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Healing your emotional self : a powerful program to help you raise your self-esteem, quiet your inner critic, and overcome your shame /
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| Author |
Engel, Beverly.
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| Call Number |
158.1 ENG |
| Publisher |
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, |
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Subject
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Mental health.
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Self-esteem.
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Self-care, Health.
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Psychology, Pathological.
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| URL |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005021762.html |
| Title Statement |
Healing your emotional self : a powerful program to help you raise your self-esteem, quiet your inner critic, and overcome your shame / Beverly Engel. |
| Description |
x, 259 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents |
Our parents as mirrors -- The seven types of negative parental mirrors -- Your body as a mirror -- How mirror therapy works -- Rejecting your parents' negative reflection -- Emotionally separating from your parents -- Quieting and countering your inner critic -- Looking deeper into the mirror: discovering the real you -- Providing for yourself what you missed as a child -- Learning to love your body -- If you were neglected, rejected, or abandoned: healing the "I am unlovable" and "I am worthless" mirrors -- If you were overprotected or emotionally smothered: healing the "I am nothing without my parent" mirror -- If you were overly controlled or tyrannized: healing the "I am powerless" mirror -- If you had overly critical, shaming or perfectionistic parents: healing the "I am bad," "I am unacceptable," and "I am not good enough" mirrors -- If you had a self-absorbed or narcissistic parent: healing the "I don't matter" mirror -- Continuing to heal. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-253) and index. |
| ISBN |
0471725676 (cloth) |
| LCCN |
2005021762 |
| Hold Requests |
3 |
| Bib No. |
1039252 |