The Myth of Self-esteem : How Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Can Change Your Life Forever Paperback / softback
by Albert Ellis
Paperback / softback
Description
In this illuminatingbook, Ellis provides a lively and insightful explanation of the differences between self-esteem and self-acceptance.
Emphasizing the importance of self-acceptance, he examines this theme in the thinking of great religious teachers, philosophers, and psychologists.
He then provides exercises for training oneself to change self-defeating habits to the healthy, positive approach of self-acceptance.
These include specific thinking techniques as well as emotive and behavioral exercises. He concludes by stressing that unconditional self-acceptance is the basis for establishing healthy relationships with others, along with unconditional other-acceptance and a total philosophy of life anchored in unconditional life-acceptance.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:344 pages
- Publisher:Prometheus Books
- Publication Date:03/10/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9781591023548
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:344 pages
- Publisher:Prometheus Books
- Publication Date:03/10/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9781591023548