Managing Anger Successfully [Paperback]

Charles Confer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2000

Anger is a behavior we choose to make our lives more satisfiying.However, anger can destroy marriage, parent/child, teacher/pupil, employee/employer relationships."Managing Anger Successfully" provides the knowledgeand skills to greatly reduce or eliminate angering in your relationships with others. You can learn how to defuse a person who is angering and help that person move beyond anger. You can also gain skills to control and reduce your own angering. Anger is a behavioral choice. Is your anger getting you what you want? If not, this is the book for you.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Charles Confer, LCSW, has helped individuals, parents, children, marriage partners and customer relations professionals to successfully manage anger.Mr. Confer is a graduate of Bucknell University and theGraduate School of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh.He conducts his Reality Therapy based counseling and training practice in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 059512030X
• ISBN-13: 978-0595120307
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,141,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #42 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Parenting & Families > Parenting > Emotions & Feelings

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent practical resource, October 10, 2000

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robert n. gerstman d.o. (danville, pa United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Managing Anger Successfully (Paperback)

mr. confer presents a fresh approach to the treatment of anger management whereby the patient is enpowered to have the contol to not choose to act out on the anger feelings and from there can work towards diffusing the issues which cause the patient to get angry in the first place. the language in the text is simple enough for anyone to read and at the same time the reader does not feel "talked down to" when reading the text. i find this text appropriate for those of any age children or adults.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I hope to find a better book than this, November 6, 2002

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Dana Colan (Foster City, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Managing Anger Successfully (Paperback)

There were some helpful things in this book, but I had a hard time with the way the author uses anger as a verb. It made it rather awkward and uncomfortable to read. It did have some ideas that are helpful towards anger management, but I am going to try to find a book that is more up to date. I didn't like the way the author seemed rather full of himself at times, even using his own quotes! For a book published in 2000 it seems rather out of date. I expected a lot more. I was looking for a book to help me learn to manage my anger, this book seemed to have a larger section aimed towards people trying to defuse an "angering" person rather than help the person with the actual anger problem. It seemed to have more parent/child anger problems in mind than couples. This book is better for someone who has to deal with a person with an anger problem, not so good for someone trying to manage their anger.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A how to manual for every family., November 30, 2000

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Nancy M. Neuman (Lewisburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Managing Anger Successfully (Paperback)

Charles Confer's Managing Anger Successfully is an accessible, easy to read manual of advice on dealing with common situations that arise in most relationships. It's a great help for parents and teens, couples, and people who counsel others with angry behavior. Mr. Confer explains how to identify anger, manage your own anger, and help someone else manage her or his anger. I especially like the examples he uses because, like recipes, they provide steps to get to a good outcome.