Build your Self-Esteem

Our view of ourselves can often affect how we approach new situations, people and life’s opportunities. We can often undermine and criticise ourselves, our values and our own beliefs based on the opinion of others or the fear of what other’s might think.

This course encourages curiosity around your daily behaviours with the question “Am I valuing me?” while encouraging development of your own boundaries. Over the six weeks you will take an inventory of your mental, emotional and physical needs and gain an understanding of how to accept and build an internal support to validate, encourage and accept yourself as you are.

‘Build your Self-Esteem’ is an exploratory and experiential workshop designed to help participants learn what self-esteem is, identify their current level of self-esteem, improve upon this and learn how to reach beyond their comfort zone to accomplish their goals in life.

Art making, meditation, mindfulness, visualisation, completing worksheets, group discussion and participation are important aspects of these workshops…. Doing so gives an extra boost to your self-esteem!
Duration: This course runs for twelve hours in total, over six weeks. Each workshop is two hours long and is delivered once per week.

Target audience
These workshops are suitable for all over the age of 18 years old.

Aims and objectives

To define what is meant by self-esteem and low self-esteem.
To demonstrate the causes and effects of low self-esteem.
To explain unhelpful thinking styles, physical symptoms associated with low self-esteem and unhelpful behaviours.
To illustrate how to challenge these unhelpful patterns.
To discuss the cyclical effect of low self-esteem and how to break the cycle.
To understand self-care.
To aid participants to evaluate their own behaviour and substitute unhelpful practices with more helpful ones.
To identify participants positive attributes, achievements and establish gratitude.
To develop a self-esteem goal for each participant.
To build resilience and an ‘I can’ attitude in participants.
To encourage participants to reach past their self-imposed limitations and achieve their goals.
To encourage peer acceptance, community support and reduce isolation.
To build and share knowledge of techniques to improve self-esteem.
To encourage self-acceptance.
To build self-confidence.

Course outline

Week 1

Understanding self-esteem, it’s effects and participants level of self-esteem under the following headings:
What is self-esteem?
What is low self-esteem?
What causes it?
How does it affect us?
Where do I get my self-esteem?

Week 2

Understanding core beliefs and how they hinder self-esteem.
Evaluating learned beliefs.
Challenging unhelpful core beliefs.
Art practice.

Week 3

Building self-esteem through our thoughts using the following methods:
Understanding unhelpful thinking styles
Challenging our negative thoughts
Identifying our positive attributes
Positive rephrasing & daily affirmations
Self-acceptance through meditation

Week 4

Building self-esteem and confidence through our physicality using the following methods
Body image
Appreciation of our body
Listening to our body through ‘Mindfulness’
Posture and body language
Practicing self-care
Taking responsibility
Outlets for stresses
What the body needs
Understanding low self-esteem behaviours
Acknowledging achievements

Week 5

Building self-esteem through behaviour using the following methods:
Understanding low self-esteem behaviours
Practicing opposite action
Acknowledging achievements
Building mastery

Week 6

Looking at the current needs for participants and what they want to achieve for the future through:

Goal setting
Understanding how our environment, relationships and community affect self-esteem

Discover your Interests

Build your Self Esteem – Part 2 – The Art of Appreciation

I am a counsellor & psychotherapist, group facilitator & trainer in Castlebar, Co. Mayo. I hold a masters in Clinical Psychotherapy & am forever honoured to witness the power of the human spirit as it seeks to find healing & growth.

Allow me to collaborate with you to understand your needs, to navigate through your difficulties and assist you in developing the inner strengths to thrive in your own environment. I offer you my openness, my interest in you and my presence. I like to keep it real and genuine but always warm, respectful, kind and non-judgemental.

Let me see your world as you see it and let us see what the outcome will be.

Let’s connect

“Vivianne’s gentle and sensitive manner put me at ease from the outset. She was able to provide me with meaningful support and guidance and this enabled me to view my experiences from a different and often more positive perspective. I always felt reassured by the professional way in which Vivianne carried out her work.”
– Breeda, age 34

“From my first appointment with Vivianne, I found her very warm and welcoming. Her space is inviting and safe and I instantly felt at ease in her company. As a counsellor she is very professional and caring. She encouraged and supported me when I was going through a difficult time and helped me to see the light at the end of the tunnel and for that I will be forever grateful.” -Rachel, age 32

“I found Vivianne to be a warm, friendly and insightful facilitator who created a safe and respectful space in which to explore issues around self-esteem. I really enjoyed the course and took some very important learning from it. I am happy to recommend Vivianne’s courses to my friends.”
– Anne, age 54

“It’s been a good experience. You are very dedicated…You have been a help & I thank you for that.”
– John, age 64

“Vivianne was fantastic, unassuming, unpretentious and kind, she had something important and helpful to say to everyone. She made the course for me.”

“Vivianne was brilliant, so patient and kind. Many thanks to her.”

“Vivianne was very professional and caring.”

“Vivianne was an excellent communicator. She delivered the content really well while allowing time for conversations to take place”.

“Vivianne was so empathetic. She ensured everyone contributed and each contribution was valued. This made the programme more personal to the group.”

“Vivianne was such an empathetic instructor, giving everyone the chance to speak and be heard, you can tell she really cares.”