Though I have great respect for Dr. Ellis, he totally blows it with his title. His description of Unconditional Self Acceptance IS self esteem. What he calls USA is what shrinks call self esteem! There is a mistaken definition of esteem based on accomplishment, this is not now and has never been self esteem!!!!! Try the Self-Esteem Game, it proves my point.PS what he calls self esteem I call narcissism. That said, I only disagree with his terminology, not his theory.