About the Author

Andrea Brandt, PhD, has more than thirty years of experience working with individuals, couples, groups, and children. She is a sought-after television and radio show guest and lives in Santa Monica, California. Babette Rothschild, MSW, LCSW, has been a practicing psychotherapist since 1976. Author of 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery and the best-selling The Body Remembers, and member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, she gives lectures and professional trainings around the world. She is the editor of Norton's 8 Keys to Mental Health Series. She lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

"Brandt offers easy-to-follow explanations and workable methods to combat [passive-aggressiveness] ... I now feel more equipped to recognize it in myself and in those around me and to replace it with more positive forms of expression." -- PsychCentral "Brandt has created a fluid narrative using expertly drafted anecdotes taken from her clinical experience and practical exercises to illuminate concepts... The key strength of this book is the anecdotal stories that line the pages... General readers will gain intimate knowledge of their own behavior and suggestions for eliminating passive-aggressiveness. Likewise, practicing psychotherapists will be exposed to relevant exercises that can immediately incorporated in the clinical setting." -- International Journal of Psychotherapy "Andrea Brandt's 8 Keys to Eliminating Passive-Aggressiveness is a fabulous book... [F]or starters, it's fabulous because, in language all of us can understand, it explains this common behavior... Brandt, who is a psychotherapist and anger management specialist, makes it clear that we all do at least occasionally commit passive-aggression." -- Parenting Press Newsletter "A clear and practical guide to tackling the enormously frustrating problem of passive-aggressive behavior, an issue that plagues both personal and business relationships. The 8 keys are powerful tools designed to end the reflexive suppression of anger, which later shows up as an infuriating 'Huh? Me? What did I do?' Dr. Brandt has done a masterful job providing strategies for dealing with the malignant passive-aggressive behaviors that secretly lie at the root of entrenched, perpetual problems. I wholeheartedly recommend this guide." -- Diana Shulman, JD, PhD, Certified Gottman Couples Therapist, Los Angeles, CA