This systematic programme supports women from all walks of life every step of the way with advice on maintaining self-esteem, including participatory exercises and inspiring examples that confirm feelings of increased self-respect and achievement as the programme progresses. The author's approach to conquering feelings of inadequacy and self-defeating behaviour includes such effective steps as: practising six key ways of nurturing oneself, re-organizing and appreciating one's good points, silencing the inner critic - and heeding the inner child, breaking the self-imposed failure cycle, learning to communicate and be heard, and overcoming external obstacles that limit one's progress.

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.