The Anger Trap: Free Yourself from the Frustrations that Sabotage Your Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Les Carter
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0787968803
Dewey Decimal Number: 152
UPC: 723812601202
EAN: 9780787968809
ASIN: 0787968803
Publication Date: September 2, 2004
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Product Description
It's easy to identify rage in people who lose their temper at traffic jams, unruly children, unresponsive coworkers, and unrealistic bosses. But we may not recognize more subtle manifestations of anger, such as being uncomfortable with loose ends, acting impatiently, or being overly critical. That is anger, too. And, as is so often the case, angry folks don't seem to realize that the behavior causing them problems at home or at work actually stems from unrecognized and unresolved pain and emotional injuries from the past. Is all this negative emotion inevitable, or are there choices about how to respond, choices that can improve personal relationships as well as emotional health? The Anger Trap is a landmark book that strips away the myths and misconceptions about anger and reveals how you can learn to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy anger so that you may choose— or help someone else to choose— a better, more spiritually enlightened path. The Anger Trap examines the root causes of anger and can help you realize your patterns and break the destructive cycles of criticism, frustration, and irritation that hurt you and others around you. Drawing insight from timeless spiritual wisdom as well as cutting-edge research, Dr. Carter offers practical techniques to free you from anger, its hidden insecurities, fears, and selfishness and thereby improve the quality of your home and workplace life. The book clearly illustrates how the change process works and The Anger Trap is filled with real-life examples of the ways people have come to terms with their anger by applying the concepts Dr. Carter outlines.
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 Not Worth the Ink June 20, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this for my husband, who was willing & interested in dealing with his anger issues. Both of us agreed that it was just a silly pile of psycho-babble. Really.
 An entirely new perspective, a better life June 15, 2008
Great book, it has changed my life (no bull). Anger is as debilitating as cancer. You may not even be aware of how angry you are, or how you're expressing it. The great thing about the book is it teaches you that you have options, and you can change how you handle your anger. You can make use of your anger to improve your life. Anyone would benefit from reading this book.
Helpful book April 4, 2008
A very helpful book. I saw so many people I know in its pages. It helps to create understanding about what is causing anger. It assures us that anger does not go away because there will always be people and situations that make us angry. It is impossible to create some zen state where nothing bothers us. But it helps to illustrate why certain ways of dealing with anger don't ever get us anywhere and suggests alternative approaches that will make life easier for us and those who are close to us.
Insightful March 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I haven't completely finished this book yet but so far it has been very helpful. I have read numerous self help books over the years and find that most are not very useful. This one, however, is very insightful and certainly gives the reader a lot to think about. I think most people could truly benefit from this book. I am recommending it to friends and family.
 Mediocre advice, slow read January 28, 2008
6 out of 12 found this review helpful
I found The Anger Trap to be rather dry, and was quite disappointed after reading the other positive ratings. First off, you should understand that the anger covered in this book solely has to do with relationship interactions between humans and doesn't cover many other forms of anger. Personally I find myself getting angry at situational problems, like losing a game, being made to do something pointless or people driving.
If you want to learn better ways to interact with other people, Dale Carnegie's book, " How to Win Friends & Influence People" is a MUCH MUCH better guide. Dale's book discusses the roots of the way people like to be treated and reasoned with, which in my opinion gets a lot closer to the roots of these kind of problems than this book does.
Overall, this book is a dry long read, and occasionally confusing as you try to link all of Dr. Carter's patients together through their stories.
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