Anger Management for Dummies

Informationen zum Autor Gill Bloxham, CPsychol is a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Gill teaches on university courses, to charity organisations such as MIND and to non-health agencies including the police and local government. W. Doyle Gentry, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist and Director of the Institute for Anger-Free Living. Klappentext Learn to: Stay calm under pressure Adopt a new outlook on difficult situations Manage your daily stresses and strains Balance the effects of your temper Wave goodbye to stress and anger Do you have difficulty keeping a lid on your emotions? Do you often fly off the handle? Or do you know someone else who does? This book offers essential techniques on keeping your anger under control and developing new skills to deal with stressful situations. Through helpful and straightforward explanations, this guide will help you to ease your anger and work on areas where you'd like to keep your cool. From managing stressful situations at home or in the office to tackling road rage, use this easy-to-follow advice to stay on top of your anger and keep your head in testing situations. Work at it ? combat workplace stress and stay calm in a professional environment Don't look back in anger ? deal with the past, and learn to let go and move forward Drift away ? discover how to dissolve stress and ensure a good night's sleep Should I have said that? ? learn to manage your temper and not speak out in anger No combat zone ? say goodbye to physical aggression and control your body, as well as your mind Getting personal ? find new ways to deal with problems at home and in relationships Open the book and find: How to deal with pressurised situations Daily stress management techniques Advice on how to develop a new outlook Ways to stay in a good mood Key points on keeping your cool The skill of preventing anger in the future Why it's important to manage your body chemistry Zusammenfassung A recent YouGov survey has revealed that 1 in 4 people worries about how angry they sometimes feel, or has a close friend or family member who has trouble controlling their anger. The UK is angrier than ever- we're the top road rage country in Europe and 1 in 2 Londoners experiences pavement rage on a daily basis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 Part I: The Basics of Anger 9 Chapter 1: Anger: A Natural Human Emotion 11 Chapter 2: When Is Anger a Problem? Assessing and Understanding Your Anger 19 Chapter 3: Is Anger Damaging Your Life? 35 Part II: Dealing with Past and Present Anger 51 Chapter 4: Taking Immediate Action 53 Chapter 5: Avoiding Speaking Out in Anger 69 Chapter 6: Keeping Your Cool 79 Chapter 7: Letting Go of Past Anger 95 Chapter 8: Moving Forward: The Power of Forgiveness 105 Part III: Preventing Future Anger 115 Chapter 9: Adopting a New Outlook 117 Chapter 10: Saying What You Mean 129 Chapter 11: Owning Up to Your Anger 139 Chapter 12: Balancing the Effects of Your Temperament 153 Chapter 13: Using Anger Constructively 165 Part IV: Lifestyle Changes That Improve Your Anger and Health 183 Chapter 14: Managing Daily Stresses 185 Chapter 15: Managing Your Body Chemistry 201 Chapter 16: Getting a Good Night's Sleep 213 Chapter 17: Looking After Your Spiritual Health 229 Chapter 18: Staying in a Good Mood 237 Part V: Managing Anger in Relationships 255 Chapter 19: At Work 257 Chapter 20: At Home and In Intimate Relationships 271 Part VI: The Part of Tens 285 Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Raise a Child to Have Healthy Anger Control 287 Chapter 22: Ten Anger-Freeing Thoughts 299 Chapter 23...

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
Part I: The Basics of Anger.

Chapter 1: Anger: A Natural Human Emotion.

Chapter 2: When Is Anger a Problem? Assessing and Understanding Your Anger.

Chapter 3: Is Anger Damaging Your Life?

Part II: Dealing with Past and Present Anger.

Chapter 4: Taking Immediate Action.

Chapter 5: Avoiding Speaking Out in Anger.

Chapter 6: Keeping Your Cool.

Chapter 7: Letting Go of Past Anger.

Chapter 8: Moving Forward: The Power of Forgiveness.

Part III: Preventing Future Anger.

Chapter 9: Adopting a New Outlook.

Chapter 10: Saying What You Mean.

Chapter 11: Owning Up to Your Anger.

Chapter 12: Balancing the Effects of Your Temperament.

Chapter 13: Using Anger Constructively.

Part IV: Lifestyle Changes That Improve Your Anger and Health.

Chapter 14: Managing Daily Stresses.

Chapter 15: Managing Your Body Chemistry.

Chapter 16: Getting a Good Night's Sleep.

Chapter 17: Looking After Your Spiritual Health.

Chapter 18: Staying in a Good Mood.

Part V: Managing Anger in Relationships.

Chapter 19: At Work.

Chapter 20: At Home and In Intimate Relationships.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Raise a Child to Have Healthy Anger Control.

Chapter 22: Ten Anger-Freeing Thoughts.

Chapter 23: Ten Anger-Freeing Actions.

Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: G. Bloxham, Gill Bloxham, Gillian Bloxham, W. Doyle Gentry
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.04.2010
• EAN: 9780470682166
• ISBN: 978-0-470-68216-6
• Seiten: 360
• Serie: For Dummies
• Themen: Ratgeber > Lebenshilfe, Alltag > Lebensführung, Persönliche Entwicklung; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft; Ratgeber, Self-help, Aggressionsbewältigung, Allg. Ratgeber