The Anger Control Workbook

by Matthew McKay, Peter D. Rogers

The toxic costs of anger are well understood: sabotaged careers, alienated family and friends, and even physical damage to a point where illness or an early death can result. Unlike previous models of anger control that began by combating anger-provoking trigger thoughts at a relatively low level of anger, The Anger Control Workbook introduces you to a streamlined new approach that allows you to exercise control at a higher level of anger so that fewer steps are involved in managing all of your problem anger expressions. Throughout, the book offers techniques in a clear, step-by-step format, arranged to make it easy to tailor a program to your own personal obstacles and triggering events

Genres: Self Help, Psychology, Nonfiction, Counselling

396 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Matthew McKay, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, and author of more than 30 professional psychology and self-help books which have sold a combined total of more than 3 million copies. He is co-founder of independent self-help publisher, New Harbinger Publications. He was the clinical director of Haight Ashbury Psychological Services in San Francisco for twenty five years. He is current director of the Berkeley CBT Clinic. An accomplished novelist and poet, his poetry has appeared in two volumes from Plum Branch Press and in more than sixty literary magazines. His most recent novel, Wawona Hotel, was
published by Boaz Press in 2008.

Reviews

[Elizabeth]

As seen in FYI: For Your Improvement.

[Phillip Childs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Was highly recommended.... offers many great suggestions.

[jis · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5 only read it for my client

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not exactly the best workbook out there on Anger. As a mental health counselor, I am always on the hunt for books and workbooks for my clients to invest in so we can go over them in the therapy session. I have used this one on numerous occasions and found that the reason my clients wouldn't do the work is because this workbook is poorly written and doesn't really address anger in an in-depth manor. I am finding it hard to find a good workbook on anger. Maybe as a therapist I can write one myself. Huh...good thought.

[Bridgett · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book helpful and I'm trying to apply a lot of the suggestions. There are anger logs and similar things to fill in as you go along.

[Candace Wegner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good reference material for understanding and handling anger.