Table of Contents

Introduction 1


Part I: Getting Started with Anger Management 5


Chapter 1: Understanding Anger 7


Chapter 2: Finding Your Anger Profile 15


Chapter 3: Deciding Whether to Change 35


Part II: Rethinking Anger 55


Chapter 4: Jump]Starting Anger Management 57


Chapter 5: Connecting Events to Thoughts and Feelings 69


Chapter 6: Reexamining Angry Thoughts 79


Chapter 7: Taking the Focus Off Yourself 103


Part III: Equipping Yourself with Anger]Management Tools 113


Chapter 8: Communicating Assertively 115


Chapter 9: Solving Problems without Anger 137


Chapter 10: Relaxing Anger Away 149


Chapter 11: Practicing Non]Angry Responses 161


Part IV: Managing Anger Hotspots 173


Chapter 12: Dealing with Anger at Work 175


Chapter 13: Controlling Anger at Home with Family 191


Chapter 14: Subduing Anger in Intimate Relationships 209


Part V: Handling Anger from the Past 221


Chapter 15: Letting Go of Past Anger 223


Chapter 16: Finding Forgiveness 237


Chapter 17: Preventing Relapse 247


Part VI: Living Beyond Anger 255


Chapter 18: Soothing Stress 257


Chapter 19: Balancing Your Body 273


Chapter 20: Building Social Support 291


Chapter 21: Finding Meaning and Purpose 301


Part VII: The Part of Tens 313


Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Deal with Angry People 315


Chapter 23: Ten Ways to End Road Rage 323


Chapter 24: Ten Anti]Anger Thoughts 331


Index 339

About the Author

Charles H. Elliott, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and a Founding Fellow in the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Laura L. Smith, PhD, is the president-elect of the New Mexico Psychological Association. Together, they coauthored Borderline Personality Disorder For Dummies and others.