RESPECT DIGNITY, ENHANCE

THE CLIENT SELF-ESTEEM

 dignity
• Dignity is a term used in moral, ethical, and political discussions to
signify that a being has an innate right to respect and ethical
treatment.
• closely related to concepts like virtue, respect, self-respect,
autonomy, human rights, and enlightened reason.
• Dignity is generally proscriptive and cautionary: in politics it is
usually synonymous to 'human dignity', and is used to critique the
treatment of oppressed and vulnerable groups and peoples, though
in some case has been extended to apply to cultures and sub-
cultures, religious beliefs and ideals, animals used for food or
research, and even plants.
• In more colloquial settings it is used to suggest that someone is not
receiving a proper degree of respect, or even that they are failing to
treat themselves with proper self-respect.
 respect
• Respect is esteem for, or a sense of the
worth or excellence of, a person, a
personal quality, ability, or a manifestation
of a personal quality or ability. In certain
ways, respect manifests itself as a kind of
ethic or principle, such as in the commonly
taught concept of “(having) respect for
others" or the ethic of reciprocity
 Self-esteem
• Global self-esteem (how much one likes
oneself as a whole)
• Specific self-esteem (how much one
approved of a certain part of oneself)
 Global
• Influenced by specific self-esteem

self-esteem
• Derived from self and other
• Infancy- self-esteem related to caregivers’
evaluation and acceptance
• Child- affected by competition with other
• Adult- person who has high self-esteem, has
feeling of significance of competence( ability to
cope with life)
 Enhance self-esteem
• Encourage the client to appraise the situation and express their
feeling
• Encourage clients to ask questioning
• Provide accurate information
• Become aware of distortions, inappropriate or unrealistic standard
and faulty labels in clients’ speech
• Explore clients’ positive qualities and strength.
• Encourage clients’ to express positive self-evaluation more than
negative-evaluation
• Avoid criticism
• Teach clients to substitute negative self-talk( I can’t walk to the store
anymore) with positive self-talk( I can walk half a block each
morning). Negative self-talk reinforces a negative self-concept.
 Children
1) Security and trust- developed early in life
- Infant should not be left “to cry it out” for
example, but should learn that they can
rely on their parents to meet their need
promptly and consistently. With older
children, trust and security are
strengthened when adult spent time with
them
2) identity- developed when children are allowed to
explore and experiment with the world around
them and to express themselves as unique
individuals in that world. They should be given
opportunities to practice who they are.
Preschoolers, for example, love to dress
themselves and should be allowed to wear
outland outfits( within limit and safety) if they
choose. Teenagers who try new hair colors and
styles, some of which may “offend” their parents,
are engaging in a crucial development step.
3) belonging- essential for all human. child
gain this by being included in activities, by
being praised for their efforts and
achievements, and by valued by parent