Overcoming Passive-Aggression: How to Stop Hidden Anger from Spoiling Your Relationships, Career and Happiness - Softcover

Murphy, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569243611 ISBN 13: 9781569243619

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2005

Synopsis

In Overcoming Passive-Aggression, Dr. Tim Murphy and Loriann Hoff Oberlin provide an in-depth look at a topic we've all faced but haven't always recognized: Hidden anger. When people don't express their views and feel compelled to conceal their true beliefs and emotions, behaving in ways that don't match what they honestly think, there can be serious physical and psychological results for everyone involved. For the first time, Murphy and Oberlin offer a clear definition of passive-aggression and show readers not only how to end the behavior, but also how to avoid falling victim to other people's hidden anger. In clear, compassionate language, they cover everything from the childhood origins of the condition to the devastating effect it has on work and personal relationships to the latest research on the subject, and offer practical, proven strategies for the angry person as well as the individual who finds himself the target of someone else's passive-aggression.

About this title

About the Author

Tim Murphy, PhD, is a psychologist and Congressman (one of only a few members of Congress with a background in healthcare); he relies on his three decades as a psychologist to advocate for meaningful reforms in the U.S. healthcare system. He is currently working to pass the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, landmark mental health reform legislation that has praise and support from the American Psychiatric Association, National Alliance on Mental Illness, and media outlets including CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. With Loriann Oberlin, he is coauthor of The Angry Child. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Loriann Oberlin, MS, LCPC, is a clinical counselor and therapist. She is the author of nine books on psychological issues, health, relationships, parenting, and other topics; titles include The Angry Child (with Tim Murphy) and Surviving Separation and Divorce. She lives in Queenstown, Maryland.

LoriannOberlin.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1569243611
• ISBN 13: 9781569243619
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256