An easy-to-read, practical self-help book for adolescents. It is a simple guide helping youth learn to become their own best friend, override negative self-talk, and have a belief system that encourages personal responsibility. Great for parents, teachers, and counselors. Topics include: easy ways to identify thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of low self-esteem, 8 principles of self-esteem, 40 affirmations, teen self-esteem awareness indicator, dating tips, and journal questions for peer pressure.
“This book taught me what I did not know about myself. I learned that I’m going to be okay no matter what, that on one can take away what you have inside of you. I also learned there are different parts of me inside that have different feelings. I recommend this book to other teenagers because it explains things we were never taught. It takes over where everyone else leaves off.”
Christine Snitzer, age 18
Simple, clear self-esteem book that doesn’t talk down Nearly every teenager could stand to learn more about self-esteem–how it affects their lives and how they can affect it. In “Empowering Teens to Build Self-Esteem,” Suzanne E. Harrill (a licensed therapist and counselor as well as teacher and writer) gets her message across in simple, easy terms that aren’t condescending and don’t talk down to her audience.The book addresses the basics of self-esteem such as how to recognize low self-esteem, why people have self-esteem problems,…
deep subject, but easy and clear Teenagers should really be introduced to the basic concepts of this book. The tools and knowledge will truly fortify them with inner power that they can really use for the rest of their lives. Adults who read this will wish they had this book when they were teenagers.Written by an experienced educator, therapist, counselor who has worked with kids for a good deal of time, this book, with teenage readers in mind, is written with depth and at the same time with much practicality and…