When Someone You Love Is Angry
Author | : W. Doyle Gentry |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2004-09-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781101204696 |
ISBN-13 | : 1101204699 |
Rating | : 4/5 (699 Downloads) |
Download or read book When Someone You Love Is Angry written by W. Doyle Gentry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-09-07 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, relationships: - 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