Deborah Plummer

Helping Adolescents and Adults to Build Self-Esteem (eBook, ePUB)

A Photocopiable Resource Book

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Packed with activities and helpful advice, this resource is designed for professionals working to help adolescents and adults break the destructive cycle of low self-esteem.

This fully updated new edition of Deborah M. Plummer's popular resource is filled with practical ideas for building healthy self-esteem. Easy-to-use photocopiable activity sheets encourage participants to use existing skills and develop new techniques to nurture confidence and feelings of self-worth. These are complemented by relaxation and breath control exercises, and expanded theoretical chapters that explains what healthy self-esteem is, why people may have low self-esteem and the consequences that can result from it.

Suitable for work with individuals and groups in a wide range of educational and therapeutic settings, this resource will prove indispensable to teachers, speech and language therapists, professionals working in adult education centres, counsellors at schools and universities, social workers and other individuals working with young people.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, D ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857007940
• Artikelnr.: 41208532

Autorenporträt

Deborah M. Plummer has over 30 years' experience of facilitating groups and working individually with both children and adults. Formerly a clinical lead therapist working within the NHS, she also has extensive experience as a senior lecturer in aspects of health psychology and counselling. She ran workshops and short courses on the uses of imagery, games and story-telling in the promotion of well-being. Deborah is now retired.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I
Theoretical and Practical Background. 1. Self
esteem and Wellbeing 2. Self
esteem, Learning and the Process of Change. 3. Working with Imagery and Imagination. 4. Learning and Generalising Knowledge and Skills 5. Working with Groups. Part II
Activities and Guidelines Introduction. 1. Getting Started. 2. What is Self
esteem? 3. Who am I? 4.Self
awareness. 5. The Challenge of Change. 6. Self
acceptance. 7. Self and Others. 8. Self
reliance and Managing Stress. 9. Self
expression. 10. Creative Problem
solving. 11. Setting and Achieving Goals. 12.Keeping it All Going, References. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C.