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Self Esteem Counseling
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Published by
Michael S. Logan
Self Esteem Counseling
Almost every counseling situation I have been involved in has had an element of self esteem
counseling in it.
What I mean by that is that clients are struggling with a concern that they do not have the tools to...
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Self Esteem Counseling
Almost every counseling situation I have been involved in has had an element of self esteem
counseling in it.
What I mean by that is that clients are struggling with a concern that they do not have the tools to
handle a particular external sitution, and for those folks, self esteem counseling begins with
teaching them first where their reality exists, which is inside their heads, in the interpretations
and feelings generated after sensory perceptions.
For those already aware of their feelings and cognitions, I begin to teach a model which allows
them to challenge their thoughts.
I usually start by asking them to imagine the best possible outcome, and stating their feelings as
they imagine that outcome.
And then I tell them to change that thought to the worst possible outcome, and again state their
feelings, and clients usually begin to get a glimmer that thoughts bring feelings, and those
thoughts exist inside themselves only, since they are in my office and
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thoughts,
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