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A Guide to Healthy Anger Expression

How do you express your anger? Do you blow up? Quietly seethe? Or do you try to pretend that you’re really not angry at all and just hope the feelings will go away? Most of us express anger in more than one way, but we also tend to be creatures of habit, falling back on a few predictable styles when we feel angry. Unfortunately, while some styles are appropriate in some situations, others are not—and consistently using an inappropriate style is a sure way to find yourself saddled with a huge anger problem.

This book examines the eleven most common styles of anger expression and helps you learn how to communicate your anger in healthy ways. Learn which anger styles work for different situations—and which ones lead to certain disaster. Find out how to become more flexible and creative at expressing your anger. Once you understand the whole range of anger styles, you’ll be able to better manage angry feelings and use your anger as a positive force for building a better life.

"The Potter-Efrons continue to capture the essence of anger through their anger styles. By understanding the eleven anger styles and how they relate to each of us in a personal way, we gain insight that can unlock our own chains of anger. The Potter-Efrons have generously provided the tools to help break away from the most hardened of anger styles. Their guidance and experience will give each of us the opportunity to begin our journey on a path towards emotional freedom." —V. William Blount, MS, author of Healthy Anger

"This book offers detailed, yet accessible, descriptions of anger styles, followed by easy-to-understand alternatives to healthier expressions. Anyone who wants to examine their anger will be able to find themselves in this book." —Susan C. Turell, Ph.D., counseling psychologist working with survivors of sexual and physical violence

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37158 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 185 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781572244481
• Condition: NEW
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From the Publisher
A revised and updated edition from best-selling anger management author Ronald Potter-Efron, this book identifies the eleven most common anger patterns and offers step-by-step help for overcoming them

About the Author
Ronald T. Potter-Efron, MSW, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist in private practice in Eau Claire, WI, who specializes in anger management. He is author of Angry All the Time.

Patricia S. Potter-Efron, MS, is a clinical psychotherapist at First Things First Counseling Center in Eau Claire, WI.

Customer Reviews

What's Your Anger Style?
I was pleased to find out about this book from a review in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It categorizes anger into anger styles and tells what to do about them. A quiz with 30 yes or no questions helps you figure out your style.
Many of us have learned unhealthy ways to deal with our own anger or that of others. The book advises letting go of our anger, and to clearly express our wants and needs. Don't just vent your anger, channel it to make needed changes. Maybe it's road rage or seething over an injustice or whatever triggers your anger, you don't want to lose control and let the anger rule you.

Excellent for Troubled relationships!
I read this book in 2 days. It was amazing and I highly recommend it for anyone 15 and older. The content is succint, thorough, and insightful. It addresses many types of anger and provides you with cues to when you might blow your temper and how to control rage. Then it will cover issues like hate and resentment found in people who bury their frustrations over time and how they start to resent someone becuase they are not releasing that anger. This book is excellent and my comments are trivial compared to the insights. Pick it up and you will be surprised. It is the one anger book I would recommend out of the numerous choices available.

Enjoy and learn!

So, that's what I was feeling!
On the advice of a friend, and during a particularly stressful period of my life, I read "Letting Go of Anger: The 11 Most Common Anger Styles..." I found it helpful to be able to identify what I was feeling and what to do to make me not feel that way any more. Since being angry (afraid?) is proven to have an effect on a persons overall health, I found this book to be very helpful in returning me to a homeostatic place. I have already loaned my copy of "Letting Go..." to another friend. This author has other helpful books on the same subject out there. I highly recommend them all.