How To Control Your Anger Before It Controls YouDon't let anger harm your health, career, and relationships: “No individual—not even Freud himself—has had a greater impact on modern psychotherapy.” —Psychology Today Anger is universal. Unchecked, it can cause lasting damage in our lives: wrecked relationships, lost jobs, even serious disease. Yet in these increasingly stressful times, all of us have acted in anger—and often wished we hadn't. Is there a way that really works to solve problems and assert ourselves without being angry? The answer is a resounding yes, if you follow the breakthrough steps of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). This proven approach, developed by world-renowned psychotherapist Dr. Albert Ellis, has withstood the test of time, helping countless people deal effectively with emotional problems. Using easy-to-master instructions and exercises, this classic book will show you how to apply REBT techniques to understand the roots and nature of your anger, and take control of and reduce angry reactions. Here you will discover: The rational and irrational aspects of anger Special insights into your self-angering beliefs How to think, feel, and act your way out of anger How to relax How to accept yourself with your anger . . and much more that will help you challenge and eliminate the anger that can frustrate success and happiness at home, at work, anywhere. |
Contents
Myths About How to Deal With Your Anger | |
REBT and the ABCs of Anger | |
Rational and Irrational Aspects of Anger | |
Discovering Your RageCreating Beliefs | |
Special Insights Into Your SelfAngering Beliefs | |
Feeling Your Way Out of Your Anger | |
Acting Your Way Out of Your Anger | |
Learning to Relax | |
Still More Ways of Thinking Yourself Out of Your | |
Additional Ways of Reducing Your Anger | |
Accepting Yourself With Your Anger | |
Selected References | |
About the Authors | |
Other editions - View all
How to Control Your Anger Before It Controls You Albert Ellis,Raymond Chip Tafrate Limited preview - 1997 |
How to Control Your Anger: Before it Controls You Albert Ellis,Raymond Chip Tafrate No preview available - 1999 |
How To Control Your Anger Before It Controls You Albert Ellis,Arthur Lange Ed.D. No preview available - 2016 |
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