Overcome anger habits to enjoy a more gratifying life.

ANGER

Challenges

In your family growing up, did your parents know how to control anger? If one or both of them had a temper, then you may be at high risk for also taking Fight Road in the face of conflicts.

As you walk down the road of life, from time to time you will bump — ! —into difficult situations. The five possible pathways you can take from there will determine how you feel.

Taking the anger pathway aims to enable you to get what you want by over-powering others.

Scroll down to the videos and worksheets below to learn the costs of getting what you want by using anger to dominate over others. The videos and worksheets in this section and in the Relationships section of this site also teach how to get what you want in a way that is empowered instead of controlling.

Empowerment can enable you to get what you want without anger. Empowered talking together in a collaborative way can lead to finding win-win solutions, solutions which feel satisfying both to you and to the others involved in the conflict.

Empowerment helps you to control your anger by knowing that you will be able to find solutions that work for you and at the same time work for others.

Coping

To learn more, watch the videos below and read more from Dr. Heitler’s book Prescriptions Without Pills.

Use This Hand Map for Understanding Emotions To Learn How to Control Anger

From Prescriptions Without Pills by Susan Heitler, PhD

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About Susan Heitler, PhD.

Dr. Susan Heitler specializes in teaching couples the skills they need to enjoy a strong, long-lasting and loving partnership, and helping individuals to enjoy well-being when they have been feeling depressed, angry or anxious.  A clinical psychologist in private practice for almost 50 years, Dr. Heitler is a graduate of Harvard University with a doctorate from New York University.

Dr. Heitler's books The Power of Two, The Power of Two Workbook co-authored with her daughter Dr. Abigail Hirsch, and her book on therapy From Conflict to Resolution form the basis for the Power Of Two Marriage program. Dr. Heitler's newest book, Prescriptions Without Pills: For Relief from Depression, Anger, Anxiety, and More offers relief from the common colds of mental health.

Dr. Heitler lives what she teaches. She and her husband have been happily married for nearly 50 years, raising four children, and now enjoying 16 grandchildren.

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