Anger: Taming the Beast: A Step-by-Step Program for Managing Anger Calmly and Effectively [Hardcover]

Reneau Z. Peurifoy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1999

DON'T LET ANGER CONTROL YOU!

If you or someone you love is experiencing difficulty coping with their anger, this useful and practical book is the first place to turn to for help. With its clear, evenhanded approach, this book will show you
o Why you handle anger the way you do, and how to change
o How to manage anger in positive ways
o When anger is a fitting response
o How to express anger appropriately and effectively
o How to handle frustration and resolve conflicts
o How best to cope with stress, embarrassment, and shame

Whether you have an explosive temper or are brooding over suppressed anger, the questionnaires, step-by-step exercises, and strategies outlined in Anger: Taming the Beast will teach you how to change the way you experience and express anger. You will learn how to speak up strongly and effectively, set limits and say no to unreasonable demands, and relate your feelings to others without losing your cool.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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About the Author

RENEAU Z. PEURIFOY, M.A., M.F.T., is an internationally recognized expert on anxiety and the author of the best-selling Anxiety, Phobias, & Panic. A marriage and family therapist, he designs and conducts programs on anxiety, anger, assertiveness, and stress management. He lives with his wife and two children in California.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Kodansha America (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568362846
• ISBN-13: 978-1568362847
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,756,825 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

After more than two decades as a therapist and teacher, Reneau Peurifoy has become a master at reducing complex ideas into simple, easy-to-understand terms and applying them to daily life. He holds a Masters in Counseling and attended Fuller Theological Seminary. Peurifoy is the author of several books including "Anger: Taming the Beast", "Anxiety, Phobias and Panic: Taking Charge and Conquering Fear", and "Overcoming Anxiety: From Short-Term Fixes to Long-Term Recovery". He has also created several CD series including "The Relaxation Response Series", "The Changing Attitudes Series" and others designed for childbirth or surgery preparation.

Peurifoy's work is embraced by the many self-help groups and clinics addressing anxiety-related problems who have selected his books from among a host of others on the market as the basis for their programs. The Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA), the nation's primary organization for anxiety-related problems, has invited Peurifoy to speak at eleven national conferences. Peurifoy also has a wide range of experience in front of groups, addressing a wide array of topics ranging from stress management to improving self-image to sitting limits as a parent. He has appeared on dozens of television and radio outlets.

Peurifoy's warmth and comfortable manner generate a strong rapport with audiences. Because he believes so strongly in the material he has developed over his years as a therapist, his excitement over sharing it is genuinely contagious. Peurifoy was in private practice for twenty years as a marriage and family therapist specializing in anxiety disorders. He retired from private practice in 2000 and is currently teaching at Heald College in Sacramento, California.

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52 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Guide to Living Life as an Adult, August 5, 2000

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John A. Lefcourte (Reno, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anger: Taming the Beast: A Step-by-Step Program for Managing Anger Calmly and Effectively (Hardcover)

Looking for help in managing my anger I found this book in the Library and found it to be so useful that I wanted to keep it permanently. Has lessons and techniques in recognizing and controlling anger, but, more importantly terrific insights in how we view and interact with others and how to live with life's reality not our childlike wishes. A very practical and insightful book that is helping me, at age 57, to grow up.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Mind is the Matter, March 21, 2007

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M. R. Estante "book reader" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anger: Taming the Beast : A Step-by-Step Program for Managing Anger Calmly and Effectively (Paperback)

People don't wake up one day and decide to be angry ... the seeds begin as thought clusters early in life ... as young as 3 or 4 years of age. The only way out of the beast that can devour you is reprogramming the negative thinking that fuels it. This is cognitive reconstruction and this book is brilliant with lots of excercises and suggestions. Change your mind change your life.

Other great anger tools: The Hoffman Process and The Sedona Method. Healing anger is a complex web of thought, emotion, and physical release in a constructive outlet.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful and effective; amongst the best, imo., April 27, 2011

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Josheb Basshebeth "Josh" (No. Va.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anger: Taming the Beast : A Step-by-Step Program for Managing Anger Calmly and Effectively (Paperback)

I use this book with clients in counseling. It's logical, practical, and has relevant assessments and exercises. I've used others (Ellis, Lerner, McKay [also good], Hightower, Gentry and more) but have found this one most effective. It's working from a basic CBT paradigm but touches on awareness, communication and conflict resolution, and family systems. I'd like to give it 4.5 stars, because I like that much, but Amazon does allow half-stars. I've yet to read a book that addresses all aspects of anger fully so I don't give it 5 stars but it's close.