| Anger Management: The Complete Treatment Guidebook for Practitioners Contributor(s): Kassinove, Howard (Author), Tafrate, Raymond Chip (Author) |
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ISBN: 1886230455 ISBN-13: 9781886230453 Publisher: Impact OUR PRICE: $23.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2002 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: This detailed manual for practitioners presents a comprehensive state-of-the-art anger management program. The authors are distinguished researchers, teachers and practitioners in the field of anger management, and their book offers a detailed, research-based and empirically validated "anger episode model." This indispensable resource for human service professionals emphasizes how to help clients understand, manage, and prevent unhealthy anger. The book is packed with detailed procedures, examples, exercises, and client handouts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Psychology | Practice Management - Self-help | Self-management - Anger Management (see Also Family & Relationships - Anger |
| Dewey: 152.47 |
| LCCN: 2002073678 |
| Series: Practical Therapist |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.1" W x 8.98" (0.98 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The field of anger management is cluttered with fiction, myth, and wishful thinking. Here at last is a research-based and empirically validated "anger episode model, " presented in a desktop manual for practitioners. Kassinove and Tafrate are themselves distinguished practitioners, researchers, and teachers in the field of anger management, and their book offers a comprehensive state-of-the-art program that can be implemented almost immediately in any practice setting. Anger Management: The Complete Guidebook for Practitioners is an indispensable resource clearly spelling out how to help clients understand, manage, and prevent unhealthy anger, and featuring step-by-step training procedures, and guidelines for assessment, understanding, awareness, motivation, and relapse prevention. Contents include: The Anger Episode Model; Assessment and Diagnosis; Overview of the Anger Management Program; Increasing Client Motivation for Change; Increasing Awareness of Anger; Managing Physical Arousal; Exposure; Fostering Cognitive Change; Forgiveness; Relapse Prevention; Anger Reduction for Practitioners; Sample Anger Management Treatment Programs. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kassinove, Howard: - Howard Kassinove, PhD, ABPP, is a board-certified clinical psychologist, former chairperson of the psychology department at Hofstra University, and past director of their PhD program in clinical and school psychology. Kassinove is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Albert Ellis Institute, and the Behavior Therapy and Research Society. Editor of Anger Disorders, he has published more than sixty papers, and has lectured widely in the United States, Europe, and Asia.Tafrate, Raymond Chip: - Raymond Chip Tafrate, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, and professor in the criminology and criminal justice department at Central Connecticut State University. He is a fellow and supervisor at the Albert Ellis Institute in New York City, NY; and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. He frequently consults with criminal justice agencies and programs regarding difficult-to-change problems such as anger dysregulation and criminal behavior. He has coauthored numerous books, and has presented his research throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He is coauthor, with Howard Kassinove, of the popular self-help classic, Anger Management for Everyone. |