How to Control Your Anger Before It Controls You

by Ellis, Albert; Tafrate, Raymond Chip, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781559724241
• ISBN10: 1559724242
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Birch Lane Pr

Summary

World-famous psychologist Dr. Albert Ellis and Dr. Raymond Chip Tafrate present here their proven approach to helping people deal effectively with emotional problems and show you how to use their techniques to systematically understand the roots and nature of your anger. Using easy-to-master instructions and exercises, readers can learn to live unhysterically in an often difficult and unfair world. REBT will reduce angry reactions and help to challenge and eliminate the anger that can frustrate success and happiness at home, at work, anywhere.

Author Biography

Dr. Raymond Chip Tafrate is an assistant professor in the sociology and criminal justice department at Central Connecticut State University.

Table of Contents

Preface: Can You Unangrily Deal With Your Anger?
The Grim Costs of Anger	p. 3
Myths About How to Deal With Your Anger	p. 18
REBT and the ABC's of Anger	p. 27
Rational and Irrational Aspects of Anger	p. 33
Discovering Your Rage-Creating Beliefs	p. 39
Special Insights Into Your Self-Angering Beliefs	p. 47
Disputing Your Self-Angering Beliefs	p. 51
More Ways of Thinking Yourself Out of Your Anger	p. 56
Feeling Your Way Out of Your Anger	p. 62
Acting Your Way Out of Your Anger	p. 72
Learning to Relax	p. 92
Still More Ways of Thinking Yourself Out of Your Anger	p. 103
Additional Ways of Reducing Your Anger	p. 124
Accepting Yourself With Your Anger	p. 144
A Few Concluding Remarks	p. 151
REBT Self-Help Form	p. 153
Selected References	p. 159
Index	p. 175
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