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How to Keep People from Pushing Your Buttons

by Albert Ellis

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Publisher Comments:

Hailed as the "grandfather of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, " Albert Ellis has helped millions of people modify their behavior and become happier, healthier individuals. In How to Keep People from Pushing Your Buttons, he provides readers with specific, realistic ways to keep people and events from setting them off or driving them crazy. Now everyone can learn how to react more effectively to antagonistic people and behavior by following Ellis's steps to successfully changing irrational thinking.

Ellis and Lange also focus on the ways people defeat themselves by such negative thinking patterns as "awfulizing, " imposing "shoulds" on themselves and others, being excessively fearful, and overreacting. Readers can alter their own behavior by analyzing the irrational beliefs that people use to let others needlessly push their buttons such as:
-- Worrying too much about what people think about them
-- Trying too hard to please everyone
-- Convincing themselves that it is not acceptable to fail at anything
-- Worrying obsessively about upcoming events
-- Avoiding difficult situations and responsibilities rather than facing them

With easy-to-follow instructions and enlightening advice, How to Keep People from Pushing Your Buttons is a classic in the field of stress-management that will enable readers to combat depression, frustration, and ineffective behavior.

Synopsis:

Presents proven strategies for not reacting to antagonists, revealing a third path between "getting mad" and "getting even," and offers advice on how to stop worrying about what people think, avoiding difficult situations and responsibilities, trying to please everyone, and more. Reprint.

Synopsis:

We all know that life can get tough. Many companies are down-sizing and letting workers go, leaving those with jobs uneasy about their future. Many families are under the added stress of divorce or remarriage - and newly blended families seldom look like the Brady Bunch! On top of these pressures, technology is speeding up the pace of life, confronting each of us with hundreds of tasks that all seemingly need to get done today. With all this stress, pressure, uncertainty, and worry, there are may things and many people out there who can potentially set you off, drive you crazy, or push your buttons. This book provides specific, realistic ways to keep people and events from pushing your buttons. It does so without resorting to theoretical jargon, "new age" psychology, or positive-thinking quick fixes. You will find here a set of specific skills you can use to help you react more effectively in the face of potential button-pushers.

Synopsis:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-201) and index.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780806516707
Lange, Arthur:
Ellis, Albert
Author:
Lange, Arthur
Author:
Ellis, Albert
Publisher:
Citadel Press
Location:
New York, N.Y.
Subject:
General
Subject:
Interpersonal Relations
Subject:
Stress Management
Subject:
Psychotherapy
Subject:
Personal and practical guides
Subject:
Personal & Practical Guides
Subject:
Adjustment (psychology)
Subject:
Self-control
Subject:
Rational-emotive psychotherapy
Subject:
Adaptation, Psychological
Subject:
Interpersonal conflict
Subject:
Conflict.
Subject:
Psychotherapy, Rational-Emotive.
Subject:
Adjustment
Edition Description:
Carol Pub. Group ed.
Series Volume:
2915b
Publication Date:
April 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
220
Dimensions:
8.95x5.85x.65 in. .72 lbs.

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