Anger Management for Everyone : Seven Proven Ways to Control Anger and Live a Happier Life

by Tafrate, Raymond Chip

• ISBN13: 9781886230835
• ISBN10: 1886230838
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Impact Pub

Summary

Now, from the authors of Anger Management: The Complete Treatment Guidebook for Practitioners, here at last is a comprehensive program for the rest of us! Tafrate and Kassinove bring their expertise and research-based understanding to everyone interested in controlling their anger. Is your anger: * making others uncomfortable and creating distance in your relationships? * disrupting your ability to think clearly and make good decisions? * resulting in behaviors that you later regret or recall with embarrassment? Anger Management for Everyone shows you how to cope with life's adversity, unfairness, and disappointment, so you can successfully "put anger in its proper place and live a vital, happy, and upbeat life."

Author Biography

Raymond Chip Tafrate, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, professor, and chairperson of the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at Central Connecticut State University. He has over ten years' experience providing outpatient client services. Dr. Tafrate serves as a consultant to state criminal justice agencies and trains practitioners in client engagement skills and the application of cognitive-behavioral interventions. His research on the nature and treatment of anger has been published in scientific journals and books, and presented at international conferences.Howard Kassinove, Ph.D., ABPP, a board certified clinical psychologist, is past chairperson of the Psychology Department at Hofstra University and past director of their Ph.D. Program in Clinical & School Psychology. He is director of the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Anger and Aggression, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Albert Ellis Institute, and the Behavior Therapy and Research Society. An internationally recognized scholar and lecturer, Kassinove has written numerous books, papers, and book chapters, and edited Anger Disorders: Definition, Diagnosis and Treatment.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Anger Basics
Anger 101: Common Questions and Answers	p. 3
Understanding Anger Episodes	p. 21
Are You Ready to Change?	p. 43
Seven Proven Ways to Control Anger
Changing Anger Triggers
Avoid and Escape	p. 59
Find New Solutions to Social Problems	p. 71
Changing Appraisals and Judgments That Lead to Anger
Change the Way You Think about Your Life	p. 87
Forgiveness	p. 105
Changing Internal Anger Experiences
Learn to Relax	p. 129
Expose Yourself and React Less	p. 143
Changing Anger Expression
Express Your Anger in an Assertive, Productive Way	p. 159
Other Issues
What If I Still Get Angry?	p. 181
Live a Happier Life	p. 191
References and Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 211
Index	p. 215
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