Self-Help & Personal Development review
How to Build Self-Esteem and Confidence review
A $17.99 self-esteem ebook, credited to a doctor with an invented PhD in confidence psychology.
Pass
The graded exposure idea behind stepping outside your comfort zone is a genuine therapeutic technique, and challenging the inner critic is the core of a well-evidenced approach, so the ingredients are real. The way they are packaged is not: no exercises are shown before purchase, nothing is cited, no therapist is named, and the seller credits a PhD in Confidence Psychology with twenty-nine years of experience, a degree that also appears on another of its titles under a different name. Low self-esteem that comes with depression, or from abuse or bullying, needs support rather than a download, and the listing addresses that with a generic disclaimer.
- Price
- $17.99
- Billing
- One-time payment
- Best for
- Readers with mild self-doubt who want a summary of the techniques
- Not for
- Anyone whose low self-esteem follows abuse, bullying or depression
How to Build Self-Esteem and Confidence at a glance
The contents are the root causes of low self-esteem and how to address them, daily habits for confidence, silencing the inner critic and replacing it with positive self-talk, exercises for stepping outside your comfort zone, and holding self-esteem in difficult situations. Delivery is an instant download of unstated length, priced $17.99 beside a printed $47, with a 60-day refund window.
- Format
- Ebook, instant download after purchase
- Length
- Not stated: the order form gives no page count
- Contents
- The root causes of low self-esteem and how to address them; Daily habits to strengthen confidence and self-belief; How to silence your inner critic and replace it with positive self-talk; Practical exercises to step outside your comfort zone; Strategies for maintaining self-esteem in challenging situations
- Price
- $17.99 one time, listed beside a regular price of $47
- Refund window
- 60 days on the order form
- Credited author
- Hina Sarwar
- Credited co-author
- Dr. Denise Davis, described as holding a PhD in Confidence Psychology with 29 years of experience
- Readership claim
- Claims 358000+ readers
- Sales page
- None: the Digistore24 order form is the only description
- Seller
- GhulamBooks, listed as the merchant on the Digistore24 order form; no website, address or phone number is given anywhere. Digistore24 Inc. is the reseller of record.
- Digistore24 ID
- 633822
Inner critic and comfort zone
Causes, daily habits, self-talk, graded exposure and holding up under pressure.
Both central techniques come from evidence-based therapeutic practice.
Where low self-esteem comes from matters
Depression, abuse and bullying produce self-esteem problems that self-help cannot resolve.
The listing offers only a generic educational disclaimer on that point.
The co-author's degree does not exist
The listing credits Dr. Denise Davis with a PhD in Confidence Psychology and 29 years of experience. No university awards a doctorate in that, and it is the pattern across all 84 titles from this seller: each book gets its own doctor with a PhD in exactly that book's subject.
Three of those names appear twice with different doctorates and different decades of experience, so the credentials are generated rather than held.
The rest of the numbers are decoration
Claims 358000+ readers, although the seller has no website, no catalogue page and no way to check. The $47 regular price sits next to $17.99 on every title in the catalogue and is never charged.
The reviews carry first names and US or European cities, which cannot be verified either.
Pros and cons
What works
- Techniques come from real therapeutic practice
- Includes practical exercises
- 60-day refund window on the order form
- Instant download, no add-ons in the cart
What does not
- Nothing cited, no therapist named
- Same invented degree appears on another title here
- Co-author credited with a degree that does not exist
- Permanent $47 anchor price
- No sales page, author bio or sample
How to Build Self-Esteem and Confidence FAQ
Is it based on therapy techniques?
It borrows from them without citing or naming a clinician.
Will it help with depression?
No, that needs assessment and treatment.
How much does it cost?
$17.99 as a one-time payment, with no sales tax added for a US address.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, the order form shows a 60-day money-back window.
Who wrote it?
The listing credits Hina Sarwar, with Dr. Denise Davis as co-author. Neither has a verifiable profile, and the doctorate given is not a real academic field.
The bottom line
The graded exposure idea behind stepping outside your comfort zone is a genuine therapeutic technique, and challenging the inner critic is the core of a well-evidenced approach, so the ingredients are real. The way they are packaged is not: no exercises are shown before purchase, nothing is cited, no therapist is named, and the seller credits a PhD in Confidence Psychology with twenty-nine years of experience, a degree that also appears on another of its titles under a different name. Low self-esteem that comes with depression, or from abuse or bullying, needs support rather than a download, and the listing addresses that with a generic disclaimer.
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