Confidence vs Self-Esteem: they are not the same thing
Confidence is about trusting your ability to handle situations, while self-esteem is about how you value yourself as a person. Understanding the difference can help you build both.
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What does the Confidence vs Self-Esteem Mini Course cover?
What confidence is and how it is built through experience, what self-esteem is and how it differs, how the two interact and where relying on success alone goes wrong, and practical steps for building both.
Who is this Confidence vs Self-Esteem Mini Course for?
Helpful if you:
🤔 Feel capable in some areas but still not good enough
📉 Find setbacks knock your whole sense of worth
🌱 Want to build confidence and self-worth together
For therapists:
Assign this course in self-esteem work to help clients separate task confidence from global self-worth. Their confident and struggling areas plus a chosen small step give a starting point for graded practice. Fully HIPAA and GDPR compliant.
Dr Harriet Mellotte
Clinical Psychologist & CBT Therapist, BABCP
“Offload is a fantastic resource for both clients and therapists. The world of CBT has been lacking an app which enables the sharing of CBT worksheets and homework tasks between clients and therapists, but Offload completely does this, making the service we offer more professional and the benefits to clients greater.”
Are you a therapist?
Assign this therapy tool and 200+ other interactive tools directly to your clients. Build personalised care plans, customise tools, and review client responses before sessions. HIPAA and GDPR compliant.
Explore Offload for therapistsReferences
Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. Freeman. Orth, U., & Robins, R. W. (2014). The development of self-esteem. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23(5), 381–387. Sowislo, J. F., & Orth, U. (2013). Does low self-esteem predict depression and anxiety? Psychological Bulletin, 139(1), 213–240.
