Helping Others Improve Their Self Image

How we see ourselves, how we think of ourselves in relation to the rest of society, what our image is of an "ideal self", and what we feel we deserve from others, are all part of what we call self-concept. Self-concept is a mental picture of your self, a collection of beliefs about someone's own nature, unique qualities of yourself and typical behaviors. We gain self-concept feedback in many ways including, the level of control …showed first 75 words of 1017 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1017 total…and I can interpret someone's thoughts pretty well. Is there a limit to what you can do to help another person "change"? A person can only change as much as they are willing to. First they have to see that there really is a problem. Most people deny that something is wrong. Therefore, not much change can occur if the person can't admit that change needs to happen for them to have a "healthy" life.