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Is anger poisoning your relationships, family, job, finances, or health? Find a better life with
Anger Free. In ten easy steps, anger researcher and seasoned psychologist Dr. W. Doyle Gentry offers a simple mind/body approach to alleviating dysfunctional anger. Drawing on three decades of professional and personal experience, he presents a fresh perspective on anger management with clinically tested methods that draw on the psycho-biological elements of toxic anger and far surpass the commonly prescribed therapy to "hold it in" or "let it out." In his easy-to-understand program, Gentry provides self-assessment exercises, case histories, outlines of the pitfalls of anger management, and realistic goals to overcoming the "toxic" behavior. You'll learn how to:
- Develop a healthier attitude
- Improve your emotional life
- Nurture your intimate relationships
- Argue successfully
- Raise your self-esteem
- And much more!
Promoting healthy, lasting change, Anger-Free delivers effective methods to master your anger successfully--without professional therapy.
Are you consumed by rage? Do you seethe and simmer, slam doors, or scream at people? Is so, you may be one of the millions afflicted with high-intensity, high-frequency, long-lasting "toxic" anger, a debilitating disorder that can destroy your job, your relationships, and even your health.
Anger-Free offers a simple mind/body approach to alleviating dysfunctional anger. Drawing on three decades of professional and personal experience, Dr. W. Doyle Gentry presents a fresh perspective on anger management with clinically tested methods that draw on the psychobiological elements of toxic anger and far surpass the commonly prescribed therapy to "hold it in" or "let it out."
In his easy-to-understand ten-step program, Gentry provides self-assessment inventories to test anger levels, offers case histories as learning tools, outlines the pitfalls of anger management, and sets realistic goals to overcoming the "toxic" behavior. Complete with positive exercises to promote healthy, lasting change, Anger-Free delivers effective methods to master your anger successfully -- without professional therapy.
Are you consumed by rage? Do you seethe and simmer, slam doors, or scream at people? Is so, you may be one of the millions afflicted with high-intensity, high-frequency, long-lasting "toxic" anger, a debilitating disorder that can destroy your job, your relationships, and even your health.
Anger-Free offers a simple mind/body approach to alleviating dysfunctional anger. Drawing on three decades of professional and personal experience, Dr. W. Doyle Gentry presents a fresh perspective on anger management with clinically tested methods that draw on the psychobiological elements of toxic anger and far surpass the commonly prescribed therapy to "hold it in" or "let it out."
In his easy-to-understand ten-step program, Gentry provides self-assessment inventories to test anger levels, offers case histories as learning tools, outlines the pitfalls of anger management, and sets realistic goals to overcoming the "toxic" behavior. Complete with positive exercises to promote healthy, lasting change, Anger-Free delivers effective methods to master your anger successfully -- without professional therapy.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-203) and index.
About the Author
W. Doyle Gentry, Ph.D., received his degree in clinical psychology from Florida State University and is the founding editor of the Journal of Behavioral Medicine. The author of more than one hundred professional works, he lives with his wife in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he conducts anger workshops and offers private counseling.