Books: Stop the Anger Now.
A lot of my clients find me when they are looking for a class in “anger management.” There are a number of ways to gain general knowledge about anger and how to better control it. Taking a class works for some people. For others finding knowledge and techniques in a book is effective.
I have looked through several anger management books and like Stop the Anger Now: A Workbook for the Prevention, Containment, and Resolution of Anger by Ronald T. Potter-Efron.The book is straight forward and presents a number of useful tools.
When clients decide to work with me I use a counseling process, with anger as the focus. The difference is that we explore the client’s experiences and zero in on their specific issue. When we understand what is going on, tools are selected by the client that fit the situations he or she encounters. When my clients reach the action phase of counseling they are selecting and using tools that resolve their particular issue. The way I have come to describe my general approach is “Solutions tailored to fit you.”