Anger Busting 101: The New ABCs for Angry Men and the Women Who Love Them
Both of these titles address the destructive potential of men's  anger and present step-by-step methods to effect positive  behavioral changes. In Dealing with Your Anger (first published  in Australia but edited for an American audience), Donovan, a  psychotherapist and director of the Anger Clinic in Melbourne,  offers a self-help resource that is also designed for  practitioners in one-on-one or group therapy sessions. Using his  many years of clinical experience with angry men and his own  personal struggle with anger and a potential for violence,  Donovan shares sensible procedures for understanding, reducing,  and eliminating anger. He covers anger's definition, anger  sources, emotional strategies for healing anger, practical ways  of controlling anger, and positive uses for anger. Also included  are Assistive Guidelines for Practitioners and an extensive  notes section.  Hightower, a licensed psychotherapist and director of the Center  for Anger Resolution, Inc., in Houston, presents a highly  practical and easy-to-follow guide for managing anger problems.  Anger Busting 101 uses the author's Recovery Approach, which  gives pointers for diffusing anger before it gets to the boiling  point. This method debunks the psychological myth that stifling  anger will hurt you. Hightower combines his personal experience,  his clients' personal stories, and scientific research to  support his methods for handling anger. His ABCs are Abstain  from certain behavior and phrases; Believe in the principles for  peace, happiness, and permanent change; and Communicate with new  phrases. Donovan's guide is more complicated to follow without a  therapist's guidance, while Hightower's is more straightforward  and simpler to use on one's own. Both are well documented and  are recommended for self-help collections in academic and large  public libraries and for mental health practitioners. Elizabeth  Goeters, Georgia Perimeter Coll., DunwoodyCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.