The Problem Concern Scale and Response Monitor is a tool that has a set of statements numbered zero to ten and allows a user to acknowledge and register their perception of a personal relationship to conditions that may be classified as a problem. The book does not attempt to teach people how to solve problems. It is an effort to help improve the results of an individual's personal problem solving strategy through a quick and easy micro-assessment of the significance of the problem to them. The goal of the book is to help the reader practice early problem assessment activity at a more consistent and conscious level of examination before responses to problems occur.

The author has a background in social services and sees the book as a helpful supplement to the problem solving strategies in use by individuals, self-help groups, students, counselors, family therapists and other practitioners in a professional human service environment or personal problem-solving endeavor. Problem assessment, anger management, domestic violence prevention, law enforcement, business management, customer service training programs, and human response monitoring are some areas the author believes could benefit from the book.