The books listed below in alphabetical order provide useful information about possible approaches to self-esteem.
Overcoming Low Self-Esteem: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques by Melanie Fennel (Robinson, 2009)
Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem by Matthew McKay and Patrick Fanning (New Harbinger Publications, 2000)
Self-Esteem: Research, Theory and Practice by Chris Mruk (Free Association Books, 1999)
Self-Esteem: The Costs and Causes of Low Self-Worth by Nicholas Emler (Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2001)
Ten Days to Self-Esteem by David D. Burns (Harper, 1993)
The Myth of Self-Esteem: How Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Can Change Your Life Forever by Albert Ellis (Prometheus Books, 2005)
The Self-Esteem Journal: Using a Journal to Build Self-Esteem by Alison Waines (Sheldon Press, 2004)
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden (Bantam, 1995)
Women and Self-Esteem: Understanding and Improving the Way We Think and Feel About Ourselves by Linda Tschirhart Sanford and Mary Ellen Donovan (Penguin Books Ltd, 1993)
Author’s website
Information about life coaching and ebooks on a variety of other self-help topics, such as anxiety, assertiveness, life change and cognitive behavioural therapy techniques, can be found at David Bonham-Carter’s life coaching website: