Anger Management: The Complete Treatment Guidebook for Practitioners (The Practical Therapist Series) (Paperback)

by Howard Kassinove (Author), Raymond Chip Tafrate (Author) "Buddha was right! Like holding a hot coal, it is often the person, or the family or group that gets burned by anger..." (more)
Key Phrases: aversive triggers, anger episode model, anger reduction program, Howard Kassinove, Raymond Chip Tafrate, Anger Episode Record (more...)

Editorial Reviews

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...a highly practical book, with many powerful clinical interventions...I highly recommend this thought-provoking and very useful book. -- Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D.
Director, American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, New York, NY
Editor, JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY: AN INTERNATIONAL QUARTERLY

...an absolutely great practitioners' book...I recommend this book highly for all therapists who deal with anger management... -- E. Thomas Dowd, Ph.D., ABPP
Professor of Psychology, Kent State University
President, American Board of Behavioral Psychology

...multimodal and comprehensive approaches for teaching clients...how to reduce and manage anger. Remarkably well done...very worthwhile reading. -- Albert Ellis, Ph.D.
Albert Ellis Institute, New York City

A well-written guidebook...The authors nicely integrate theory into clinical practice which can be used with diverse clinical populations. -- Ann Marie Kopeck, LCSW, BCB, CAC

The step-by-step approach overlooks nothing as it comprehensively addresses how to help people gain control over this emotion... -- Richard Suinn, Ph.D., ABPP
Emeritus Professor, Colorado State University
Past President, American Psychological Association

Product Description
This detailed manual for practitioners presents a comprehensive state-of-the-art anger management program. The authors are distinguished researchers, teachers and practitioners in the field of anger management, and their book offers a detailed, research-based and empirically validated "anger episode model." This indispensable resource for human service professionals emphasizes how to help clients understand, manage, and prevent unhealthy anger. The book is packed with detailed procedures, examples, exercises, and client handouts.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Impact Publishers; 1 edition (September 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886230455
• ISBN-13: 978-1886230453
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #75,036 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Text is a Must Read!, August 5, 2003

By	Colleen Reynolds (Farmington, ME United States) - See all my reviews

Anger Management by Howard Kassinove and Raymond Tafrate is by far the most complete and up to date text for therapists. It is a must read resource for all environments, children, adults and families, as well as the workplace. The authors break down anger episodes into understandable segments in order to assess the client's anger intensity and frequency.

Then they rebuild with techniques that include life skills, problem solving snd step by step ways to change thinking. Among the communication skills the motivated client will learn is how to give and receive criticism without becoming defensive. There is also emphasis on non-verbal communication, including body language and direct eye contact.

The model presented for problem solving skills is very important, because it encourages the client to seek alternative solutions, thus reducing anger and frustration.

Ultimately, Kassinove and Tafrate examine forgiveness as part of anger management. By forgiving, eith within or outside of a religious conviction, a person gains the ability to move on. Anger Management is a MUST have for every practitioner's bookshelf--only after a thorough reading!

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must for Grad Students and Practicing Psychologists, October 22, 2002

By	Robert Heckel Ph.D. (USC, Columbia, S.C.) - See all my reviews

Is it possible for academically based clinical psychologists to produce a clinical treatise suitable for the trraining of clinical graduate students yet have equal value and meaning to experienced working clinicians? The answer is a strong yes! This has been achieved by our authors Howard Kassinove and Raymond Chip Tafrate in their excellent new work on anger management.

The work consists of six clearly written, practical guides to the understanding, treatment and management of clients' anger. They have even devoted a chapter to aid the therapist in dealing with his/her anger, a frequent occurrence when working in this difficult area.
The first section consists of four chapters dealing with basics: Anger, The Anger Episode Model, Assessment and Diagnosis, and an overview of the Anger Management Program. These chapters, unlike some practical presentations, presents issues with both experiential and research support with a strong sense of history as well.

In section two, three chapters deal with preparing the client for change. This is followed in section three with five chapters dealing with the process of change, including physical arousal, skills building, and new ways of problem solving. This is really the heart of the work and is presented with excellent examples and concrete steps for the therapist.

Chapters 13-15 work with the necessary cognitive component for anger management without which treatment may never reach completion. The final three chapters address relapse prevention, the therapist's anger, and finally, a sample treatment program.

All this is available at a very reasonable price in todays overpriced book market. The cost of 27.95(less through Amazon) is affordable for students and a valuable addition to the practitioner's library. I recommend it as a valuable guide to one of todays most vexing problems, the reduction and management of anger.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Designed to substantially assist professional psychologists, December 8, 2002

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Collaboratively written by Howard Kassinove (Chairperson of the Psychology Department at Hofstra University) and Raymond Chip Tafrate (Associate Professor in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at Central Connecticut State University), Anger Management: The Complete Treatment Guidebook For Practitioners is a straightforward and thoroughly practical guide designed to substantially assist professional psychologists and caseworkers of all fields to help their patients and clients deal with a condition of unhealthy, counter-productive anger. Individual chapters address a model and plan to help people increase their awareness of anger and change their responses, and to police themselves to in order to maintain an emotionally healthier way of life. Anger Management is highly recommended reading for anyone charged with a professional responsibility to deal with and assist angry clients whether the setting is in private practice, an outpatient clinic, a hospital setting, or within the criminal justice system.