The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

by Lerner, Harriet Goldhor

• ISBN13: 9780060915650
• ISBN10: 006091565X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-04-19
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Addresses the problem women have in hiding or denying their anger. Explains the repeating patterns in relationships where the women is suppressing her negative emotions. Includes how to use that anger to create change.

Author Biography

Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., currently has a private practice in Topeka, Kansas

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
The Challenge of Anger	p. 1
Old Moves, New Moves, and Countermoves	p. 17
Circular Dances in Couples: When Getting Angry Is Getting Nowhere	p. 41
Anger at our Impossible Mothers: The Story of Maggie	p. 67
Using Anger as a Guide: The Road to a Clearer Self	p. 88
Up and Down the Generations: Katy and Her Aging Father	p. 108
Who's Responsible for What: The Trickiest Anger Question	p. 122
Thinking in Threes: Stepping Out of Family Triangles	p. 154
Tasks for the Daring and Courageous	p. 189
Epilogue: Beyond Self-Help	p. 222
Notes	p. 225
Index	p. 233
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