What's Good about Anger? : Putting Your Anger to Work for Good

Whats Good About Anger? - Third edition for a general readership. This new edition teaches the importance of developing Emotional Intelligence for managing anger and achieving personal and relational goals.
New Foreword by Dr. Rich Pfeiffer, the President of the National Anger Management Association.
Most people believe that anger is a negative emotion from which no good can come. Many people think that anger should not be expressed and that such feelings are sinful. This book explores the emotion of anger and how anger- which is a part of the human experience- is a force which can be put to work for good.
Co-authors Lynette Hoy and Ted Griffin present research-based approaches to managing anger through: identification of triggers, stress management, problem-solving, assertiveness, conflict management, empathy, forgiveness, challenging false beliefs and thinking.
Chronic anger can be costly - physically, emotionally and relationally. Applying principles from the Whats Good About Anger? book can not only reduce levels of anger, but, improve effective coping behaviors to stop escalation and to resolve conflicts. Logging anger, triggering situations and applying new skills will help you more effectively control unhealthy anger responses.

Chapters:
Introduction and Instructions;
Group Guidelines;
1) Anger Survey and Progress Report
2) Anger’s Many Faces
3) The Power of Anger
4) When Anger Is Good
5) Defusing Anger by Managing Stress
6) Handling Anger Effectively
7) Anger and Assertiveness
8) Managing Conflict
9) Turn Your Anger into Forgiveness
10) When to Take a Time-Out
11) Cognitive Distortions
12) Log Your Thinking
13) Plan to Change Your Life by Changing Your Thinking
14) How Emotional Intelligence Impacts Anger
15)Summary
Frequently Asked Questions About Anger
Appendix
Inventories for Empathy and Assertiveness

This book is co-authored by Lynette Hoy, NCC, LCPC, and Ted Griffin, editor/writer. Mrs. Hoy is a National Certified Counselor, Marriage and Family counselor licensed in the state of Illinois and crisis counselor. She has been credentialed the National Anger Management Association as a Diplomate, Consultant, Supervisor and Certified Anger Management Specialist-IV. Mrs Hoy is President of the Anger Management Institute located in Oak Brook, Illinois offering Anger Management classes, groups and Trainer certification workshops providing CEs through the National Board of Certified Counselors and the National Association of Social Workers. Mrs. Hoy has trained and educated hundreds of clients, couples and students in anger management.
Ted Griffin is Senior Editor of Crossway Books, a division of Godd News Publishers. He has authored numberous gospel tracts including the best-selling You're Special and is working on serveral books.