Self Worth Knowing

“Whilst I have been working as a Clinical Psychologist over the past 20 years, there has been a gradual realisation and acceptance within our society as a whole that our emotional selves are not something to shy away from in fear, dismiss as unimportant or worse still ignore.

At an individual level the first step on a journey of self acceptance and personal growth can be knowing where to start.

As well as the more traditional services and supports that are increasingly becoming available in our communities such as seeing a ‘therapist’ or going to a support group, there are now numerous materials that can facilitate how we understand more about ourselves –particularly self-help materials of all kinds on the bookshelves in libraries and shops and on the internet in the form of leaflets and websites.

Sometimes reading about other people’s distressing emotional journeys and their emotional recovery and wellness can be illumimating and speak for us in ways perhaps initially that we cannot do for ourselves.

This book is an open, honest and touching expression of someone saying ‘this is who I was, who I am, this is who I can be, this is me’. However, one of the most significant sources of distress in our lives is our relationships with others, from brief encounters to more important relationships throughout our lives and across generations. How well these communications and encounters leave us feeling is significantly influenced by how comfortable or not we are with ourselves.

It seems that this is not just a prose exploration of one person’s “being me, being you” but also perhaps “being with me, being with you” and may resonate with aspects of your own experiences, helping you to recognise and reflect on what it is possible for you to be.”

Lyndall Wallace
Consultant Clinical Psychologist