The Anger Habit: Proven Principles to Calm the Stormy Mind [Paperback]

Carl Semmelroth (Author), Donald E. P. Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2004

Carl Semmelroth's The Anger Habit is a leading anger-management book that is poised to become a major force in the category. This book is centered around the principle that for those who have anger problems, anger can be a learned response. Often the people with the problem don't realize that they are acting habitually, or why they are.

Semmelroth takes you step by step through the process of identifying and getting over the anger habit.

Case studies and stories show you how to avoid:
- Feelings of losing control
- Depression
- Panic
- Family battles

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The Anger Habit is a powerful, thought-provoking, and readable book...based upon sound psychological principles and actual practice." -- Dale M Brethower, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Western Michigan University --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Carl Semmelroth, Ph.D., has maintained a mental health practice for more than twenty-five years in Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan. He is the author of The Anger Habit in Relationships and the author of The Anger Habit Workbook.

Donald E.P. Smith is Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Michigan and the author of six books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.; 1 edition (August 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402203349
• ISBN-13: 978-1402203343
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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53 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for just about anyone., May 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Anger Habit (Paperback)

I intend to suggest this book to my counseling clients. The Anger Habit showed me many things about behavior that I had never associated with anger. The discussion of self-importance and its contribution to anger gave me much more than my money's worth by itself. The book also makes clear how anger requires people to feel invulnerable and how this leads to anxiety in people who have the anger habit. Feelings of alienation, aloofness, and depression are clearly spelled out as among the fruits of anger. The book culminates in a description of what the authors call "voluntary living." I know of no more cogent description of how anger traps people and robs them of their sense of freedom and what to do about it.

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Helpful, with a little caution, April 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Anger Habit (Paperback)

This book was full of useful insights about the different forms of anger and how they manifest themselves in different types of relationships. I thought the ties between anger and attempts to control were particularly useful. However, since the book was written in a case study format, the reader is left to some heavy-duty extrapolation in order to extract some "how to's" out of the advice geared toward other people's problems. The response scenario examples seemed extreme, and (to me) unrealistic, but did serve to get the point across. I would still recommend this book as a great resource for understanding anger, but I will be looking for a supplement for more direct guidelines.

41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enormous Help - In Depth Treatment of Anger Management, May 31, 2002

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Sally (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Anger Habit (Paperback)

Reading The Anger Habit was a big surprise. It showed me the conection between anger and lots of other aspects of my life. I've made changes in my marriage, at work, and with my children that have really made a difference. It showed me that what I thought was my self-esteem was really my self-importance. What a relief I've felt not having to control how others think of me and respond to me. I never thought reading and studying a book could actually change my life, but this book did. Thank you so much Dr.s Semmelroth and Smith