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Building Self-esteem
A Self-Help Guide
Foreword
It contains information, ideas, and strategies that people from all over the country have found to
be helpful in relieving and preventing troubling feelings and symptoms. The information in this
booklet can be used safely along with your other health care treatment.
You may want to read through this booklet at least once before you begin working on your own
action plans for prevention and recovery. This can help enhance your understanding of the entire
process. Then you can go back to work on each section. You may want to do this slowly,
working on a portion of it and then putting it aside and coming back to it at another time. After
you have finished developing your plan, you may want to review and revise it on a regular basis
as you learn new things about yourself and ways you can help yourself to feel better.
Charles G. Curie, M.A., A.C.S.W.
Administrator
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Bernard S. Arons, M.D.
Director
Center for Mental Health Services
Bernard S. Arons, M.D.
Director
Center for Mental Health Services
SAMHSA

Acknowledgements
This publication was funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS),
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental
Health Services (CMHS), and prepared by Mary Ellen Copeland, M.S., M.A., under contract
number 99M005957. Acknowledgment is given to the many mental health consumers who
worked on this project offering advice and suggestions.
Disclaimer
The opinions expressed in this document reflect the personal opinions of the author and are not
intended to represent the views, positions, or policies of CMHS, SAMHSA, DHHS, or other
agencies or offices of the Federal Government.
All material appearing in this report is in the public domain and may be reproduced or copied
without permission from SAMHSA. Citation of the source is appreciated. However, this...