I.A.M.*: A Common Sense Guide to Coping with Anger (Integrated Anger Management) - Softcover

Fein, Melvyn L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0275942449 ISBN 13: 9780275942441

Publisher: Praeger Publishers Inc, 1993

Synopsis

Despite our justified fears of its destructiveness, anger is an essential part of our social life. I.A.M. (Integrated Anger Management) provides a way to take advantage of this by offering a step-by-step guide for 1. keeping the emotion safe, 2. learning to tolerate its sometimes over-whelming intensity, 3. evaluating its often disguised objectives, 4. relinquishing impossible aims, and 5. realistically employing its power to obtain critical goals. Practical and straight-forward, the approach spells out why what works in one social situation may not in another. Among I.A.M.'s insights is a compelling explication of the catharsis theory of anger. Getting anger off one's chest does make a difference, but not the one people think. Also clarified are how effective anger can promote intimacy and why leaders must sometimes be able to intimidate their subordinates. Socialized anger, that is, anger which has not gone out of control or been converted into rage--can deliver potent messages and motivate decisive actions. Merely suppressing, or expressing, the emotion is not the answer; learning how to use it to overcome frustrations, without causing further injury, is.

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..."is a thoughtful addition to the growing literature on the causes and management of anger."-Contemporary Psychology

?...is a thoughtful addition to the growing literature on the causes and management of anger.?-Contemporary Psychology

.,."is a thoughtful addition to the growing literature on the causes and management of anger."-Contemporary Psychology

Synopsis

This text offers a step-by-step guide for coping with anger: keeping the emotion safe; learning to tolerate its sometimes overwhelming intensity; evaluating its often disguised objectives; relinquishing impossible aims; and realistically employing its power to obtain critical goals. This practical approach explains why what works in one social situation may not work in another. Fein explains the sequence of steps necessary to make controlled anger effective. Throughout, he provides examples of men and women trying to control their anger and put it to work for them. He includes specific applications, such as the place of anger in families and in the work-place.

Edition details

• Publisher: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0275942449
• ISBN 13: 9780275942441
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256