title: Measures we can take when we're driven to distraction by disturbing circumstances or troublesome people.
abstract: The constructive employment of feelings (especially negative feelings)--termed neutralization--generated in us affords creative ways of dealing with upsetting events or people. The possible outcomes may benefit, not only ourselves, but also those who typically alienate other people. Ways of marshaling the power of feelings are described. The obvious benefits during psychotherapeutic sessions are available, also, in nontherapeutic encounters, and to nonprofessionals as well as to psychotherapists.
authors.affiliation: Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Elliott
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schuman
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D032882:Comprehension; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology