Deborah M. Plummer has over 30 years' experience of facilitating groups and working individually with both children and adults. Formerly a clinical lead therapist working within the NHS, she also has extensive experience as a senior lecturer in aspects of health psychology and counselling. She ran workshops and short courses on the uses of imagery, games and story-telling in the promotion of well-being. Deborah is now retired.

Second ed:'Understanding self-esteem and helping people to build self-esteem is such a key issue that it is great to have a book which focuses on this and offers practical exercises and theory. I found this book to be very accessible and can imagine it becoming one of my favourites.'

• Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I - Theoretical and Practical Background. 1. Self-esteem and Wellbeing 2. Self-esteem, Learning and the Process of Change. 3. Working with Imagery and Imagination. 4. Learning and Generalising Knowledge and Skills 5. Working with Groups. Part II - Activities and Guidelines Introduction. 1. Getting Started. 2. What is Self-esteem? 3. Who am I? 4.Self-awareness. 5. The Challenge of Change. 6. Self-acceptance. 7. Self and Others. 8. Self-reliance and Managing Stress. 9. Self-expression. 10. Creative Problem-solving. 11. Setting and Achieving Goals. 12.Keeping it All Going, References. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C.

Deborah M. Plummer has over 30 years' experience of facilitating groups and working individually with both children and adults. Formerly a clinical lead therapist working within the NHS, she also has extensive experience as a senior lecturer in aspects of health psychology and counselling. She ran workshops and short courses on the uses of imagery, games and story-telling in the promotion of well-being. Deborah is now retired.

Second ed:'Understanding self-esteem and helping people to build self-esteem is such a key issue that it is great to have a book which focuses on this and offers practical exercises and theory. I found this book to be very accessible and can imagine it becoming one of my favourites.'

• Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I - Theoretical and Practical Background. 1. Self-esteem and Wellbeing 2. Self-esteem, Learning and the Process of Change. 3. Working with Imagery and Imagination. 4. Learning and Generalising Knowledge and Skills 5. Working with Groups. Part II - Activities and Guidelines Introduction. 1. Getting Started. 2. What is Self-esteem? 3. Who am I? 4.Self-awareness. 5. The Challenge of Change. 6. Self-acceptance. 7. Self and Others. 8. Self-reliance and Managing Stress. 9. Self-expression. 10. Creative Problem-solving. 11. Setting and Achieving Goals. 12.Keeping it All Going, References. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C.

Deborah M. Plummer has over 30 years' experience of facilitating groups and working individually with both children and adults. Formerly a clinical lead therapist working within the NHS, she also has extensive experience as a senior lecturer in aspects of health psychology and counselling. She ran workshops and short courses on the uses of imagery, games and story-telling in the promotion of well-being. Deborah is now retired.

Second ed:'Understanding self-esteem and helping people to build self-esteem is such a key issue that it is great to have a book which focuses on this and offers practical exercises and theory. I found this book to be very accessible and can imagine it becoming one of my favourites.'

• Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I - Theoretical and Practical Background. 1. Self-esteem and Wellbeing 2. Self-esteem, Learning and the Process of Change. 3. Working with Imagery and Imagination. 4. Learning and Generalising Knowledge and Skills 5. Working with Groups. Part II - Activities and Guidelines Introduction. 1. Getting Started. 2. What is Self-esteem? 3. Who am I? 4.Self-awareness. 5. The Challenge of Change. 6. Self-acceptance. 7. Self and Others. 8. Self-reliance and Managing Stress. 9. Self-expression. 10. Creative Problem-solving. 11. Setting and Achieving Goals. 12.Keeping it All Going, References. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C.