The Anger Control Workbook Author: Matthew McKay | Language: English | ISBN:
1572242205 | Format: PDF
The Anger Control Workbook Description
Review
The Anger Control Workbook “…carefully and clearly shows how feelings of anger rip up people’s guts, destroy their relationships, and have many other disadvantages…Indicates how readers can constructively work—and keep working—to minimize anger and rage…Includes many exceptionally useful and practical self-help techniques and exercises. A fine workbook!”
—Albert Ellis, Ph.D., President, Albert Ellis Instistute, New York, and author, A Guide to Rational Living
“In The Anger Control Workbook, the reader learns by showing and telling…by rehearsing, trying out, and modifying. Delightfully, it addresses issues sometimes overlooked in self-help material…why anger is hard to give up and reasons why change may be difficult. McKay and Rogers provide a clear, concise, highly readable and user-friendly book on personal anger reduction. A good book to become a scuffed-up friend in the continued efforts at anger reduction.”
—Jerry Deffenbacher, Ph.D., Anger Researcher, professor, Dept. of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
“…anyone reading this book and working the exercises will certainly develop the skills with which they can really control their anger and live happier lives. A job well done that helps people cope with the frustrations of day to day life.”
—Dr. Ronald T. Potter-Efron, Ph.D., author, Letting Go of Anger, Angry All the Time, and Working Anger
About the Author
Matthew McKay, PhD, is a professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA. He has authored and coauthored numerous books, including The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook, Self-Esteem, Thoughts and Feelings, When Anger Hurts, and ACT on Life Not on Anger. He has also penned two fiction novels, Us and The Wawona Hotel. McKay received his PhD in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, and specializes in the cognitive behavioral treatment of anxiety and depression. He lives and works in the Bay Area.
Peter Rogers, PhD, was the administrative director of Haight Ashbury Psychological Services. He was the coauthor of When Anger Hurts, The Divorce Book, The Anger Control Workbook,and The Community Building Companion.
- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition (December 30, 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1572242205
- ISBN-13: 978-1572242203
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
A while back, I was lucky to get a hold of a book called The Authoritative Guide to Self-Help Books. The book is a result of a well-respected study that rates hundreds of self-help books/films/websites for various disorders such as depression, anger, obesity, anxiety, low self-esteem and so on to see if they deliver self-help. In the anger category, the only book found to be highly effective (5 stars) was the book I am reviewing.
This is the most concise book I've seen on this complex subject about 150 pages), but it's the essence of all I needed.
In my opinion, a self help book is good if:
1. It's simple, clear and free of psychobabble with a minimum of stories of non-existent humans;
2. It doesn't dwell excessively on the past no matter how sad, but rather encourages action to change;
3. The issues feel relevant and you see the application to your unique situation immediately;
4. It is scientifically proven to work. It does not promise you easy and quick results but realistic and common-sense;
The Anger Control Workbook is such self-help book.
It starts by teaching you how to relax on demand. Try to be angry when you are completely relaxed-it's impossible.
Relaxation is a skill that you perfect with 20-minute daily practice. You use this skill to temporarily calm yourself and buy time so that you can plead and reason with yourself not to act impulsively and cause an unrepairable damage.
Then, the book addresses your thought and belief system and helps to correct some of the distortions that are surely lurking there. Automatic and unnoticed distortions provide fertile ground for anger.
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