| Title | : | The Self-Esteem Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Build Confidence and Achieve Your Goals |
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| ISBN | : | 1608825825 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781608825820 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 |
| Publication | : | First published June 1, 2013 |
As a teen, it is incredibly important to have self-confidence, especially when you consider societal pressures about appearance and grades. Just growing up is difficult in and of itself, and in the midst of all this life-related stress, you may not be seeing yourself clearly. In fact, you may be magnifying your weaknesses and minimizing—or even ignoring—your true assets. Psychologists believe that low self-esteem is at the root of many emotional problems. When you have healthy self-esteem, you feel good about yourself and see yourself as deserving of the respect of others. When you have low self-esteem, you put little value on your opinions and ideas, and may find yourself fading into the background of life. Without some measure of self-worth, you cannot accomplish your goals. In The Self-Esteem Workbook for Teens , you will learn to develop a healthy, realistic view of yourself that includes honest assessments of your weaknesses and strengths, and you will learn to respect yourself, faults and all. You will also learn the difference between self-esteem and being self-centered, self-absorbed, or selfish. Finally, this book will show you how to distinguish the outer appearance of confidence from the quiet, steady, inner acceptance and humility of true self-esteem. The book also includes practical exercises to help you deal with setbacks and self-doubt, skills for dealing with criticism, and activities that will aid in the development of self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-worth. With the right amount of self-confidence, you will have the emotional resources you need to reach your goals.
The Self-Esteem Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Build Confidence and Achieve Your Goals Reviews
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Note: I won a copy of this book through First Reads Giveaways.
As a therapist working with adolescents and young adults, I have read many books related to self-esteem. I have also read and used other titles in the "Instant Self Help Book for Teens" series in my work and they have consistently been accessible to a teen audience and easy to incorporate in treatment. In keeping with others in the series, The Self-Esteem Workbook for Teens did not disappoint. I appreciated the well-rounded approach to developing/maintaining self-esteem, including a brief section on biological influences on mental health, family history, social/cultural pressures and messages, as well as the value of authenticity, assertiveness and accountability. As with other books in the series, The Self-Esteem Workbook includes checklists and illustrations that I think would be relatable and easy to use with teens. Recommended. -
It is so very important for your teen to have a good self-esteem. In my opinion this workbook would be the perfect tool to help your teen build their confidence and self-esteem, provided that it is done along with some type of therapy. The workbook will engage and challenge your teen as well as help with self analysis. It also provides scenarios and real life situations to help them develop a lifelong healthy self-esteem.
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This is not my favorite installment of the Instant Help Book series. I had hoped to use it to supplement a small group I designed for middle school students working on confidence. Unfortunately, I was not able to use any of the tools from this book. I was disappointed by this because I have used a lot of this author's resources from her Instant Help Book on teen anxiety with my students.
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I never finished the workbook, I know I should've given it a chance but the activities frustrated me, why did I have to draw my family tree?, And write my childhood? I didn't have time and found it annoying. Would not recommend
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The best thing about this book is that it is easy to work with and really engages teens in the activities.
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Practical, accessible and useful workbook to work on your own self esteem, wether you are a teen or not. I recommend it!
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I won this book in the First Reads giveaway. I was happy to have won this book and it arrived at a very timely moment. My elementary school aged sister was being bullied at school and was crying when the book arrived. She sat with the book and we talked about her not letting bullies get the better of her and to keep being the brave, beautiful and smart girl that she is. This book was great about teaching kids to respect themselves and others.
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The book is very well done.
I gave it only three stars because I didn't like the reference to some kind of divinity. I appreciated the fact that it was not named, to include most religious point of view, but it seems to exclude all the kids that don't believe in any superior power. And I also think that this specific part was not necessary to the book, it could have ended without these last 4 pages. -
This was very interesting we did this with my step son and found out several things about him. It opened his eyes to understanding not sharing information with others.
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Not as good as the others in this collection
