Overcoming destructive anger : strategies that work / Bernard Golden, PhD.

"Uncontrolled anger can be devastating, yet many people with serious anger issues don't know how to change their behavior. In Overcoming Destructive Anger, psychologist Bernard Golden, an anger management specialist, offers concrete tools for turning destructive anger into healthy anger. Dr. Golden...

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Main Author: Golden, Bernard (Author)
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Anger.
Emotional intelligence.
Emotion-focused therapy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
SELF-HELP > Anger Management (see also FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Anger)
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Anger (see also SELF-HELP > Anger Management)
Emotion-Focused Therapy.
Emotional Intelligence.
Physical Description:x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I. Introducing anger: a needed but often destructive emotion : Understanding unhealthy anger and healthy anger
  • What are the challenges to cultivating healthy anger?
  • How mindfulness and mindfulness meditation can help
  • The role of self-compassion
  • Part II. Using mindfulness and self-compassion to overcome destructive anger : Cultivating self-compassion
  • Mindfulness and self-compassion for your body
  • A framework for understanding anger
  • A tool for exploring anger arousal
  • Mindfulness and self-compassion for your feelings
  • Mindfulness and self-compassion for your thoughts
  • Self-compassion for healthy anger
  • Part III. Healing relationships by changing the anger response : Mindfulness, self-compassion, and compassionate interactions with others
  • Committing to the practice of healthy anger.