Managing Anger with CBT For Dummies

Defuse your anger with CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a hugely popular self-help technique, which teaches you how to break free from destructive or negative behaviors and make positive changes to both your thoughts and your actions. This practical guide to managing anger with CBT will help you to understand your anger, identify solutions to your problems, and maintain your gains and avoid relapse. This concise, user-friendly guide provides focused advice on defusing anger using proven CBT techniques. You'll discover how to keep your anger under control and identify the negative thought processes that lead to angry outbursts. Shows you how to use CBT to help you react positively to frustrating situations Helps you learn to assert yourself effectively without losing your temper Gives you tried-and-true CBT techniques to let go of unhealthy anger If you're struggling with anger management, Managing Anger with CBT For Dummies gives you the tools you need to keep your cool and live a happier, more balanced life.

Defuse your anger with CBTCognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a hugely popularself-help technique, which teaches you how to break free fromdestructive or negative behaviors and make positive changes to bothyour thoughts and your actions. This practical guide to managinganger with CBT will help you to understand your anger, identifysolutions to your problems, and maintain your gains and avoidrelapse.This concise, user-friendly guide provides focused advice ondefusing anger using proven CBT techniques. You'll discover how tokeep your anger under control and identify the negative thoughtprocesses that lead to angry outbursts.* Shows you how to use CBT to help you react positively tofrustrating situations* Helps you learn to assert yourself effectively without losingyour temper* Gives you tried-and-true CBT techniques to let go of unhealthyangerIf you're struggling with anger management, Managing Angerwith CBT For Dummies gives you the tools you need to keep yourcool and live a happier, more balanced life.

Introduction 1Part I: The Knowledge: Anger, CBT and Change 7Chapter 1: Things You Need To Know About Anger 9Chapter 2: Knowing About CBT and Making Changes 23Part II: Managing Your Anger: Putting CBT into Action 43Chapter 3: Investigating Your Own Anger 45Chapter 4: Cooling Down Your Angry Thinking 65Chapter 5: Dealing With Your Real Feelings 89Chapter 6: Changing Your Angry Behaviour 103Chapter 7: Using Assertiveness to Bypass Anger 131Part III: Changing for the Better, Changing for Good 149Chapter 8: Changing Old Habits for New 151Chapter 9: Getting Past Setbacks and Finding Support 163Part IV: The Part of Tens 181Chapter 10: Ten Tips to Put Out the Fire When You're Angry 183Chapter 11: Ten Tips for Dealing With Angry People 191Index 199