Handbook of anger management : group, individual, couple, and family approaches / Ronald T. Potter-Efron.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction:- Definitions and basic approach--2. Assessment for anger, aggression, and domestic abuse:- Introduction--The anger/aggression intake questionnaire--The state-trait anger expression inventory--The anger styles questionnaire--Anger assessment as a bridge to treatment--Anger differential diagnosis typology--Domestic aggression typology--Adult psychological diagnoses and conditions associated with anger and aggression problems--Anger, alcoholism and addiction--Case study: Assessment of a chronically angry client with multiple problems--Summary--3. Intervention approaches in anger management:- Introduction: Intervention Philosophies and approaches--Behavioral approach: Introducing clients to an objective change focus--Cognitive aspects of anger management--Affective anger management approaches--Existential/spiritual anger management approaches--Case study: A woman who is angry at the universe --Summary -- 4. Group and individual approaches to anger and aggression management:- Introduction--The general value of therapeutic group work--Educational/Therapeutic group work with angry and aggressive clients--Individualized anger and aggression management counseling: an alternative to group work--Case study: A man who benefited from both group and individual counseling--Summary--5. Attachment theory, domestic violence, jealousy, and couples counseling:- Introduction-- Models of child attachment and adult attachment -- Anger, abusiveness, and attachment styles--Romantic jealousy and attachment--Case study: excerpts from an interview with a jealous man--Adults with attachment concerns: general therapeutic considerations--Identifying and treating anger patterns and losses in close relationships based on attachment styles--Couples counseling from an attachment perspective with physically violent couples--Case study: couples therapy with a mutually violent couple--Summary --6. Working with angry children, adolescents, and families:- Introduction--Child and adolescent susceptibility to anger control problems--Selected treatment suggestions with angry children and adolescents--Characteristics of angry families--Working with angry families--Case study: Treating an angry family--Summary--7. Resentment, Hate, Forgiveness, and self-forgiveness:- Introduction--The development of resentment and hate--Forgiveness as one way to diminish resentment and hate--Self-forgiveness--Case study: A lesson in foregiveness--Summary-- 8. Anger turned inward:-Introduction--Identifying anger-turned-inward patterns of behavior--Therapeutic concepts, guidelines, interventions, and exercises for treating anger turned inward--Self-damaging patterns and their treatment-- Case study: The lady who quit smiling--Summary--9. The emotional brain: anger, fear, and therapy:- introduction--What are emotions? Why do we have them?--The stressed and traumatized brain: Fear and anger--The anger and aggression connection with the stressed brain--Therapy for angry and aggressive behavior--Case study: A dissociative clent learms tp stay conscious when angry--Summary.

'Handbook of Anger Management' offers therapists & counselors with a comprehensive review of anger & aggression management techniques, presenting specific guidelines to a number of immediately useful methods.