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The nature of self-esteem
Published:
HPA, April 2008 |
Author:
Dr Tony Humphreys, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, international speaker and author. Dr Humphreys is a specialist lecturer on education, communication and self-realisation in University College Cork and a Senior Fellow at the National College of Ireland.
Description:
This key issue paper focuses on key concepts around the themes of the self and self-esteem and suggests that the hardest lesson for adults to learn is that each of us is fundamentally alone (all one). However, far from this being a problem, it is the basis for self-reliance.
It is one of three papers relating to a series of seminars concerning young people's mental and emotional health, organised and presented by the Design for Living partnership in 2007. The partnership comprises Action Mental Health, the Youth Council for Northern Ireland and the Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland. Through its annual programme of seminars the partnership aims to promote and protect young people's mental and emotional health and build capacity among practitioners from the many disciplines who work with young people in Northern Ireland.
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Format:
A4, 15 pages, booklet, PDF available here (646kb) |
Target
group:
Health professionals, mental health bodies, GPs, practice nurses, statutory and voluntary organisations. |
Additional
information:
The key issue papers are available as PDF files only. |
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