When Someone You Love Is Angry A 7-Step Program for Dealing with Toxic Anger and Taking Back Control of Your Life

by Gentry, W. Doyle

• ISBN13: 9780425198117
• ISBN10: 0425198111
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781101204696
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-07
• Publisher: Berkley
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Summary

Clinical psychologist and anger expert W. Doyle Gentry offers compassionate, practical insight to those with angry loved ones, providing coping strategies that help strengthen emotional intimacy and establish boundaries-and avoid being held hostage to a partner's angry words and behavior. When Someone You Love Is Angrycombines the latest research with real-life testimony, resulting in a survival guide for those exposed to toxic anger, outlining a unique seven-step program to minimize the emotional damage of loving, but angry, relationships: - Reaching out for support - Abandoning the eight myths about love and anger - Recognizing and putting a stop to abusive behavior - Avoiding facilitation of the anger syndrome - Refraining from angry responses - Inoculating oneself against stress - Exploring one's options

Author Biography

W. Doyle Gentry, Ph.D., is an author, educator, scientist, consultant and clinical psychologist, whose career spans 30 years. His scholarly work-which includes over 100 professional and scientific publications-is cited as an authoritative source by top anger researchers and therapists. He lectures and gives workshops extensively, both in the United States and abroad. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious Journal of Behavioral Medicine, a post he has held for more than 25 years.

Table of Contents

When Someone You Love is Angry Preface

Chapter One: your Love, Their Anger

Chapter Two: How Angry is Too Angry?

Chapter Three: Why Are They So Angry?

Chapter Four: Stop the Anger

Chapter Five: Damage Assesment

Chapter Six: Is It Possible to Change?

Chapter Seven: Step One: Reaching Out

Chapter Eight: Step Two: Get Your Mind Right

Chapter Nine: Step Three: Set Limits

Chapter Ten: Step Four: Don't Be a Facilitator

Chapter Eleven: Step Five: Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right

Chapter Twelve: Step Six: Stress Inoculation

Chapter Thirteen: When All Else Fails

Epilogue
Notes