TEN DAYS TO SELF-ESTEEM --- IN 10 EXCITING STEPS YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO DEFEAT DEPRESSION, DEVELOP SELF-ESTEEM, AND DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF JOY IN DAILY LIVING by David D. Burns. Quill/HarperCollins, 1993, Introduction 1999
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (p3-4)

    NEW INTRODUCTION FOR 1999 RELEASE OF BOOK (p7-13)

    ABBREVIATIONS OFTEN USED IN THIS MANUAL (14)

    THE TEN STEPS TO SELF-ESTEEM (p15-272)

      1) STEP 1 --- The price of happiness is your willingness to help your "SELF" instead of continuing to be a passive victim of unrealistic perfectionistic expectations and/or self-imposed negative attitudes. (p17-36)

        THREE GOALS FOR STEP ONE:

      [Goal 1] You will learn how to measure your moods as well as your satisfaction in your relationships with others using THREE self-assessment tests on a weekly basis.

      [Goal 2] You will identify your personal GOALS for this book-guided ("biblio-therapy") experiment. You must answer the following questions:

        (1) What do you hope to learn and accomplish as you read this book?

      IF you had a magic wand with which to solve all your problems,

        (2) How would things change in your life?

        (3) Would you like to be happier and more optimistic?

        (4) Would you like to enjoy greater self-confidence and a positive self-image?

        (5) What's on your "wish list" of positive changes in your life?

      [Goal 3] You will learn about the true price of happiness, which is your WILLINGNESS to help your "SELF" overcome learned helplessness and negative attitudes about your self-esteem or worth as a person.

        You must DECIDE whether you are willing to pay the price of happiness!

    2) STEP 2 --- You FEEL the way you THINK (p37-62)

    3) STEP 3 --- You can CHANGE the way you FEEL (p63-91)

    4) STEP 4 --- How to break out of a bad mood (p92-121)

    5) STEP 5 --- The acceptance paradox (p122-140)

    6) STEP 6 --- Getting down to root causes (p141-162)

    7) STEP 7 --- Self-Esteem ---- What is it? How do I get it? (p163-194)

    8) STEP 8 --- The perfectionist's script for self-defeat (p195-214)

    9) STEP 9 --- A prescription for procrastinators (p215-239)

    10) STEP 10 --- Practice, practice, practice 240-272)

APPENDIX OF SELF-HELP FORMS AND CHARTS (273-316)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES (p317-318)

TRAINING FOR GROUP LEADERS (p319)

INDEX (p321-327)

ABOUT DAVID D. BURNS, MD (p329)

ORDER FORM FOR THE TWO BOOKS --- Ten Days to Self-Esteem and The Leader's Manual (p231)

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