Table of Contents

• Preface
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• Chapter 1. Introduction
  
• Definitions and Basic Approach
  
• Chapter 2. Assessment for Anger, Aggression, and Domestic Abuse
  
• Introduction
  
• The Anger/Aggression Intake Questionnaire
  
• The State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory
  
• The Anger Styles Questionnaire
  
• Anger Assessment As a Bridge to Treatment
  
• Anger Differential Diagnosis Typology
  
• Domestic Aggression Typology
  
• Adult Psychological Diagnoses and Conditions Associated with Anger and Aggression Problems
  
• Anger, Alcoholism, and Addiction
  
• Case Study: Assessment of a Chronically Angry Client with Multiple Problems
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 3. Intervention Approaches in Anger Management
  
• Introduction: Intervention Philosophies and Approaches
  
• Behavioral Approach: Introducing Clients to an Objective Change Focus
  
• Cognitive Aspects of Anger Management
  
• Affective Anger Management Approaches
  
• Existential/Spiritual Anger Management Approaches
  
• Case Study: A Woman Who Is Angry at the Universe
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 4. Group and Individual Approaches to Anger and Aggression Management
  
• Introduction
  
• The General Value of Therapeutic Group Work
  
• Educational/Therapeutic Group Work with Angry and Aggressive Clients
  
• Individualized Anger and Aggression Management Counseling: An Alternative to Group Work
  
• Case Study: A Man Who Benefited from Both Group and Individual Counseling
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 5. Attachment Theory, Domestic Violence, Jealousy, and Couples Counseling
  
• Introduction
  
• Models of Child Attachment and Adult Attachment
  
• Anger, Abusiveness, and Attachment Styles
  
• Romantic Jealousy and Attachment
  
• Case Study: Excerpts from an Interview with a Jealous Man
  
• Adults with Attachment Concerns: General Therapeutic Considerations
  
• Identifying and Treating Anger Patterns and Losses in Close Relationships Based on Attachment Styles
  
• Couples Counseling from an Attachment Perspective with Physically Violent Couples
  
• Case Study: Couples Therapy with a Mutually Violent Couple
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 6. Working with Angry Children, Adolescents, and Families
  
• Introduction
  
• Child and Adolescent Susceptibility to Anger Control Problems
  
• Selected Treatment Suggestions with Angry Children and Adolescents
  
• Characteristics of Angry Families
  
• Working with Angry Families
  
• Case Study: Treating an Angry Family
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 7. Resentment, Hate, Forgiveness, and Self-Forgiveness
  
• Introduction
  
• The Development of Resentment and Hate
  
• Forgiveness As One Way to Diminish Resentment and Hate
  
• Self-Forgiveness
  
• Case Study: A Lesson in Forgiveness
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 8. Anger Turned Inward
  
• Introduction
  
• Identifying Anger-Turned-Inward Patterns of Behavior
  
• Therapeutic Concepts, Guidelines, Interventions, and Exercises for Treating Anger Turned Inward
  
• Self-Damaging Patterns and Their Treatment
  
• Case Study: The Lady Who Quit Smiling
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 9. The Emotional Brain: Anger, Fear, and Therapy
  
• Introduction
  
• What Are Emotions? Why Do We Have Them?
  
• The Stressed and Traumatized Brain: Fear and Anger
  
• The Anger and Aggression Connection with the Stressed Brain
  
• Therapy for Angry and Aggressive Behavior
  
• Case Study: A Dissociative Client Learns to Stay Conscious When Angry
  
• Summary
  
• Appendix A. Anger Assessment Forms
  
• Anger/Aggression Intake Questionnaire
  
• Anger Styles Questionnaire
  
• Treatment Planning Form
  
• Anger Turned In