Mastering Your Moods: How To Recognize Your Emotional Style and Make it Work For You--Without Drugs

by Melvyn Kinder

The co-author of Smart Women , Foolish Choices , Melvyn Kinder overturns traditional approaches to therapy to offer a cutting-edge program.

Mastering Your Moods will help readers to understand and alter their moods, and free themselves from anxiety, anger, and depression--without prescription drugs. Not only that, you will be able to recognize your emotional style and make it work FOR you.

Genres: Psychology, Health, Self Help

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Monica Willyard Moen · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this book is written to help people learn how to handle things like depression, anxiety, and anger without prescription drugs, many of the ideas in this book work well for those of us who have bipolar disorder as well, even though we do take medication. What I especially like about this book is that it presents a collection of tools that anyone can use to improve their mood and take some control over their moods and experiences. I am already benefiting from some of the ideas about reducing the intensity of anxiety and depression by taking action, connecting with others, and setting some realistic goals for myself.

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting theory and some useful information though I do think the author may have been too quick to toss out other theories and therapies in favor of his own. And I'm not completely sold on the supposition of there being four main temperaments and that everyone falls typically into one of these categories. Still I think the book proves helpful in recognizing some different types of temperaments and even some sound suggestions for dealing with them.

[Wednesday · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you have read any social psychology you could probably breeze through this book. Had some good reminders of the way we are improperly socialized. A good deal of scientific data, studies of the brain and explanations of brain function. Possibly a bit boring because I've read many books with the same information that were more "personable."