When anger hurts : quieting the storm within / Matthew McKay, Peter D. Rogers, Judith McKay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKay, Matthew.

Contributor:

Rogers, Peter D. (Peter Denny), 1941-

McKay, Judith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anger.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, Calif. : New Harbinger Publications, c2003.

Summary:

A major revision of the best-selling classic-a quarter of a million copies sold.When Anger Hurts draws on the latest research on dealing with anger, including new chapters on emergency anger control, the interpersonal and physiological costs of anger, road rage, and parental anger and includes techniques for creating an anger-coping plan and anger inoculation.While anger can serve vital functions to protect and defend the integrity of the self, it is too frequently an instrument that destroys and abuses. Hostile reactions often lead to guilt, regret, and alienation; uncontrolled anger exacts a

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface to theSecond Edition""; ""1. How to Use This Book""; ""2. The Myths of Anger""; ""3. The Physiological Costs of Anger""; ""4. The Interpersonal Costs of Anger""; ""5. Assessing the Costof Your Anger""; ""6. Anger as a Choice: The Two-Step Model of Anger""; ""7. Who�s Responsible""; ""8. 24-Hour Anger Management""; ""9. Combatting Trigger Thoughts""; ""10. Controlling Stress Step by Step""; ""11. Problem Solving""; ""12. Stopping Escalation""; ""13. Coping Through Healthy Self-Talk""; ""14. Anger Inoculation""; ""15. Response Choice Rehearsal""

""16. Effective Communication""""17. Anger as a Defense""; ""18. Road Rage""; ""19. Anger and Children""; ""20. Spouse Abuse""; ""Appendix: Response Choice Rehearsal(RCR) Group Protocol""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-306).

ISBN:

9781608824328

1608824322

9781608824335

1608824330

OCLC:

763156092