The Angry Self: A Comprehensive Approach to Anger Management

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Summary: Endorsement from a fellow therapist
Review: "In a time when high-quality anger management and violence prevention programs are in hot demand, Miriam Gottlieb delivers with a superb and clearly written workbook that can greatly benefit therapists in the trenches and the clients they treat. Her book is filled with practical tools that can successfully empower clients to gain better control of their anger. There have been many books written about anger management, but by far The Angry Self tops them all." --Matthew D. Selekman, MSW, author of Pathways to Change: Brief Therapy Solutions with Difficult Adolescents

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Summary: From powerless to powerful!
Review: I am a graduate student of Social Work at Columbia University. In search of a tool to use with an adolescent client, I came upon The Angry Self. As a student, I was apprehensive about using a workbook to tackle anger management. But I truly believe that the guidelines and tasks in this book turned my client's life around. It was so clear and fun, even to an adolescent, that it practically did the work without me! I learned right along with my client and the theraputic relationship grew and went to a whole new level. Thank you Dr. Gottlieb for sharing your knowledge! I would recommend this book to clients,students, and professors alike!

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Summary: From powerless to powerful!
Review: I am a graduate student of Social Work at Columbia University. In search of a tool to use with an adolescent client, I came upon The Angry Self. As a student, I was apprehensive about using a workbook to tackle anger management. But I truly believe that the guidelines and tasks in this book turned my client's life around. It was so clear and fun, even to an adolescent, that it practically did the work without me! I learned right along with my client and the theraputic relationship grew and went to a whole new level. Thank you Dr. Gottlieb for sharing your knowledge! I would recommend this book to clients,students, and professors alike!

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Summary: I don't know why you have to be angry all the time...
Review: In American society, the word anger is spit around as constantly as tobacco. In my explorations into the literary and philosophical works which study the meaning of madness and anger, I have observed and found that the key to a happy life and successful future is to learn how to keep control and manage those feelings which can overcome a person in even the most uncertain and strenuous situations. Gottlieb provides some useful and unique techniques to help curb those harmful threats and actions that sometimes we let slip out. Although I have found that books and workshops seem to be helpful for the average American, the best solution to working out anger management problems is to see a counselor. There are many of the professional people available in every city and town across America. Gottlieb's self help book is a step in the right direction for helping Americans who have troubles with anger management but sometimes the best help is professional care and hardcore prescription drugs.

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Summary: I don't know why you have to be angry all the time...
Review: In American society, the word anger is spit around as constantly as tobacco. In my explorations into the literary and philosophical works which study the meaning of madness and anger, I have observed and found that the key to a happy life and successful future is to learn how to keep control and manage those feelings which can overcome a person in even the most uncertain and strenuous situations. Gottlieb provides some useful and unique techniques to help curb those harmful threats and actions that sometimes we let slip out. Although I have found that books and workshops seem to be helpful for the average American, the best solution to working out anger management problems is to see a counselor. There are many of the professional people available in every city and town across America. Gottlieb's self help book is a step in the right direction for helping Americans who have troubles with anger management but sometimes the best help is professional care and hardcore prescription drugs.

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Summary: Relieving Anger Proudly and with Grace
Review: Miriam Gottlieb's "The Angry Self" is a complete guide to anger management for individuals who want to help themself as well as for people who prefer to work with therapists. Her style is clear and bright, replete with imaginative anecdotes and interesting accounts at each stage of anger work that blend gracefully into this logicially arranged, slender, easy to follow self-help workbook. Throughout, we're asked to complete inventories and worksheets to tune us in to our own emotional natures and ways of thinking when we're angry or faced with tough decisions about values. "The Angry Self" provides a graceful, enjoyable, and effective way to tackle all sorts of anger problems.

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Summary: Relieving Anger Proudly and with Grace
Review: Miriam Gottlieb's "The Angry Self" is a complete guide to anger management for individuals who want to help themself as well as for people who prefer to work with therapists. Her style is clear and bright, replete with imaginative anecdotes and interesting accounts at each stage of anger work that blend gracefully into this logicially arranged, slender, easy to follow self-help workbook. Throughout, we're asked to complete inventories and worksheets to tune us in to our own emotional natures and ways of thinking when we're angry or faced with tough decisions about values. "The Angry Self" provides a graceful, enjoyable, and effective way to tackle all sorts of anger problems.

Rating:
Summary: Relieving Anger Proudly and with Grace
Review: Miriam Gottlieb's "The Angry Self" is a complete guide to anger management for individuals who want to help themself as well as for people who prefer to work with therapists. Her style is clear and bright, replete with imaginative anecdotes and interesting accounts at each stage of anger work that blend gracefully into this logicially arranged, slender, easy to follow self-help workbook. Throughout, we're asked to complete inventories and worksheets to tune us in to our own emotional natures and ways of thinking when we're angry or faced with tough decisions about values. "The Angry Self" provides a graceful, enjoyable, and effective way to tackle all sorts of anger problems.

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Summary: A Comprehensive Guide to Anger Management
Review: Step by step by step - The Angry Self: A Comprehensive Approach to Anger Management provides just that: a clear, accessible, and practical alternative to uncontrolled anger. Not simply a series of techniques, this approach views anger management as a process, one that engages clients in making real changes in their lives. A workbook to be used directly by the client -- inside or outside the therapy room -- The Angry Self encompasses cognitive-behavioral strategies, Ericksonian tenets, and relaxation techniques. Building on a combination of these ideas, the author has created a cohesive course of action that includes tasks and assignments designed to reinforce the units of learning and to support the client as he or she begins to acknowledge and then channel feelings. Perforated pages allow clients to work anywhere and to move forward at their own pace. The Angry Self presents a sequence of strategies -- within a genuinely holistic framework -- that will help clients help themselves break through years of reflexive anger. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Miriam M. Gottlieb, Ph.D., is on the faculty of the University of Arizona, and is also associated with a developmental pediatrics group, providing psychological services to children and adolescents.