Anger Busting 101: The New ABCs for Angry Men and the Women Who Love Them » (1ST)

Anger Busting 101 is the first book to use the acclaimed Recovery approach to solve anger problems. It gives you dozens of quick tips you can use every day to diffuse anger early on. Author Newton Hightower expertly combines personal stories with scientific research and solid clinical data to give angry men and their families the hope and the help they need.

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Both of these titles address the destructive potential of men's anger and present step-by-step methods to effect positive behavioral changes. In Dealing with Your Anger (first published in Australia but edited for an American audience), Donovan, a psychotherapist and director of the Anger Clinic in Melbourne, offers a self-help resource that is also designed for practitioners in one-on-one or group therapy sessions. Using his many years of clinical experience with angry men and his own personal struggle with anger and a potential for violence, Donovan shares sensible procedures for understanding, reducing, and eliminating anger. He covers anger's definition, anger sources, emotional strategies for healing anger, practical ways of controlling anger, and positive uses for anger. Also included are Assistive Guidelines for Practitioners and an extensive notes section. Hightower, a licensed psychotherapist and director of the Center for Anger Resolution, Inc., in Houston, presents a highly practical and easy-to-follow guide for managing anger problems. Anger Busting 101 uses the author's Recovery Approach, which gives pointers for diffusing anger before it gets to the boiling point. This method debunks the psychological myth that stifling anger will hurt you. Hightower combines his personal experience, his clients' personal stories, and scientific research to support his methods for handling anger. His ABCs are Abstain from certain behavior and phrases; Believe in the principles for peace, happiness, and permanent change; and Communicate with new phrases. Donovan's guide is more complicated to follow without a therapist's guidance, while Hightower's is more straightforward and simpler to use on one's own. Both are well documented and are recommended for self-help collections in academic and large public libraries and for mental health practitioners. Elizabeth Goeters, Georgia Perimeter Coll., Dunwoody Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Foreword
Preface: Destruction and Addiction
Introduction: Are You Addicted to Anger?

Section 1: The ABCs for Angry Men
Chapter 1: A = Abstain from these Behaviors and Phrases
Chapter 2: B = Believe in these Principles
Chapter 3: C = Communicate with these Phrases

Section 2: Decision Time for Women: When to Train Him and When to Dump
Him
Chapter 4: When to Get Rid of Your Man and Forget About Training
Chapter 5: How to Get a Pit Bull's Attention and Make Him Behave

Section 3: The ABCs for Women Who Are Training Angry Men
Chapter 6: A = Abstain from these Phrases
Chapter 7: B = Believe in these Principles
Chapter 8: C = Communicate these Ideas

Conclusion: You Can Live Happily Together
Epilogue
Appendices
Appendix A: Angry Men and Counseling Issues
Appendix B: Angry Men and Medications by David Kay, M.D.
Appendix C: About the Center for Anger Resolution, Inc.

Endnotes
References
Index