REBT Rage Reduction (reworked Anger Management)

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dents when they ask, "How long will it take to change?" As long as it takes. There is no exact time table or amount of trials for you to develop a new skill. Some of us got on a two wheel bike the first time and rode away. Some of us took weeks or months to get the hang of it. Just keep on practicing and rehearsing until you produce your desired result. 6. For those of you who would want to do more reading on the topic of anger and its control, I recommend the following books. How To Live With And Without Anger by Dr. Albert Ellis Overcoming Frustration And Anger by Dr. Paul Hauck Dealing With Anger Problems: Rational-Emotive Therapeutic Interventions by Dr. Windy Dryden

CHAPTER THREE THE A-B-C'S OF ANGER CONTROL The central theme of RET is that human beings are uniquely rational, as well as uniquely irrational, animals; that their emotional or psychological disturbances are largely a result of their thinking illogically or irrationally, and that they can minimize most of their emotional or mental unhappiness, ineffectuality, and disturbance if they learn to maximize their rational and minimize their irrational thinking. -Dr. Albert Ellis

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