Your Perfect Right: Guide to Assertive Living

With over 1.25 million sold, this is the assertiveness book most often recommended by psychologists -- fifth-most-recommended among ALL self-help books -- according to a national survey. This manual is packed with step-by-step procedures, detailed examples, and exercises. Topics: How Assertive Are You Now?; "Can You Give Me an Example?"; It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It!; Anxiety; Anger; Put Downs; Assertiveness Builds Equal Relationships; Intimacy and Sexuality; Assertiveness Works at Work, Too; Handling Difficult People; Deciding When To Be Assertive; Helping Others Deal With the New Assertive You. The seventh edition also contains material on living in a multicultural society, making the decision to express yourself, new recommendations on anger expression and anxiety treatment.

Robert E. Alberti, Ph.D., is a psychologist, consultant, and book publisher. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, he is also a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Michael L. Emmons, Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice, consultant to educational, government and business organizations, and a trainer of marriage and family counseling interns at California Polytechnic State University.