ABSTRACT
About 30 years ago, a new approach to helping people began to develop. This focused less on severe psychological disturbance and more on daily problems of living, especially as they arose in social situations. People came to therapists for assistance because they were intimidated and tongue-tied in difficult social situations. Others came because they erupted with anger and violence in such situations. Both types felt that their emotions (fear and anger, respectively) were making themselves and others unhappy.
