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From: Barbara Amster
Date: 13 Oct 2008
Time: 15:15:20 -0500
Remote Name: 139.84.48.251
Raquel You ask a difficult and important question. Personally, I think that perfectionistic tendencies are in part learned and in part an inherited tendency. Perfectionism is destructive when it leads to feelings of poor self-esteem and self-doubt. CBT can change the thinking patterns that lead to low self-esteem. So what ever the cause of perfectionism, CBT seems to be a good way to treat it. Best, Barbara.