This manual combines innovative self-discovery tools and targeted exercises for understanding and managing the five unproductive faces of anger, from passive aggressive to all out rage.

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Angry people often get into trouble--with spouses and kids, bosses and colleagues, friends and strangers--and "putting a lid on it" is easier said than done. Yet this powerful, often destructive emotion can be tamed with the effective six-step program presented in this book. Anger expert Dr. Robert Nay, who has conducted popular trainings and workshops nationwide on his proven approach, combines innovative self-discovery tools and targeted exercises for understanding and managing the five unproductive faces of anger, from passive-aggression to all-out rage. Quizzes, worksheets, and practice tips help readers assess when and why their anger becomes a problem, switch gears before it escalates out of control, and channel anger in more productive ways. Beyond just learning textbook strategies, readers gain skills to make anger control second-nature in stressful, hot-button situations.

Key Features:
• Meets a real need: Unchecked anger disrupts relationships, jobs, parenting, and more.
• Field-tested approach has been fine-tuned over 20 years of research and successful clinical work.
• Reveals the positive side of anger and how to channel it into assertive problem solving.

· Introduction
· Step One: Understanding and Recognizing Anger
1. The Faces of Anger: Who Do You See in the Mirror?
2. Behind the Mask: Understanding Anger and Its Expression
· Step Two: Identifying and Preparing for Anger Triggers
3. Understanding Your Anger Triggers
· Step Three: Pinpointing your Anger Early on and Dampening Arousal
4. Anger Awareness
5. Dampening Anger Arousal
· Step Four: Identifying and Changing Thoughts That Fuel Anger
6. Recognizing Thoughts That Fuel Anger
7. Rewriting Your Script: New Thinking for New Solutions
· Step Five: Staying Cool Under Fire
8. Assertive Problem Solving: Expressing Anger Constructively in Conflict Situations
9. When Anger Is Aimed at You
· Step Six: Staying the Course--Sustaining New Behavior and Coping With Roadblocks
10. Establishing New Anger Habits
11. So You've Had a Setback: Getting Back on Track
· Appendices:
1. Self-Assessment of Anger Questionnaire (SAQ).
2. Personal Anger Scale.
3. Anger Analysis.

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