"Following in the footsteps of Harry Stack Sullivan, his namesake, Fr. Jim Sullivan stresses the importance of self-esteem for a happy and holy life. Drawing upon his experience as a counselor for over twenty years, he documents through case histories the importance of our self-esteem quotient for a healthy psychic and spiritual life.
"Fr. Jim examines in close detail such concepts as the roadblocks to freedom, and the filters through which we view ourselves and our world. He analyzes our basic human needs and illustrates the consequences of having them met or frustrated. His chapter on our conditioned reflex to blame and the distinction between real and neurotic guilt is powerful. He perceives that the way out of our bondage is through a revisitation of our past, a learning of forgiveness, and a\ willingness to live in the present with a new vision."