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This informative book explains everything you need to know about anger, identifying what triggers it in us, how to recognise it, strategies to allow it in without destroying us and others. A very useful book on an emotion many are uncomfortable with or have been raised to suppress or avoid at all costs.

This book helps normalise this emotion and in turn helps the reader identify and accept it as part of our range of emotions in a healthy, constructive manner.

Thank you for this ARC.

I thought that the book was helpful. God knows I really needed this book to help me deal with my anger issues.

Thank you to NetGalley, Impact, Raymond Chip Tafrate, and Howard Kassinove for an ARC ebook copy to review. As always, an honest review from me.

My rating is actually 3.5 stars, but since there aren't half stars I always round up.

The beginning of the book was startling. The language made it seem as if it was written for people who are out of control angry. As I kept reading I learned that the techniques discussed can be used for most people. But before I go into my review of the book, let’s define anger. According to the book anger is an emotional reaction to the unwanted and often unexpected behavior of others. It often develops as a sense of threat. A very helpful definition.

The book helps the reader to learn about anger in general, their own anger reactions, reason behind anger, many different suggestions to deal with anger, many examples to further explain the tools, and also activities to practice new anger reducing techniques that you’ve learned. Since there’s a lot of information, some of it is bound to resonate with and help you. I’m not an incredibly angry person, but I could relate to some of the techniques presented. I liked the suggested of avoidance as a valid response to anger. It’s not the only response a person should use, but sometimes it’s best in that moment.

I didn’t think that the examples were very relatable to me. While they were plentiful and well explained, I couldn’t see myself represented in most of the them. Also regarding someone who constantly provokes an anger response in me; these techniques didn’t work when used with them. Not sure if that’s the techniques or they’re just a toxic person.

Overall, a helpful book filled with many explanations and techniques to help you appropriately deal with your anger.

There's no question the strategies in this book are very helpful for people trying to adjust the occurrence, meaning, prevalence and consequences of anger. Which is saying a lot of good is in this book. It's also a new, reworked edition with additional strategies added.

However, when a book is written "for Everyone" I would expect the language it is written with not take exposure to PsychoBabble 101 to understand. This limits how useful the material is, because basically, it is in a foreign language. It's quite clear this material is first and foremost written by professional psychologists in clinical language.

It is telling that sometimes my Kindle couldn't even present a definition of a word; one example: "aggress" used as a verb. Certainly the word exists, but the fact that it is not commonly used in this manner underscores the language barrier at work.

The inclusion of online resources is a mixed blessing, as well. I think it further handicaps the book. If you need the internet AND the book to get full use of the book -- then you have a limitation handicapping the READER too.

I found some of the strategic ideas enlightening for me personally, but I wanted to suggest the authors find some non-academic individuals who could translate the material into more accessible English. Perhaps when the authors next publish they will not just add more strategies, but more accessible ones.

Unfortunately, I cannot recommend the book for a general audience. I do think it would be of use to clinical psychology students and graduates. It could also be of use in therapy where a clinical psychologist can offset the language with conversation that makes the material more reachable and understandable and the online material handed out as printouts.

Comprehensive guide to anger, including common misconceptions that lead to anger; ways to re-wire your brain to control anger; and strategies for preventing anger triggers. Lots of good, practical information put together with clear examples of putting exercises to use.