TITLE

Talking back to negative thinking

PUB. DATE

November 1997

SOURCE

Current Health 1;Nov97, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p26

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Focuses on how a person can work to change negative feelings about themselves into positive ones. Effect this has on other things in life; Indication that you can learn from your failures; Suggestion that learning new things can guarantee that make you feel better about yourself; Comments from Doctor Joel Liebowitz, a child psychologist in Los Angeles. INSET: Check out these feel-better books..

ACCESSION #

9711052107

Tags: PERSONALITY

 

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