Self-Esteem

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves. That judgment impacts every moment and every aspect of our existence. Our self-evaluation is the basic context in which we act and react, choose our values, set our goals, meet the challenges that confront us. Our responses to events are shaped in part by whom and what we think we are — our self-esteem. Click the link to read full article

Cognitive Behavioural Techniques (CBT)

Research indicates that the use of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy based intervention programmes used with the long-term unemployed can increase self-esteem, self-efficacy, confidence and motivation, minimise negative thought processes and depressive symptoms, promoting increased job search activity. This creative, innovative and cost effective psychological approach could potentially create the missing link for transition from helplessness and disillusionment to empowered social independence and unrelenting personal and societal respect.

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