in ones self-esteem. Showing positivity brings positivity, which is a great way to build self-esteem.


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Signs you may have Low Self Esteem

You think about yourself a lot and are constantly analyzing why you are the way you are.

Your stress over adversity.

You may be alienated from parents, caregivers, and/or authority figures due to your choice or theirs.

Smiles don’t come easy for you.

You have more negative thoughts and a hopeless view of yourself and/or others around you.

You are excessively tired and it takes a lot to get you motivated to do even simple task.

You have a hard time meeting your goals.

You isolate yourself from others.

Avoid situations that are new to you or where you have to meet new people.

You have a hard time making and keeping friends.

You avoid eye contact.

You avoid intimacy and affection.

Can be needy and clingy.

Fake intimacy and affection when needy.

You do not take risks.

Create your own negativity.

Can be anti social and even violent.

Self negative talk.

Habit of lying.

Failure to keep your word.

Have a hard time forgiving yourself and others.

Lack empathy, compassion, and remorse.


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The role Self Esteem plays in Addiction

Many people who have either abused drugs or have become an addict have battled at one time or another a low self esteem. But what exactly is self esteem. Some think that self-esteem merely means feeling good or having positive thoughts about oneself. Yes, that is part of it, but not all of it.

Self Esteem is the experience of being capable of meeting life’s challenges and being worthy of happiness.

The worthiness component of self-esteem is tied to whether or not a person lives up to certain basic human values, such as finding meanings that foster human growth and making commitments to them in a way that leads to a sense of integrity and satisfaction. The competence is having the conviction that one is generally capable of producing desired results, and making appropriate choices and decisions.

A close relationship has been documented between low self-esteem and such problems as violence, alcoholism, drug abuse, eating disorders, school dropouts, teenage pregnancy, suicide, and low academic achievement. When a person with a low or defensive self-esteem lacks the confidence in themselves, they can often turn to drugs or alcohol to get an artificial sense of confidence. They may even frequently blame others for their shortcomings and even abuse or addiction to drugs or alcohol rather than take responsibility for their actions. This is why educating and building self-esteem is a critical component of any program aimed at self-improvement or any rehabilitation program.


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