How to Build Self Esteem at Any Age?

Self esteem is a tricky concept, because the best predictor of self esteem is trait neroticism. So even if you're treating people who are pobic, like agrophobic, it isn't obvious that you make them less pobic. What really, what you can do is make people more courageous. You do that through challenge. If you want to build someone's self esteem, let's say, but i would say encourage them,. then set them a set of optimal challenges and allow them to watch them succeed at those challenges.