The Myth of Self-Esteem: How Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Can Change Your Life Forever

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-330) and index.

Introduction: is self-esteem a sickness? -- Nathaniel Branden and self-esteem -- Carl Rogers and unconditional positive regard -- Albert Ellis and unconditional self-acceptance -- Psychotherapy and the value of a human -- REBT diminishes much of the human ego -- Some definitions of conditional self-esteem (CSE) and unconditional self-acceptance (USA) -- The advantages and disadvantages of self-esteem (SE) or conditional self-acceptance (CSA) -- The proverbs of Solomon and self-esteem -- Lao tsu and the philosophy of humility, moderation, and unconditional acceptance -- Jesus of Nazareth and self-esteem -- Spinoza and Nietsche and self-esteem -- Soren Kierkegaard and self-esteem -- Martin Buber and self- and other-acceptance -- Martin Heidigger and self-esteem.

Jean-Paul Sartre and self-esteem -- Paul Tillich and unconditional self-acceptance (USA) and unconditional other-acceptance (UOA) -- Self-esteem and the practice of Tibetan buddhism by his holiness, the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler and by H. Gunaratana Manhathera -- D.T. Suzuki's zen buddhism and the philosophy of acceptance -- Windy Dryden, Michael Neenan, and Paul Hauck on unconditional acceptance -- Self-esteem and self-acceptance in the writings of Aaron Beck, David Burns, and William Glasser -- Stephen Hayes and other cognitive behavior therapists who endorse acceptance and commitment therapy -- Existential anxiety and how to defeat it with the -- Courage to be -- Taking the road less travelled to unconditional self-acceptance (USA) -- Specific thinking, plotting, planning, and scheming techniques of achieving unconditional self-acceptance (USA) -- Emotive-evocative and experiential exercises for achieving unconditional self-acceptance (USA) -- Behavioral exercises for achieving unconditional self-acceptance (USA) -- Summary and conclusion -- Appendix no. 1: the role of irrational beliefs in -- Perfectionism -- Appendix no. 2: showing people that they are not worthless individuals -- Appendix no. 3: comments on David Mills' "overcoming self-esteem" -- Appendix no. 4: intellectual fascism -- Selected references -- Index -- About the author -- .