Published August 2001 Retail price: $14.00 Wolf Publishing Co. Paperback, 176 pages

If you suffer from low self-esteem, have you tried therapy and found it ineffective? Was low self-esteem the focus of the therapy, or was the emphasis instead placed on your depression or your anxiety? Do you often feel misunderstood or devalued when you explain to others that you have low self-esteem?

Unfortunately, most therapists do not understand the inner experience of low self-esteem and do not know how to successfully treat it. Consequently, thousands of people pay dearly for professional services only to be misdiagnosed and told they have Social Anxiety Disorder or a Depressive Disorder. Many are encouraged to take medication that they do not need and that only masks their symptoms.

For those of you who wonder why you haven't been able to get the help you've needed, this book is essential. Dr. Sorensen's clear and concise language gets right to the point, strongly charging that therapists have succumbed to the mandate of managed care and a faulty diagnostic manual while ignoring the obvious signs that their clients are suffering from low self-esteem. She challenges mental health professionals to think for themselves rather than to blindly follow the dictums of their profession. This book is meant to empower those with low self-esteem:

• by bringing to light the seriousness and validity of low self-esteem,
• by explaining how and why they may have been misdiagnosed, and
• by informing them of how to find a qualified self-esteem therapist.