Self-Esteem: Paradoxes and Innovations in Clinical Theory and Practice

By Scott R. Peterson, Richard L. Bednar, M. Gawain Wells

Book Overview

Richard Bednar and Scott Peterson focus on showing how recognizing and eliminating avoidant behaviors and learning to confront fears realistically can lead to higher self-esteem. In the course of their research, the authors found that low self-esteem is a common element in different types of disordered behavior and present coping skills and a therapeutic approach to improve self-esteem.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557982902
• ISBN13: 9781557982902
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: APA Books
• Length: 433 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

One of the best books on psychotherapy available

Richard Bednar and Scott Peterson created a readable book with therapeutic illustrations that see beyond the content-laden focus of general psychotherapy and get to the nitty-gritty reality of process and image-management. Bednar and Peterson are intellectually gifted and adept at theoeritcal analysis. Their focus is on the manner in which people manage their image of self through avoidance and demonstrate the fundamentally flawed nature of this attitude toward life. Through case illustrations, they effectively demonstrate a positive manner of dealing with such problems through process-oriented therapy. Their therapy promotes autonomy and is agentic in nature: a definite plus for those clinical psychologists who focus not on education but on facilitation. This book is a definite "must have."