W. Robert Nay, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in McLean, Virginia, and Annapolis, Maryland, and Clinical Associate Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He has trained thousands of mental health professionals nationwide to work on anger management and relationship issues with their clients. The author of Taking Charge of Anger, Second Edition, and The Anger Management Workbook, Dr. Nay lives in Annapolis with his wife.

Introduction

I. Five Steps to Change in Your Relationship

1. Understanding and Confronting Anger: The Promise of Change

2. Recognizing How Anger Is Pulling Your Strings

3. Creating New BoundariesâEUR"Expecting New Behavior

4. Identifying the Thinking Patterns That Keep You Stuck

5. Taking New Actions and Getting Better Outcomes

II. Overcoming the Different Faces of Anger

6. Loud, Impatient, and Over the Top: Confronting Hostility

7. When Words Do Hurt: Rejecting Sarcasm and Verbal Abuse

8. Threats and Beyond: Staying Off the Slippery Slope of Physical Abuse

9. Passive Anger: What to Do When It Seems Harmless but Feels Harmful

III. Making Boundaries Stick

10. Coping with the Expected and Preparing for the Unknown

Appendix: Daily Log

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