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Laura Maakestad Sullivan's avatar

Thank you for these book suggestions, They sound like very good and informative books to read."Peoplemaking" by Virginia Satir. Virginia Satir was a family therapist (now deceased), and was a Family Therapist, who counseled "blended families." Blended Families are when two people get married and one or both spouses have children from a previous marriages. So Virginia Satir talks about methods to communicate to children, and to communicate to a new spouse, within the new family constellation. One chapter is on self esteem. She starts out the chapter, making an analogy from an old iron outdoor cooking pot on her farm when she was growing up. The cooking pot when it is full of something boiling on the fire means "high pot" (high in amount of substance in the pot) equals "high self esteem", and "low pot equal low amount of substance in the pot," equals "low self esteem." So, for example if a person or child in a family has a low pot day they have low self esteem. When a child or family member has low self esteem-low pot day, you treat them gently, calmly, and supportively. When a family member has a "high pot" -high self esteem day, you also pay attention to them in a supportive manner. Her methods of getting each family member to communicate to the other members are really great. I do not know if this book is out of print or not.

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Roshana Ariel's avatar

Thanks for this list of recommendations.

One of the best books I've found for depression is The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs, by Stephen S. Ilardi. Super practical and based on research in which they had great success in relieving symptoms of depression without drugs. The six steps are simple to follow; just a matter of consistency ...

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