The Anger Management Workbook for Women: A 5-Step Guide to Managing Your Emotions and Breaking the Cycle of Anger

by Julie Catalano

Understand, work through, and take control of your anger with this practical 5-step strategy

When women choose to address their anger management problems, they often do so with feelings of shame or regret—but beginning to work on the issue is a brave first step. The Anger Management Workbook for Women provides an actionable plan that will help you understand the source of your anger, release the pervasive guilt that often results from negative behaviors, and learn strategies for managing anger now and in the future.

Using the most up-to-date research, you’ll learn how to approach, assess, and act differently when you are angry. Take a deep dive into essential advice and strategies for having assertive conversations, asking for what you need and want, requesting behavioral changes from others, and maintaining your progress.

This book about anger management for women

Interactive exercises―Explore worksheets, quizzes, and other activities for assessing negative behavior patterns and discovering how your mind perceives and responds to anger.In-the-moment techniques―Change your mental and physical reaction to anger-provoking thoughts and situations with strategies you can use in real time.Other women’s stories―Read compelling stories about other women who have used these techniques to overcome their anger management issues.

No matter what your reason for seeking help with anger management, the guidance, tools, and support in The Anger Management Workbook for Women can help you take control of your anger and live a healthier, happier life.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction

164 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 12, 2018

About the author

Julie Catalano MSW LICSW is a licensed independent clinical social worker who has 20 years of experience working with adults, adolescents and children, as well as couples, families and groups; in schools, community mental health clinics, and private practice. Julie is trained in EMDR, Hypnotherapy and DBT Group Leadership. She is also a Level II Reiki Jin Kei Do practitioner.

Reviews

[Andie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really helpful and quick read. It was recommended to me by a therapist. I was afraid this was going to reveal some misogynistic stereotypes because of the focus on women, but instead it recognized the societal constraints women experience when confronting their anger. I always find the concept of mindfulness helpful and I appreciate how this book was relatable, concrete, and focused on relationship dynamics as well.

[Alena Kuzniatsova · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anger is an important emotion, it is a natural alarm in situations when circumstances are not like we have expected and wanted them to be. However, the way we respond to it can be destructive (anger inbursts and anger outbursts), this can cause suffering to both the angry person and his/her target.

Often our anger is triggered by one person while we stress it out on another person, which undermines our relationship with the latter.

Besides, we often fail to differentiate the triggers informing us about threats of different scale and react to them with the same intensity.

Our thoughts frequently fuel our anger, such thoughts are not necessarily correct and can be just thinking distortions. They can be categorized into:
1. White or black thinking: I am totally right and he/she is wrong. Try to look at the situation from the other person’s perspective. Both of you might be right to some degree.

2. Blaming: the other party is responsible for my anger and response. Think what you are missing, what goal you are trying to reach.

3. Catastrophizing: thinking of the worst possible outcome. Ask yourself what are the chances for such an outcome, what are alternative possible outcomes.

4. Emotional reasoning: you think what you feel is really happening. Ask yourself what is actually happening.

5. Generalizations

6. Labeling


CBT and mindfulness are among effective methods to lower anger reactivity and manage anger.

It is possible to learn new responses to anger and keep it just as an alarm for the situations when our attention is needed to solve the problem and change the conditions which cause our anger.

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 I didn't pick the best book for my current needs. I am more frustrated with toddler/mom life. This had a couple examples/tips for that, but over all it's for other situations. I practice a lot of the suggestions in this book already but it did have a couple good tips I could implement for non toddler frustrations.

[Tiffany Fusco · Rating 4 out of 5]

It wasn't exactly what I was looking for but it had a lot of helpful ideas. There's blank survey pages in the back so I can continue to check in with myself so I like that.

[T M. Robertson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clear plan to help women understand the root of their anger as well as concrete plans to help manage your temper.

[Cheryl Collier · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book last year when I was feeling intense anger at work. However by the time I received it, my anger had diminished. This book has been sitting unread on the shelf until very recently, when I felt that old familiar feeling rearing its ugly head. What a life saver. I've spent the last several days writing 8 pages of notes. Whereas before I was at the mercy of my fight or flight response, now I feel immense relief from all the tools at my disposal to remain calm. If you are a woman who struggles to express her anger constructively, not destructively, this may be worth a shot.

[Karri Hoopes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent tools. Not as helpful as the LDS Addiction REcovery program book but it has a different focus and is helpful in its specific area. I think being part of a group would have really improved the use of the techniques and book.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful both on a personal and a professional level, to help me better understand children I teach with anger/emotional issues. Good starting point.

[Amy Rohn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good refresher on how to handle anger.

[April · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some great techniques in the book

I liked this book. It contains practical ways to manage stress and keep from blowing my top over every little thing.

[La Questa · Rating 5 out of 5]

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Would recommend to any woman struggling with anger. If like to see more books like this because it be really helped me conquer my anger.