Book excerpt: Low self-esteem can impact on many areas of your life such as your relationships, work life and general wellbeing. This invaluable self-help guide will help you to understand what has led to your poor self-esteem, what keeps it going and how to improve your self-image, gaining a more balanced and positive view of yourself. This self-help guide is based on clinically proven cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques to help you improve your confidence. You will learn: - How low self-esteem develops - How to challenge negative predictions - How to improve self-acceptance