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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.
THROUGH THE YEARS, as I have counseled with hundreds of people trying to make sense of their anger, I have learned one thing. Read the first page
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
I was really looking forward to it....,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Anger Trap: Free Yourself from the Frustrations that Sabotage Your Life (Hardcover)
Since this is a topic of interest and a book I chose to help with a problem, I was really looking forward to reading it. As I started the book, I found there there were many Bible references and verses quoted. I was not looking for spirituality and, nowhere, in any of the reviews, was there any mention of a christian viewpoint. I am not opposed to it, but feel it should be apparant that there are many Biblical verses referenced.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally ... hope for a way out!,
By Dr. Charles C. Carroll (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Anger Trap: Free Yourself from the Frustrations that Sabotage Your Life (Hardcover)
Dr. Les Carter has done it again! No wonder he is called "America's Anger Expert." With The Anger Trap he has put together his years of experience and wisdom on this important subject to provide us with a way out of this insidious trap called anger. Years ago I read his first book on the subject, Good 'N Angry (now out of print, I believe), and more recently completed his very practical best-seller, The Anger Workbook. Both exercises helped me deal with issues that subtly yet surely were negatively affecting my life and relationships.Now comes, I believe, Dr. Carter's "magnum opus." One of the values of The Anger Trap is that Carter not only identifies anger and it's nature, but deals with the root causes (such as fear, loneliness, rejection, insecurity, and especially pain.) "Angry people are hurting, fragile people," Carter points out. And, "At the heart of anger is a cry for respect." But, to me, one of the most insightful observations Carter makes is, "As illogical as it may be, it can seem to outside observers that chronically angry people have a strong commitment to keeping distasteful emotions alive." Carter encourages us to deal with these underlying causes if we are to have any kind of meaningful victory over anger. The chapter on dependency and hidden insecurity (Chapter 6: "Insecurity's Hold on Angry People") is especially interesting and illuminating. In this chapter Carter discusses how angry people are so busy trying to make others take responsibility for their own emotional stability that they stay stuck in the anger they want to be free of. But, my favorite chapter is called "Higher Priorities," (Chapter 14) where Carter leads us down the path to deliverance from the destructive aspects of anger. He points out the need to make a commitment to traits like kindness, patience, and forgiveness. It shows what life can be like outside the anger trap. Over the years I have found Dr. Carter's books to be right on target--insightful, easy-to-read, and filled with practical wisdom and application. The Anger Trap is no exception ... and a welcome addition to his valuable contributions. Everyone with any kind of anger issues should buy this book and digest it deliberately and carefully. As Dr. Carter reminds us, we all have choices. We can choose to face the ugly dimensions of our anger and be freed from this trap forever!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well-written description of how to overcome anger issues...,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Anger Trap: Free Yourself from the Frustrations that Sabotage Your Life (Hardcover)
I know I will turn back to this book for reminders, but it is so well-written that the messages stick pretty well. No mumbo-jumbo, no tedious stories about other people's lives. It touches upon all of the things one needs to think about and approaches to overcoming inappropriate anger and angry responses. There are stories about other people, but they are not so specific that one cannot relate. In fact, every story of a real person carries an applicable message. I believe every chapter can be seen as applicable - because anger manifests in so many ways that we do not realize or describe as anger. I do not believe you can find a better book on the subject.
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