When Someone You Love Is Angry: A 7-Step Program for Dealing with Toxic Anger and Taking Back Control of Your Life

by W. Doyle Gentry

Clinical psychologist and anger expert W. Doyle Gentry offers compassionate, practical insight to those with angry loved ones, providing coping strategies that help strengthen emotional intimacy and establish boundaries-and avoid being held hostage to a partner's angry words and behavior.

When Someone You Love Is Angry combines the latest research with real-life testimony, resulting in a survival guide for those exposed to toxic anger, outlining a unique seven-step program to minimize the emotional damage of loving, but angry,

- Reaching out for support
- Abandoning the eight myths about love and anger
- Recognizing and putting a stop to abusive behavior
- Avoiding facilitation of the anger syndrome
- Refraining from angry responses
- Innoculating oneself against stress
- Exploring one's options

Genres: Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

First published September 7, 2004

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the author's presentation of what a "loving but angry" relationship is and how to deal with the complexities of such a situation. I would recommend it to a client in this situation....

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful for my social services responsibility in our church. Studying depression and anxiety and related subjects.

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful tools for anyone living with an angry person.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

The last three chapters were most helpful