Anger Management For Dummies

Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting Started with Anger Management 5
Chapter 1: Understanding Anger 7
Chapter 2: Finding Your Anger Profile 15
Chapter 3: Deciding Whether to Change 35

Part 2: Rethinking Anger 53
Chapter 4: Jump-Starting Anger Management 55
Chapter 5: Connecting Events to Thoughts and Feelings 67
Chapter 6: Reexamining Angry Thoughts 77
Chapter 7: Taking the Focus Off Yourself 99

Part 3: Equipping Yourself with Anger Management Tools 109
Chapter 8: Communicating Assertively with Compassion 111
Chapter 9: Mindfully Managing Anger 129
Chapter 10: Practicing Non-Angry Responses 139

Part 4: Managing Anger Hotspots 153
Chapter 11: When You Are Morally Outraged 155
Chapter 12: Dealing with Anger at Work 167
Chapter 13: Understanding and Helping Angry Children and Teens 183
Chapter 14: Subduing Anger in Intimate Relationships 203
Chapter 15: Rage Behind the Machine 215

Part 5: Handling Anger from the Past 225
Chapter 16: Letting Go of Past Anger 227
Chapter 17: Finding Forgiveness 241
Chapter 18: Preventing Relapse 249

Part 6: Living Beyond Anger 257
Chapter 19: Soothing Stress 259
Chapter 20: Balancing Your Body 275
Chapter 21: Building Social Support 293
Chapter 22: Finding Meaning and Purpose 303

Part 7: The Part of Tens 313
Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Deal with Angry People 315
Chapter 24: Ten Ways to Decrease Anger with Compassion 323
Chapter 25: Ten Anti-Anger Thoughts 327

Index 335