Self Esteem Management

(Techniques,Activities &
worksheets)

Presented By:
Saira Jamil
Management Plan for Building Self
Esteem
• Self-Esteem
Worksheets for Kids
in Primary School
• Self-Esteem
Activities for Teens
in Middle or High
School
• Exercises for
Building Self-Esteem
in College Students
and Adults
Self-Esteem Worksheets for Kids in
Primary School
• Something About Me: Self-Esteem
Sentence Completion
This “Something About Me” worksheet is
intended to help children identify their
own positive traits and characteristics
and to recognize their accomplishments.
It’s a simple worksheet with six sentence
prompts and space for a child to fill in the
blanks.
• The sentence prompts are:
• My friends think I’m awesome because…
• My classmates say I’m great at…
• I feel very happy when I…
• Something that I’m really proud of is…
• I make my family happy when I…
• One unique thing about me is…
Things I Like About Me Worksheet
• This worksheet was created to help
young children learn how
uniqueness makes a person
beautiful. This worksheet should be
completed with a parent or other
trusted adult to help explain the
distinction between inner beauty
and outer beauty. The worksheet
includes the following instructions:
• “You are beautiful because you are
unique, both on the inside and on
the outside. Look inside and outside
at your personality, what you can
do, how you treat others, and who
you are and then write down some
things that you like about you on
this mirror.”
“I’m Great Because…” Worksheet
• This worksheet can be an excellent way for young children to explore what
makes them good and likable people and to help them build a foundation of
healthy self-esteem. The instructions are to fill it out and complete the
statements
These prompts include the following:
• I like who I am because…
• I’m super at…
• I feel good about my…
• My friends think I have an awesome…
• Somewhere I feel happy is…
• I mean a lot to…
• Others reckon I’m a great…
• I think I’m a pretty good…
• Something I really enjoy is…
• I really admire myself for…
• My future goals are…
• I know I can achieve them because I’m…
• I’m naturally gifted at…
• Others often praise my…
Child can take help from adults in it and can use this sheet for future use too.
 Friendship Ingredients
• This is a great worksheet for helping
children learn about what makes them good
friends and what they should look for in a
friend. It’s a simple activity with only one
short set of instructions:
• “Making friends is like making a cake. List
the traits that are important for making
friends”
Next, it provides spaces for the child to write
down five traits—or friendship
“ingredients”—and explain why they are
important in a friend. The simple nature of
this worksheet allows children to put their
imagination to good use.
Self-Esteem Journal For Kids
Keeping a self-esteem journal is a great way
for children to begin thinking about the
good things that they do and experience,
setting them up for a positive outlook on
life. This worksheet lists three sentence
completion prompts for each day of the
week, starting with Monday.
 Self-Esteem Activities for Teens in
Middle or High School
Designing Affirmations Worksheet
• One of the most popular classroom activities to build self-
esteem to facilitate at all grade levels is the “I Am” activity. .
It utilizes the effective and positive affirmation technique.
The idea is that by writing down such positive thoughts, they
are reinforced in the students’ minds, and by thinking about
themselves and their attributes positively, their self-esteem is
heightened. Students are encouraged to think positively and
with energy about what makes them who they are. When one
has a set of affirmations ready to put to use, he can try these
tips for using them:
• Use positive self-talk;
• Set big goals and stay mindful of his goals (write them down
and place them somewhere you can see them every day);
• Say and visualize your affirmations every day;
• Take time to see yourself accomplishing the goals you’ve set;
• Think about how good it will feel once you have accomplished
your goals.
Visualizing and planning for success makes it much more likely
that one will achieve his goals.
 We Are
To counteract peer pressure, this activity can be
used. Students find common ground among
themselves and complete a list which
demonstrates what makes them alike. For
example, a common answer will be “We are
humans,” Finding commonalities may result in
friendship, and like-minded people tend to raise
each other rather than putting one another
down, which also results in a boost of self-
esteem.
• Listing Traits
Students simply make a list of their positive
character traits that make them a good friend,
or good sister/brother to their siblings. Ask
them to describe in detailed scenarios The idea
is that by writing down and/or sharing
something that they have done for others,
students feel more positively about themselves
and their behaviours. They might discover
something inside of them that they have never
thought of.
Flip
Students are to make a list of their
mistakes, failures, and obstacles in life,
but after having done so, they must
“flip” them so that they are positive. The
idea is to allow students the opportunity
to self-evaluate, problem solve, and
improve themselves. For example, a
student might list “I failed a math quiz.”
A means of flipping this could be: “I will
study harder to pass the next quiz”
The Interview/Group tasks
“The Interview” is an activity which pairs
up students, who interview each other.
They are to ask questions with the
intention of getting to know the other
person, such as “What is your favourite
colour?” The idea behind this activity is
to form bonds with one or more
classmates and boost their self esteem
and confidence.
 Self-Confidence Worksheet
The completed worksheet can be kept handy for the next time one is feeling
low self-esteem and need a boost. The worksheet is divided into three parts:
• Part A involves thinking of a situation in which one felt confident and
experienced a sense of self-worth, and answering these set of questions:
1. What is the situation?
2. What do you say to yourself about the situation (self-talk)? How do you
feel physically?
3. What sensations and feelings do you have in your body?
4. What do you do as a result of this?
• Part B involves thinking of a recent situation in which you felt lacking in
self-confidence and answering the same four questions listed above.
• In Part C, one is instructed to look at his answers to Parts A and B and then
use that information to answer these set of questions:
1. What positive statement could I say to myself to be reminded of my
power?
2. What could I do that would help me feel differently? (For example, create
a visualization in which you remember how you felt in Part One.)
3. What could I do differently next time I am in this situation? What actions
would empower me?
Completing this worksheet will help adolescents explore their feelings in two
very different situations, analyze their responses to these situations, and
come up with an action plan for the next time they experience low self-
You, At Your Best Worksheet
• The exercise aims to use narrative and
storytelling; clients are asked to identify
their unique strengths by writing a story
about a past experience where they were
at their best. It takes them through four
stages.
My Wins
• This activity is especially great for kids
and younger teens who are crafty and
creative, although people of all ages and
talents can take part. The My Wins
Worksheet is an artistic prompt for you
or your child to draw, paint, or otherwise
represent the things—their achievements
and qualities—about themselves that are
important to them. One may wish to use a
theme for this activity, For example, if
child is dealing with self-esteem issues,
he or she can use the theme “What Makes
Me Great” and focus on filling the frames
with reasons why he or she is a good
friend, a good child, a good student, and a
good person in general.
 Before You Die
• . The point of this activity is to help clients identify meaningful goals that are
connected with their personal values. Striving toward and achieving one’s goals is
an important way to build self-esteem. The more individuals recognize their ability
to meet the goals they set for themselves, the more likely they are to feel confident
and worthy. This ‘Before You Die’ Bucketlist Worksheet provides more
information on the theory behind goal-setting, motivation and positive behavior
change, as well as an applied framework that will guide the client through the
process.
• The first column of the table provided is for specifying the goal that your client
would like to accomplish ‘before they die’.
• In the second column, the client is encouraged to dig a bit deeper into the personal
motivations for this particular goal. Why is it important to them? How might it
enhance the meaning in their life?
• Use the final column to rate the meaningfulness of these items on a scale of zero to
ten,
Reframing Negative Judgments
• The instructions on this worksheet direct users to describe the situation that has
had an impact on their self-esteem. In the next column, they are asked to write
down their initial judgments. Next is the column in which they will write the
emotions and feelings this triggered. In the far right column, you or the user writes
down a more objective description of the scenario that is fact-based and less black-
and-white. This worksheet encourages the development of an extremely valuable
skill: recognizing that disappointments are a part of life and that they can lead to
even greater success.
Exercises for Building Self-Esteem in
College Students and Adults
• Self-Esteem Sentence Stems Worksheet
This exercise includes prompts with space for you to complete
the sentence in the way that feels right to you. This exercise
will help clients become more comfortable sharing their
thoughts and feelings with others, making it easier to work
through their self-esteem issues. Next, it instructs users to set
aside 5-10 minutes several times a week to complete the
worksheet. After two weeks of completing the worksheet,
users can review their responses.
Self-Esteem Journal Template
This exercise can not only help one find more things in his life to
be grateful for, but it can also give him the opportunity to
reflect on his own thoughts and feelings, leading to discovery
and understanding of the self. The worksheet begins with a
short paragraph about the potential benefits of journaling,
including improved self-esteem and well-being. Next, there
are five tables set up with prompts and space to write.
Gratitude Worksheet and Journal Template
• Gratitude journaling is one of the best ways to inject more
gratitude into your daily life and it can be done in just a few
minutes a day. The gratitude journal worksheet opens with
some tips to help you journal effectively, including recording
at least five things you are grateful for each day, aiming for
one new thing to be grateful for each day, and reading
through old entries to see how far you have come since you
began.
• Reframing Critical Self-Talk Worksheet
• This reframing worksheet opens with an explanation of
negative self-talk and how you can identify and confront it.
Next, the tool is described. It includes two main steps
intended to help you understand where your critical thoughts
are coming from and what they feel or sound like:
• Increasing your awareness of self-critical talk
• Taking action to soften your self-critical voice
• `This tried-and-true technique will help you or your client
recognize self-directed criticism and challenge it on the spot,
leading to greater self-esteem and peace with oneself.
 Identifying and Challenging Core Beliefs
• . This exercise will help you or your client
explore and define deeply held beliefs that
guide thoughts and behavior. The
worksheet begins with an explanation of
what core beliefs are. Next, it explains how
core beliefs can influence one’s thinking
and emotions through an example
interaction.
• Assertive Communication
Worksheet
• It can be difficult to share feelings with
others if you don’t feel your feelings have
value, an all-too-common symptom of low
self-esteem. Learning to communicate
assertively will not only help you form
better relationships and find new
opportunities, but it can also facilitate a
shift in the way you think about yourself.
The worksheet provides space and
instructions to record three scenarios in
which you communicated assertively and
list the emotions you felt afterward.
Take a 2 minute self-appreciation break.

Tips and techniques for improving

low Self-Esteem
• Apart from these worksheets and activities, there are
some tips for building self-esteem and self-worth.
Dr. John M. Grohol (2011) offers these tips:
• Take a self-esteem inventory
• Take a 2 minute self-appreciation break.
• Set realistic expectations
• Stop being a perfectionist
• Explore yourself
• Be willing to adjust your self-image
• Stop comparing yourself to others
Strategies for teachers to boost students’ self-
esteem in classroom setting of all ages

• Praise and acknowledge

accomplishments
• Create realistic expectations
• Decision making & Sense of ownership
• Don’t compare one student to another
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Thank you