There are three major classes of cognitive-behavior therapies, all amenable for use in a group format: (1) coping skill therapies, (2) problem-solving therapies, and (3) cognitive restructuring methods. Coping skills training deals with problems in which the person is largely reaction to event outside the self. The focus is on ways persons may decrease the influence of negative events through cognition, or the actions persons may take to lessen the impact of negative events. Groups are an ideal place for persons to identify problematic social situations, both through interaction with group members and specific examination of outside social situations within the group. Reality testing of these situations by using feedback from group members is important, as is rehearsal of more appropriate ways of interacting within the group setting.