Self-Esteem Problems of Children
Psychodynamics and Psychotherapy

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CHAPTERS HEADINGS:

1. SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES: p.1
   • THE MUTUAL STORYTELLING TECHNIQUE: p.1
   • SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES FOR ELICITING SELF-CREATED STORIES: p.8
   • FUNDAMENTALS OF STORY ANALYSIS: p.12
   • DRAMATIZED STORYTELLING: p.17
   • MUTUAL STORYTELLING DERIVATIVE GAMES: p.20
   • THE STORYTELLING CARD GAME: p.25
   • TECHNIQUES OF PLAY: p.27
   • INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS: p.35
   • THE TALKING, FEELING, AND DOING GAME: p.41
   • TECHNICAL AND THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS: p.42
   • PARENTAL PARTICIPATION IN THE CHILD'S TREATMENT: p.51
   • THE ISSUE OF CONFIDENTIALITY AS IT RELATES TO THE PARENTS' PARTICIPATION IN THE CHILD'S TREATMENT: p.51
   • REASONS FOR PARENTAL AMBIVALENCE REGARDING A CHILD'S TREATMENT: p.60
   • WAYS IN WHICH PARENTS (USUALLY THE MOTHER) CAN BE USEFUL IN A CHILD'S THERAPY: p.63
   • SITUATIONS IN WHICH THE PARENTAL PRESENCE IS CONTRAINDICATED: p.68
   • CLINICAL EXAMPLES: p.74
2. REFLECTED APPRAISALS, A CORE SELF-ESTEEM ISSUE: p.99
• REFLECTED APPRAISALS: p.99
• EXCESSIVE DEPENDENCY ON THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS: p.103
• CLINICAL EXAMPLE: p.105
3. THE FEELING OF BEING NEEDED: p.111
4. PARENTAL PRIDE IN THE CHILD, HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY: p.115
5. PLEASURE-PAIN, GUILT, AND SHAME AS THEY RELATE TO SELF-ESTEEM: p.123
• THE FIVE STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSCIENCE: p.123
• FEELINGS OF LOW SELF-WORTH ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLEASURE-PAIN STAGE: p.125
• FEELINGS OF LOW SELF-ESTEEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHAME STAGE: p.126
• FEELINGS OF LOW SELF-ESTEEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE GUILT STAGE: p.127
• EFFECTS OF CONSCIENCE ABNORMALITIES ONCLASSROOM LEARNING: p.129
6. SATISFACTION WITH ONE'S BODY: p.135
• BODY CONFIGURATION AND ATTITUDE: p.135
• BODY SATISFACTION AND ACADEMIC PROBLEMS: p.137
• BODY SATISFACTION AND PSYCHOTHERAPY: p.137
7. SATISFACTION WITH ONE'S ETHNICITY AND HERITAGE: p.139
• GENERAL THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS: p.139
• CLINICAL EXAMPLE
8. COMPETENCE: p.153
• THE CRUCIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMPETENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM: p.153
• PURSUIT AND THE WORK ETHIC AS THEY RELATE TO COMPETENCE: p.156
• PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO COMPETENCE ISSUES: p.159
• COMPETENCE AND EXTERNAL REINFORCEMENTS: p.176
• PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO EXTERNAL REINFORCEMENT ISSUES: p.183
9. COMPETITION: p.189
• HEALTHY VS. UNHEALTHY COMPETITION: p.189
• THE FUTILITY OF TRYING TO DISPENSE WITH COMPETITION ENTIRELY: p.190
• PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS: p.195
• Clinical Example: p.198
10. SIBLING RIVALRY: p.209
• SIBLING RIVALRY AND THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS: p.210
• PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACHES: p.211
• Clinical Examples: p.213
11. PERFECTIONISM: p.243
• PARENTAL FACTORS IN CHILDREN'S PERFECTIONISM: p.243
• Psychotherapeutic Approaches
• PERFECTIONISM IN THE CHILD: p.246
• Psychotherapeutic Approaches: p.249
12. DENIAL AND RATIONALIZATION OF DEFICIENCIES: p.259
• COMMON DENIAL AND RATIONALIZATION MECHANISMS OF CHILDHOOD: p.260
• COMMON DENIAL AND RATIONALIZATION MECHANISMS OF ADOLESCENCE: p.263
13. TRUE PRIDE VS. FALSE PRIDE: p.267
• TRUE AND FALSE PRIDE IN CHILDHOOD: p.267
• The Class Clown: p.268
• The Briber: p.269
• The Cheater: p.270
• The Bully: p.271
• TRUE AND FALSE PRIDE IN ADOLESCENCE: p.272
• Adolescent Omniscience: p.272
• Delusions of Invulnerability: p.273
• The Beautiful People and Exhibitionism: p.273
• Materialism and Conspicuous Consumption: p.275
• Sexual Prowess: p.276
• Denial of Mortality:p.277
• FALSE PRIDE IN ONE'S HERITAGE: p.278
• PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACHES: p.281
14. ROMANTIC LOVE: p.291
• COMMON CONCEPTS OF ROMANTIC LOVE: p.291
• THE PSYCHODYNAMICS OF ROMANTIC LOVE: p.294
• PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACHES: p.303
15. SEXUAL THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND ACTIONS: p.307
• INTRODUCTION: p.370
• PATIENTS' SEXUALITY AND THE THERAPIST'S VALUES: p.308
• DATING AND SELF-ESTEEM: p.313
• Helping Boys Make Their Initial Dating Overtures: p.314
• Helping Girls Who feel Unattractive: p.320
• Group Therapy: p.322
• Dating, Depression, and Self-Esteem: p.324
• Dating, Shoplifting, and Self-Esteem: p.324
• SEXUAL GUILT AND SELF-ESTEEM: p.326
• GUILT OVER MASTURBATION AND SELF-ESTEEM: p.333
• PROMISCUITY AND LOW SELF-ESTEEM: p.338
• ADULT-CHILD SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS AND LOW SELF-ESTEEM: p.350
• CLINICAL EXAMPLE
16. IMPOTENCE, SELF-ASSERTION, AND POWER: p.375
• IMPOTENCE: p.375
• IMPOTENCE AND ENVY: p.379
• SELF-ASSERTION: p.383
• The Talking, Feeling, and Doing Game: p.387
• POWER: p.389
• Clinical Example: p.395
17. ANGER INHIBITION: p.425
18. PARENTAL OVERPROTECTION AND OVERVALUATION: p.429
19. VALUES AND ETHICS: p.447
• THE THERAPIST'S EDUCATIONAL VALUES: p.449
• Clinical Example: p.450
• THE WORK ETHIC: p.451
• Clinical Examples: p.451
• PUNCTUALITY AND RELIABILITY: p.467
• HONESTY: p.470
• Clinical Example: p.471
• PHILANTHROPY AND THE GOLDEN RULE: p.472
• Clinical Examples: p.473
• MACHISMO: p.494
• Clinical Example: p.497
• "SMART GIRLS" AND THE "CLASS BRAIN": p.500
• HAPPINESS AS A VALUE: p.502
• HEALTHY PLEASURE: p.505
• Psychotherapeutic Approaches
20. SELF-ESTEEM PROBLEMS IN NBLD CHILDREN: p.509
• CAUSES OF SELF-ESTEEM PROBLEMS IN NBLD CHILDREN: p.509
• Parental Contributions: p.509
• Relationships with Siblings: p.511
• Relationships with Peers: p.512
• Attitudes Toward Their Own Bodies: p.514
• Competence: p.514
• Competition: p.516
• Impotence and Self-Assertion: p.517
• Dependency Problems: p.518
• Attitudes Toward the Deficiencies: p.518
• Pathological Adaptations to the Neurological Deficits: p.520
• PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACHES: p.521
• Basic Therapeutic Considerations: p.521
• Circumscribing the Deficits: p.522
• Dealing with Rejections: p.522
• Tolerating and Accepting Deficits: p.524
• Behavior That Would Lower Anyone's Self-Esteem: p.525
• Pathological Utilization of the Neurological Symptoms: p.525
• The Talking, Feeling, and Doing Game: p.527
• The Mutual Storytelling Technique: p.528
• Bibliotherapy: p.531
21. SCHOOLS AND SELF-ESTEEM: p.533
• ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: p.535
• HIGH SCHOOL: p.541
• COLLEGE: p.546
22. SELF-ESTEEM FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOGENIC PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: p.553

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