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Creative Anger: Putting That Powerful Emotion to Good Use
We are a nation of plenty, of opportunity, and luxury, but we are also a nation flush with fury. Homicides, assaults, domestic abuse, youth violence, and even road rage are too common, let alone everyday outbursts of temper that harm family members, friends, peers, and co-workers. The market for anti-anger, mood-stabilizing drugs is booming, as is the market for anger management counseling and classes. What is happening? In this book, a team of experts who've been traveling the nation presenting workshops on Rethinking Anger start by telling us Anger is normal; nature hardwired into our brains for protection. But here is the paradox. Anger out of control destroys, yet anger understood and controlled is a constructive force, one that can be used for creativity, change, and growth. Authors Baruch, Grotberg, and Stutman show us how to take charge of this powerful emotion, so it can be used in constructive ways, rather than destructive. Using the anger energy constructively can release creative potential and be liberating.
We are a nation of plenty, of opportunity, and luxury, but we are also a nation flush with fury. Homicides, assaults, domestic abuse, youth violence, and even road rage are all too common, let alone everyday outbursts of temper that harm family members, friends, peers, and co-workers. The market for anti-anger, mood-stablizing drugs is booming, as is the market for anger management counseling and classes. What is happening? In this book, a team of experts who've been traveling the nation presenting workshops on Rethinking Anger start by telling us Anger is normal; nature hardwired into our brains for protection. But here is the paradox. Anger out of control destroys, yet anger understood and controlled is a constructive force, one that can be used for creativity, change, and growth. Authors Baruch, Grotberg, and Stutman show us how to take charge of this powerful emotion, so it can be used in constructive ways, rather than destructive. Using anger energy constructively can release creative potential, and be liberating.
Ten years of research and workshops have honed the knowledge and skills of this author team, and here they guide us to taming our anger into a positive force. This book will be useful to all trying to tame their own anger, or that of others close to them. It will also be of interest to teachers, counselors, managers and students of psychology.
We are a nation of plenty, of opportunity, and luxury, but we are also a nation flush with fury. Homicides, assaults, domestic abuse, youth violence, and even road rage are all too common, let alone everyday outbursts of temper that harm family members, friends, peers, and co-workers. The market for anti-anger, mood-stablizing drugs is booming, as is the market for anger management counseling and classes. What is happening? In this book, a team of experts who've been traveling the nation presenting workshops on Rethinking Anger start by telling us Anger is normal; nature hardwired into our brains for protection. But here is the paradox. Anger out of control destroys, yet anger understood and controlled is a constructive force, one that can be used for creativity, change, and growth. Authors Baruch, Grotberg, and Stutman show us how to take charge of this powerful emotion, so it can be used in constructive ways, rather than destructive. Using anger energy constructively can release creative potential, and be liberating.
Ten years of research and workshops have honed the knowledge and skills of this author team, and here they guide us to taming our anger into a positive force. This book will be useful to all trying to tame their own anger, or that of others close to them. It will also be of interest to teachers, counselors, managers and students of psychology.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 2007
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September 11, 2017
I wanted to read this book because I am interested in emotional-intelligence-related topics. This is like Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence but is particularly about anger and how one can manage it. With that premise, and as the title suggests, anger can be a powerful emotion/force to move us into action, and with the RETHINK skills (or emotional intelligence applied to anger), anger can be channeled into creative and constructive actions that can save our relationships with others.
This book gave a comprehensive treatment of situations where one can use the RETHINK skills that were presented and discussed. It discussed anger situations in the workplace, in the family, in the community, and in relationships. The last two chapters discussed how the RETHINK skills can be practiced and how it can pave the way to forgiveness.
I learned many things from this book, especially using "I" statements effectively and integrating respect and empathy in heated situations. It takes practice and courage to apply the skills presented here, and sometimes the practice is the real-life situations one is dealing with.
The book has a lot of scenarios that the authors are analyzing as to how the RETHINK skills can be applied or has been applied. So a huge part of the book is analyses of scenarios and giving alternative perspectives on anger situations, which is also a form of training one's mind to consider re-framing different situations one can be at in the future.
I got what I expected from this book. It helped in informing me, objectively, about anger and how I could deal with it in myself and in my interaction with others.
This book gave a comprehensive treatment of situations where one can use the RETHINK skills that were presented and discussed. It discussed anger situations in the workplace, in the family, in the community, and in relationships. The last two chapters discussed how the RETHINK skills can be practiced and how it can pave the way to forgiveness.
I learned many things from this book, especially using "I" statements effectively and integrating respect and empathy in heated situations. It takes practice and courage to apply the skills presented here, and sometimes the practice is the real-life situations one is dealing with.
The book has a lot of scenarios that the authors are analyzing as to how the RETHINK skills can be applied or has been applied. So a huge part of the book is analyses of scenarios and giving alternative perspectives on anger situations, which is also a form of training one's mind to consider re-framing different situations one can be at in the future.
I got what I expected from this book. It helped in informing me, objectively, about anger and how I could deal with it in myself and in my interaction with others.
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