Introduction: is self-esteem a sickness?
Nathaniel Branden and self-esteem
Carl Rogers and unconditional positive regard
Albert Ellis and unconditional self-acceptance
Psychotherapy and the value of a human
REBT diminishes much of the human ego
Some definitions of conditional self-esteem (CSE)
And unconditional self-acceptance (USA)
The advantages and disadvantages of self-esteem (SE)
Or conditional self-acceptance (CSA)
The proverbs of Solomon and self-esteem
Lao tsu and the philosophy of humility, moderation, and unconditional acceptance
Jesus of Nazareth and self-esteem
Spinoza and Nietsche and self-esteem
Soren Kierkegaard and self-esteem
Martin Buber and self- and other-acceptance
Martin Heidigger and self-esteem.
Jean-Paul Sartre and self-esteem
Paul Tillich and unconditional self-acceptance (USA) and unconditional other-acceptance (UOA)
Self-esteem and the practice of Tibetan buddhism by his holiness, the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler and by H. Gunaratana Manhathera
D.T. Suzuki's zen buddhism and the philosophy of acceptance
Windy Dryden, Michael Neenan, and Paul Hauck on unconditional acceptance
Self-esteem and self-acceptance in the writings of Aaron Beck, David Burns, and William Glasser
Stephen Hayes and other cognitive behavior therapists who endorse acceptance and commitment therapy
Existential anxiety and how to defeat it with the courage to be
Taking the road less travelled to unconditional self-acceptance (USA)
Specific thinking, plotting, planning, and scheming techniques of achieving unconditional self-acceptance (USA)
Emotive-evocative and experiential exercises for achieving unconditional self-acceptance (USA)
Behavioral exercises for achieving unconditional self-acceptance (USA)
Appendix no. 1: rational emotive behavior therary for beginners
Appendix no. 2: the role of irrational beliefs in perfectionism
Appendix no. 3: showing people that they are not worthless individuals
Appendix no. 4: comments on David Mills' "overcoming self-esteem"
Appendix no. 5: intellectual fascism
