If you're like most women, there's at least one part of your body that you wish you could change or "improve." It might be your weight, your thighs, or your nose -- but no matter what it is, it keeps you from feeling good about yourself. In Love Your Looks, Carolyn Hillman shows you how to get beyond societal or self-imposed standards and learn to accept -- and appreciate -- your own special attractiveness. Full of affirming, hands-on exercises, this compassionate guide -- reveals how your upbringing affects the way you view your appearance, then shows you how to revise that perspective -- teaches you how to regard your weight in a healthy and nurturing way, rather than in one that makes you feel unattractive and insecure -- shows you how to improve your sex life with techniques that foster body love -- tells you how to celebrate the uniqueness of your own beauty, instead of obsessing about how you're "supposed" to lookMost important, Love Your Looks will teach you how to develop positive feelings of acceptance and approval of your appearance, so you can feel good about your body and yourself.

Author Biography

Carolynn Hillman is a Board-Certified Diplomate in clinical social work. She received her BA from Barnard College, her MSW from Hunter College, and her psychoanalytic training at the National Institute of the Psychotherapies. She is also an AASECT (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists) certified sex therapist. For the past twenty-four years she has been helping women and men fulfill their potential and raise their self-esteem. She lives in Teaneck, New Jersey, with her husband and two daughters and maintains a private practice in New York City of individual, couple, and group therapy.