This work features creative activities to help understand and manage feelings of anger. The innovative toolkit suggests alternative responses and ways of understanding the underlying causes of anger, with ideas that can be adapted for individuals or groups.

There's no "one-size fits all" solution to managing anger. This activity- heavy workbook is designed to help you discover your personal anger profile by exploring the physiological, cognitive and emotional sides of anger that make an appearance in your life. Use your new found knowledge to choose the appropriate anger tools for you!

If You Have 30 Minutes, You Can Take Charge of Anger Anger fills us with adrenaline, but can also cloud our thinking--a combination that tends to get us into trouble. In 30-Minute Therapy for Anger, you'll learn proven-effective skills developed by therapists for helping people process and control their anger instead of lashing out at others. These conflict-defusing techniques will help you "cool down" anger so that you can respond calmly and effectively, even in life's most aggravating situations. Read just one or all three parts of this book: Get the basics Learn what you need to know to quickly get anger under control in the first sections of each chapter. Gain a deeper understanding Take it further and read the second sections of each chapter for skills that will help you make lasting changes. Then, go online to practice your skills Log on to find more exercises available online exclusively for 30-Minute Therapy for Anger readers.

The SMART approach to treating problem anger As a therapist, you know that every client experiences anger in a different way. That’s why it’s so important to customize your treatment plan using the best tools available. Based on Howard Kassinove and Raymond C. Tafrate’s innovative and modular SMART (Selection Menu for Anger Reduction Treatment) model for treating anger, this groundbreaking professional’s manual offers an array of strategies to help you create an individualized treatment plan tailored to your client and their specific needs. With this powerful, evidence-based guide, you’ll learn how to help clients understand and manage unhealthy anger. You’ll find motivational interviewing techniques, strategies for engaging clients in therapy, and tools for incorporating different treatment methods—such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), mindfulness, and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)—into your sessions. Also included is direction for case formulation and treatment planning, as well as links to downloadable handouts, worksheets, and sample scripts that can be incorporated into real-world sessions. Using the effective SMART model outlined in this book, you can help your clients gain control over anger, successfully regulate their emotions, and live better lives. Discover SMART interventions to help clients: Identify and alter anger triggers Enhance motivation and awareness Overcome impulsive urges Alter lifestyle habits Build distress tolerance Improve communication skills

The Anger Control Workbook offers a new and highly effective approach to anger control that gives you the tools you need to manage anger in your day-to-day life. You’ll get a deeper understanding of how anger affects all areas of your life—both physically and emotionally—and within a few weeks feel the benefits of controlling destructive anger. This workbook shows you how to practice new coping behaviors that allow you to gain control in anger-stimulating situations. Throughout, the techniques are streamlined and presented in a clear, step-by-step format, including numerous exercises and worksheets. It’s arranged to make it as easy as possible to put together a program tailored to your own personal obstacles and triggers. This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit — an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.