Letting Go of Anger, Ronald T. PotterEfron, MSW, PhD
Letting Go of Anger, Ronald T. PotterEfron, MSW, PhD
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Letting Go of Anger
The Eleven Most Common Anger Styles & What to Do About Them, Second Edition

Author: Ronald T. Potter-Efron, MSW, PhD, Patricia S. Potter-Efron, MS

Narrator: Joel Richards

Unabridged: 6 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/16/2021


Synopsis

A guide to healthy anger expression.

How do you express your anger? Do you blow up? Quietly seethe? Or do you try to pretend that you're really not angry at all and just hope the feelings will go away? Most of us express anger in more than one way, but we also tend to be creatures of habit, falling back on a few predictable styles when we feel angry. Unfortunately, while some styles are appropriate in some situations, others are not—and consistently using an inappropriate style is a sure way to find yourself saddled with a huge anger problem.

This book examines the eleven most common styles of anger expression and helps you learn how to communicate your anger in healthy ways. Learn which anger styles work for different situations—and which ones lead to certain disaster. Find out how to become more flexible and creative at expressing your anger. Once you understand the whole range of anger styles, you'll be able to better manage angry feelings and use your anger as a positive force for building a better life.

About Ronald T. Potter-Efron, MSW, PhD

Ronald T. Potter-Efron, MSW, PhD, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, who specializes in anger management, mental health counseling, and the treatment of addictions. He is the author of Angry All the Time and Stop the Anger Now and coauthor of The Secret Message of Shame and Anger, Alcoholism, and Addiction.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Morgue on February 19, 2013

I started reading this because there are a few people in my life that I care for deeply but have tempers, and I am not good with handling people around me being angry. I thought that if I understood anger on a deeper level then I would be better equipped to respond to it in others. I got this, but a......more

Goodreads review by Tory on December 17, 2010

I read this awhile ago, but I remember this being a very easy breakdown of anger types and what to do about them. The author does note in every chapter the positive side to these anger styles and argues that anger does have a place and an appropriate manner of being expressed, in which he gives exam......more

Goodreads review by Kirtida on November 14, 2018

I read the book as part of my self-study on anger. It was an okay-okay book. Most of the book was too general.......more

Goodreads review by Marisa on February 18, 2025

I read this book for practicum. I really enjoyed it! It gave a great overview of anger and made me see it in new ways that I hadn’t thought about before. I found the involvement of higher power to be a bit out of place when it was brought in sometimes but that was done sparingly. Some strategies for......more

Goodreads review by Vince on March 07, 2012

Readers will find Letting Go of Anger is a practical text to work through and digest. The husband and wife author-team guide readers to inventory personal anger styles. From there, sections of the book help to identify causes, risks, and first-steps toward mitigation. I feel the brief, readable case......more