This book is about empowerment. It is about fulfilling your needs, dreams, and aspirations without being trapped by feelings that society has taught you to ignore.
If you:
Fear that expressing your feelings will upset others
Allow others to decide what's best for you
Are not quite happy and not sure why
Take better care of the needs of others than your own
Believe that showing your anger is bad.... then stop denying your feelings! Dr. Frankel encourages women to trust their feelings and insticts and examine ways of regaining control of their emotions and lives.
Expore how finding and defining your anger can help you lose your depression and overcome the feelings of denial that serve as obstacles to personal empowerment.
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Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D. is a licensed marriage, family, and child counselor with a private practice devoted to the unique concerns of women in transition and crisis.
Dr. Lois Frankel attributes being an "avid writer" to having been an avid reader from childhood through the present. As a young girl growing up in New York she would anxiously wait for the next issue of the Weekly Reader to arrive at school so she could scour the back for new books to order at the cost of 25¢ each. Immersing herself in the stories of Little Women, Annie Oakley, Nancy Drew, and Cherry Ames Lois dreamed of one day becoming a writer herself. By the time she reached high school her focused shifted as she planned her career as a psychologist. It was only after her first book, Women, Anger & Depression: Strategies for Self-Empowerment, was published that Lois realized she had fulfilled her long-forgotten childhood dream.
Lois has always written about those things she feels closest to - workplace and women's issues. Her "research" is her experience working as a psychotherapist, business coach, and workshop facilitator for corporations around the globe. She was a pioneer in the field of business coaching and is still one of the few coaches in the country with a combination of ten years working in human resources at a Fortune 10 oil company and psychological expertise. Staying on top of the human aspects of business requires Lois to read the latest in business books but she still finds time for her favorite "true crime" authors such as Ann Rule and Patricia Cornwell. To learn more about Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D. visit her web sites: www.corporatecoachingintl.com and www.gr8speakers.com
Dr. Lois P. Frankel is the president of Corporate Coaching International as well as the author of several books and numerous articles. She is internationally recognized as an expert in the field of workplace behavior. With over twenty years of experience in human resources development, she is a frequently invited guest on talk radio, television, conferences, corporate workshops, and retreats.
Her work as a public speaker and consultant has provided Dr. Frankel with the privilege of serving such diverse clients as The Walt Disney Company, Candle Corporation, City of Pasadena, Amgen, Inc., Miller Brewing Company, McKinsey & Company, Inc., Lockheed Martin, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles County Fire Department, International Family Entertainment/The Family Channel, The Hollywood Reporter, and many more. She also does pro bono consultation and workshops to nonprofit community agencies, including the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Caring for Babies with AIDS, and the Los Angeles Women's Foundation.
Dr. Frankel's books include, NICE GIRLS DON'T GET THE CORNER OFFICE: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers (Warner Books Hardcover; February 11, 2004; $ 19.95), Jump Start Your Career, Kindling the Spirit, Women, Anger, & Depression, and Overcoming Your Strengths, which was named "the best unsung business book of the year" in 1997 by Fast Company magazine.
As a member of the American Psychological Association, National Speakers Association, and the Society for Human Resources Management, Dr. Frankel is also a licensed psychotherapist with a doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern California. Although originally from the East Coast, Dr. Frankel currently resides in Southern California.
This review is from: Women, Anger & Depression (Paperback)
This book was wonderful to read. The chapters are short enough for someone who is suffering from depression and has difficulty concentrating to stay focused. Lois Frankel speaks directly to the women in our society. The book is in part a workbook, making the experience of reading it more personal. This book gave me a lot to think about, helped me gain insight to problems I did not give credit to before, and gave me much to talk about in subsequent therapy sessions. Truly a two thumbs up! I recommend it to all women who are dealing with symptoms of depression.
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This review is from: Women, Anger & Depression (Paperback)
The best thing about this book, in my opinion, is that Dr. Frankel includes exercises along the way to get the readers to think about their depression and their anger, their causes, and how they can get in touch with their anger and express it appropriately. I generally agree with her premise--that women have been taught not to show their anger, to stuff their feelings, to accept the "glass ceiling," and all these stuffed emotions can lead to depression. But I think she fails to see the chemical component of depression. Why do some women deal with these issues and not get depressed, and some do? Still, medication alone doesn't "cure" depression, any more than therapy alone, and certainly giving women permission to express their anger will help them deal with their depression. After all, what is depression but anger turned inward?
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This review is from: Women, Anger & Depression (Paperback)
I'm a psych nurse, and this is a wonderful book that a great therapist I know always recommends to her patients.
She makes them read it OUT LOUD - slowly.
I respect her a whole lot, so when I was going through a painful divorce, and was about to lose it, I got the book.
I read it in the bathroom OUT LOUD, SLOWLY while the water was running so no one would hear me. (I never get any time alone!) I think it really helped me a lot.
Although I had never realized it, I had extreme feelings of powerlessness and anger that I carried over from childhood that this book helped me uncover and deal with.
While some of the situations in the book didn't SEEM to apply to my situation, the FEELINGS and the ways that a woman has of dealing with them in our society did.
It is not a thick book. If you buy it for yourself because you really NEED some help - seriously - try reading it OUT LOUD to yourself slowly. Also, make sure you do the exercises.
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