Low Self-Esteem – Self-Monitoring Record
The Low Self-Esteem – Self-Monitoring Record is a structured tool designed to collect valuable information about how clients experience low self-esteem.
Low Self-Esteem - Self-Monitoring Record
If you struggle with low self-esteem, you might judge yourself as being bad, not good enough, or worthless. Negative beliefs about yourself like these can bias your thinking. For instance, you might:
- Focus on your flaws and ignore your strengths and achievements.
- Always expect the worst to happen.
- Set standards for yourself that are extreme or unrealistic.
One way to learn more about your self-esteem is to use a self-monitoring record. It’s like a diary that helps you keep track of situations where your low self-esteem tends to show itself, including how you think, feel, and act in those moments.
Complete this record whenever you experience low self-esteem (or as your therapist has instructed). This might include situations where you have negative thoughts about yourself or notice a strong change in your mood.
Overview
Developing self-monitoring skills teaches clients to systematically observe and record specific targets such as their own thoughts, body feelings, emotions, and behaviors. Though it’s usually introduced early in the therapy process, it can continue to provide an inexpensive and constant measure of problem symptoms and behaviors throughout treatment. The Low Self-Esteem – Self-Monitoring Record worksheet is designed to help clients capture information about situations which trigger their experiences of low self-esteem.
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