The Anger Habit In Parenting: A New Approach To Understanding And Resolving Family Conflict

by Semmelroth, Carl

• ISBN13: 9781402203367
• ISBN10: 1402203365
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-30
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc

Summary

From the top anger-management series.

Author Biography

Carl Semmelroth, PhD, has been in full-time private practice as a psychologist for over thirty years. He received his doctorate in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1969. After spending a year as a National Research Council Associate in Washington, D.C., he joined the psychology faculty at Cleveland State University. He received tenure in 1972 and remained Associate Professor of Psychology at CSU until 1975. Dr. Semmelroth and his wife, Sara Semmelroth, MSW, ACSW, then moved to Michigan and formed a private mental health practice. Over the years he has also taught graduate classes in theories of psychotherapy, developmental psychology, and lifelong development for the University of Michigan and Western Michigan University. Dr. Semmelroth has worked extensively with clients experiencing depression, anxiety, panic, and marital and post-traumatic problems. He has also worked extensively with young people hospitalized with serious psychoses. His journal publications have been in the areas of perception, language development, mental health worker supervision, university teaching, and classroom management. For more information, go to www.TheAngerHabit.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: How to Get the Most Out of This Book	xi
The Anger Chain	1	(12)
Making and Enforcing Rules	13	(18)
Who's in Control Here?	31	(20)
Using Our Own Unhappiness to Control Children	51	(18)
Withholding Family Inclusion as a Parental Anger Tool	69	(20)
Parental Anger and Childhood Self-Importance	89	(18)
From Caring to Emotional Deception---A Slippery Slope	107	(18)
Children's Attention, TV, and Parents' Anger	125	(14)
Keeping the Imaginary Aspect of Relationships Helpful	139	(12)
Cultivating Attitudes That Help You Parent without Anger	151	(10)
Index	161	(2)
About the Author	163