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February 6, 2014
Video: Wear Sunscreen
Write down 3 things that you’ve got from this clip.
What stood out to you?
What images caught your eye?
What messages from the piece caught your
attention?
In one sentence, how would you summarize this
video clip?
What is Self-Esteem?
A person’s
overall
evaluation or
appraisal of his
or her own
worth.

Your CORE
BELIEF
about
yourself.
Our core beliefs--true or false, real or imagined-form the inner compass that guides our choices.
At the heart of our core beliefs is the statement
“I AM ____”.
How we complete that sentence has a profound
effect on the quality of our lives.
Video: Dead Poet’s Society
How much do you think Todd believes in himself?
How strong do you think Todd’s self-esteem is (1-10)?
How can you tell?
How successful do you think Todd will be in life if he
doesn’t increase his self-esteem?
Where does Self-Esteem come from?
It is largely developed during childhood.
Based on our successes and failures, how are we
treated by immediate family members, teachers,
coaches, peers, etc.
Yes’s and No’s by age 2.
Healthy vs. Low Self-Esteem
Healthy self-esteem

Low Self-esteem

Being praised to

Being harshly criticized

Being listened to

Being yelled at

Being spoken to respectfully

Being ignored, ridiculed, or
teased

Getting attention and hugs
Experiencing success in
sports or school
Having trustworthy friends

Being expected to be “perfect”
all the time
Experiencing failures in sports
or school
Self-Esteem Wreckers!
Overgeneralization
All-or-Nothing thinking
Filtering
Mind Reading
Should Statements
Negative Comparison
Self-Blame
Labeling

Cognitive Distortions
Group Activity

Self-Esteem Wreckers
Each group is responsible in teaching the class their assigned selfesteem wrecker.
As a group, your tasks include:
Define the term in your own words.
Create a short skit illustrating your assigned self-esteem wrecker.
Provide solutions to work with the self-esteem wrecker
As a group, assign roles to everyone:
Notetaker, spokesperson(s), stage players
Video: Dead Poet’s Society
How would you rate Todd’s self-esteem now? How can
you tell?
Is it possible to raise your self-esteem?
Absolutely! Self-esteem is a learned behavior.
Class Activity

I Am,
at I Say y Are.
h
Am Wat You Sa
I
h
Are W
You
Nobody can make you feel
inferior without your permission.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Three Steps to Better Self-Esteem
Rebut the Inner Critic.
Practice Self-Nurturing
Practice Basic Self-Care (Stress Management)
Plan Fun and Relaxing Things (Time Management)
Reward yourself for your accomplishments
Remind yourself of your strengths and achievements
Forgive yourself when you don’t do all you’d hoped
Get Help from Others.
The Three-Column Method
Irrational Thoughts

Cognitive Distortion

I’m so dumb because I
wrote the wrong answer
on the board. Now
everybody can see that
I’m an airhead.

Labeling
Mind Reading
Filtering

I got a “D” on my quiz,
now I’m never going to
pass this class. Teacher
should’ve given me
extra time to study.
He’s stupid!

All-or-Nothing Thinking
Should Statement
Labeling

If she turns me down,
then I’m a loser forever!

Rational Response

Overgeneralization
Labeling
Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Tool from “Feeling Good”
Matthew McKay, Ph.D.
Patrick Fanning
David D. Burns, M.D.
Journal Entry # 2
DUE: February 14, 2013
• Page 33 on the On Course Study Skills Plus 2nd Ed.
• Please do items 1, 2, and 3.
• If you are using a different version, look for the journal
entry where you explore your strength and weaknesses
and the reputation you have with yourself. It should be
towards the very end of Chapter 1.

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SKY COUN 100 Self esteem PPT [02.06.14]

  • 1. stand n der U steem Self-E i ng An d H Keep It H ow To Kent Gomez, M.S. ig h February 6, 2014
  • 2. Video: Wear Sunscreen Write down 3 things that you’ve got from this clip. What stood out to you? What images caught your eye? What messages from the piece caught your attention? In one sentence, how would you summarize this video clip?
  • 3. What is Self-Esteem? A person’s overall evaluation or appraisal of his or her own worth. Your CORE BELIEF about yourself.
  • 4. Our core beliefs--true or false, real or imagined-form the inner compass that guides our choices. At the heart of our core beliefs is the statement “I AM ____”. How we complete that sentence has a profound effect on the quality of our lives.
  • 5. Video: Dead Poet’s Society How much do you think Todd believes in himself? How strong do you think Todd’s self-esteem is (1-10)? How can you tell? How successful do you think Todd will be in life if he doesn’t increase his self-esteem?
  • 6. Where does Self-Esteem come from? It is largely developed during childhood. Based on our successes and failures, how are we treated by immediate family members, teachers, coaches, peers, etc. Yes’s and No’s by age 2.
  • 7. Healthy vs. Low Self-Esteem Healthy self-esteem Low Self-esteem Being praised to Being harshly criticized Being listened to Being yelled at Being spoken to respectfully Being ignored, ridiculed, or teased Getting attention and hugs Experiencing success in sports or school Having trustworthy friends Being expected to be “perfect” all the time Experiencing failures in sports or school
  • 8. Self-Esteem Wreckers! Overgeneralization All-or-Nothing thinking Filtering Mind Reading Should Statements Negative Comparison Self-Blame Labeling Cognitive Distortions
  • 9. Group Activity Self-Esteem Wreckers Each group is responsible in teaching the class their assigned selfesteem wrecker. As a group, your tasks include: Define the term in your own words. Create a short skit illustrating your assigned self-esteem wrecker. Provide solutions to work with the self-esteem wrecker As a group, assign roles to everyone: Notetaker, spokesperson(s), stage players
  • 10. Video: Dead Poet’s Society How would you rate Todd’s self-esteem now? How can you tell? Is it possible to raise your self-esteem? Absolutely! Self-esteem is a learned behavior.
  • 11. Class Activity I Am, at I Say y Are. h Am Wat You Sa I h Are W You
  • 12. Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
  • 13. Three Steps to Better Self-Esteem Rebut the Inner Critic. Practice Self-Nurturing Practice Basic Self-Care (Stress Management) Plan Fun and Relaxing Things (Time Management) Reward yourself for your accomplishments Remind yourself of your strengths and achievements Forgive yourself when you don’t do all you’d hoped Get Help from Others.
  • 14. The Three-Column Method Irrational Thoughts Cognitive Distortion I’m so dumb because I wrote the wrong answer on the board. Now everybody can see that I’m an airhead. Labeling Mind Reading Filtering I got a “D” on my quiz, now I’m never going to pass this class. Teacher should’ve given me extra time to study. He’s stupid! All-or-Nothing Thinking Should Statement Labeling If she turns me down, then I’m a loser forever! Rational Response Overgeneralization Labeling Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Tool from “Feeling Good”
  • 17. Journal Entry # 2 DUE: February 14, 2013 • Page 33 on the On Course Study Skills Plus 2nd Ed. • Please do items 1, 2, and 3. • If you are using a different version, look for the journal entry where you explore your strength and weaknesses and the reputation you have with yourself. It should be towards the very end of Chapter 1.

Notas do Editor

  1. 5 minutes. Self-esteem is very important because it impacts everything from how you interact with people, how to perceive things, and how you respond to the circumstances that you’re in. First, let’s watch a video whose theme is related to self-esteem.
  2. 10 minutes While you’re watching the video, try to answer these questions: What stood out for you? What images caught your attention? What messages from the piece caught your attention? In on sentence, how would you summarize this video clip? So, why do you think the title of the video is sunscreen? What is a sunscreen a metaphor for? Protection. Protect yourself from all the negativities around you. Protect your mind, body, and soul from all that may attempt to destroy it.. If you protect yourself, that means that you must love yourself. In other words, protect your sense of self-worth, self-respect, and self-love from the negativity of your past experience, your present circumstances, and your anxiety about the future… by staying in the present moment, enjoying the present moment, appreciating what you have now. That was a good introduction to our topic today, because today we’re going to talk about your core.. Your inner being. And you have to learn to preserve it; protect it.
  3. 5 minutes What is self-esteem? According to dictionary.com: “A realistic respect for or favorable impression of oneself”. In Psychology, self-esteem “reflects a person’s overall evaluation or appraisal of his or her own worth.” Basically, it’s YOUR CORE BELIEF ABOUT YOURSELF. What you feel about yourself at any given time. What’s the difference self-esteem and self-confidence? Self-esteem your overall evaluation of your self, what you think of yourself; while confidence is a feeling and an action that arises out of a healthy level of self-esteem. Confidence is usually measured based on what you can see about the person; appearing confident. So you say to yourself, “I act confident, because I feel confident.” Question: is it possible to be confident, even if you have low self-esteem? Self-esteem deals with your core belief about yourself.
  4. 3 minutes [Have someone read the statement on this slide.] Your core belief about who you are as a person determines your actions, decisions, and interactions with the outside world. If you have a healthy self-esteem—meaning you love yourself and you truly believe that you are worthy of all the love in the world—then you are more likely to make wise choices, choices that will lead you better opportunities. Therefore, if you are to practice everything that you will learn this semester, then it’s very important to work on your self-esteem. You see, if you have low self-esteem, you make poor choices. You are less likely to take some risks; less likely to put yourself out there; and less likely to grab hold of opportunity. Your self-esteem makes a big difference in terms of how you will approach a problem, how you will tackle an issue, how you will decide on a crucial problem.
  5. 5 minutes. Play the video on youtube.com Break students into groups of 3 or 4. Give students two minutes to discuss what they saw. Draw a horizontal line across the board and ask students how strong, from 1-10, do they think Todd’s self-esteem is. And ask them how they are able to tell? What, in Todd’s behavior, gave you an idea about his self-esteem level is low? Hesitating, awkward, shyness, voice level… Are these the symptoms of someone with low self-esteem? Todd who has low self-esteem didn’t want to take a risk, didn’t want to take the opportunity to shine, he has to be pushed. How likely are you to learn anything new and grow if you don’t take risk because you have low self-esteem?
  6. 2 minutes. [If self-esteem is so important, then let’s talk about where it come from.] The question is: where does self-esteem come from? If self-esteem is your core belief about yourself, about your worth, then where does it come from? How did it come about? How did it develop? Were you born with a certain level of self-esteem? Was it already programmed in your genes what your self-esteem level is going to be before you are born?
  7. 3 minutes. As you experience life everyday, as when you were growing up, the people around you and your environment influences in the development of your self-esteem; your sense of worth. You internalize some of the things you heard directed towards you. And as you get older, when you developed your own judgments, ideas, opinions and thoughts about things around you or things you experience, those internalized thoughts became automatic. Can somebody give me an example of this internalized and automatic thoughts? Psychologist believe that there are about seven or more of these dysfunctional, unproductive automatic thoughts pattern, or what Psychologist also call “Cognitive Distortions”. For this class, we’ll call it self-esteem wreckers.
  8. 3 minutes. The first one is OVERGENERALIZATION. Can somebody take a jab at this and tell me what overgeneralization means? Give me an example of overgeneralization? We come to a general conclusion based on a single incident or a single piece of evidence. POLARIZED THINKING: Things are either “black-or-white.” We have to be perfect or we’re a failure — there is no middle ground. Ex. It’s either you get an “A” in COUN 100 or you’re a failure. FILTERING: We take the negative details and magnify them while filtering out all positive aspects of a situation. Ex. You come late to class and people stare at you. You automatically think that your classmates are mad because you disrupted the class; instead of being grateful that you made it. MIND READING: Without individuals saying so, we know what they are feeling and why they act the way they do. Ex. You are assuming that your teacher doesn’t like your because you are talking too much. SHOULDS: We have a list of ironclad rules about how others and we should behave. Ex. I should NOT offend my friend. That shouldn’t ever happen; or I might lose them. COMPARING: We compare ourselves negatively with others. Ex. She’s got five points and I got three points. I’m not a good student. SELF-BLAME: Blaming ourselves for every problem. Ex. It’s my fault that my mom is mad at me, because I forgot to wash the dishes. Other cognitive distortions identified by Psychologists: Fallacy of Fairness, Personalization, Emotional Reasoning, Labeling, and Heaven’s Reward Fallacy.
  9. 30 minutes
  10. 5 minutes Now that you know about cognitive distortions, or self-wreckers, and found ways of counteracting it, let’s finish the video about Todd and let’s see what happens. Sometimes there will be people around you who will enable you to challenge your cognitive distortions, but if there’s nobody, you can certainly do it yourself.
  11. We are going to do another activity. This activity relates to the fact that it is so hard for us to say nice things about us. It is easy for us to point out the negative things about us. It’s so automatic for us to say, “oh my goodness, I’m gaining weight.” or “that was a stupid thing I said. People are laughing at me, I bet.” or “I’m so clumsy.. I’m always clumsy” We should take the time to point out the good things about us. So, for this activity, I would like for you to write at least three things about yourself that you feel good about. When you’re done, find a partner and share what you wrote about yourself. If I could just hear some of what you said. This is the time to brag about yourself.
  12. Kent
  13. 2 minutes
  14. 5 minutes.
  15. 2 minutes.