Increasing Self-Esteem/I feel sad

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Expert: Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist - 5/19/2009


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I seem to have a good life for now and a have a beautiful girlfriend that's by my side all the time. i don't feel like a good father cause my dad tells me all the time, and i recently got into a fist fight with my father how can i overcome this problems so i can be happy with myself ?

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Hi Alejandro Cruz,

It is no good to get yourself all upset about your father. This can be overcome if you are prepared to study a bit. First you have to get rid of a low self-esteem in the here-and-now. Please read:

Treatment of  a Low Self-Esteem at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/psychotherapy/TOLSE.html

and then study:

Summary of the self-help psychotherapy course at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/self-help_personal_growth.html#PSYCHOTHE...

in its entirety. It looks at the self-image as being at the core one's personality and shows you how you can change this by mental exercises. It includes an assertiveness training program, a communication course establishing significant relationships, and values clarification.

Alternatively,  please read:
The Positive Ego Taining Program at:
http://www.google.com.au/books?vid=ISBN1862525919&id=cIbpj59s-KAC&pg=PR3&lpg=PR3...

I hope I have been f some help.

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist
Hon. Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search
Skype: jurplesman  

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Depression, Anxiety Attacks and Self-Esteem Problems, Drug Addiction and Alcoholism, Gambling, as well as the whole gamut of personality disorders.

Publications
Author of the book "Getting off the Hook". It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in Hypoglycemic Health Association's Newsletters

Education/Credentials
BA (Psych) (University of Sydney), Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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