The teenage years can be turbulent ones, full of self doubt and angst at the outside world. We are all bombarded these days with images of the rich and famous with perfect faces, figures, hair and lives. Teenagers are constantly under pressure to have a perfect body, wear the ‘right' clothes, and to ‘fit in' and to be socially accepted by their peers. Add to that, the day to day pressures of school, exams, as well as the physical and emotional changes. We can see that the teenage years can be very difficult.Learning to be assertive and to believe in themselves will help teenagers enormously with the challenges they face. Additionally, discovering how their thoughts affect the way they act will result in a greatly improved "sense of self".