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The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
The Dance of Anger A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
Author: Harriet Lerner
"Anger is a signal and one worth listening to," writes Dr. Harriet Lerner, in her renowned classic that has transformed the lives of millions of readers. While anger deserves our attention and respect, women still learn to silence our anger, to deny it entirely, or to vent it in a way that leaves us feeling helpless and powerless. In this engagi...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780060915650
ISBN-10: 006091565X
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 256
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  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 129 ratings
Publisher: Quill
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 7
An excellent read for women at all stages of life. This is an insightful and very useful guide to helping women understand and rechannel their anger to become a constructive rather than destructive factor in their relationships.
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Helpful Score: 7
If you are living with a man who is controlling and obsessive and escalates his bad behavior when you push back, this is a book you should read.
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Helpful Score: 6
Insightful book about the patterns of anger, Prescriptions for lasting changes are offered. Aids in helping women becoe stronger and more independent.
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Helpful Score: 4
A book for women who are having relational problems with spouses who are controlling or who put them down. Walks you through the anger and helps you use it to change yourself and your partner.
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Helpful Score: 2
An insightful & prescriptive guide that shows women how to turn anger into a constructive force for re-shaping their lives
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reviewed The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships on + 17 more book reviews
From the back cover: Harriet Goldhor Lerner, a psychotherapist at the Menninger Foundation, illuminates the causes and patterns of anger while providing specific strategies for making meaningful and lasting change in important relationships. Basing her conclusions on a decade of clinical investigations and drawing on recent findings from psychoanalytic and family systems theory, she illustrates how, and why, our anger (be it vented through fighting and blaming or silence and emotional distancing) often protects rather than challenges existing relationship dynamics. And she explains the difficulties women have not only in getting angry but also in using their anger to gain a stronger, and more independent, sense of self.
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This is the book that started me a wonderful journey of exploring my relationships and making them better. When ever I see a good used copy I buy it, as there is always someone I know I can pass it along to.
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I read this book following my divorce and I have to say there were many things it taught me and helped me deal with the changes in my life.
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i personally did not read the book i got it for someone who needs advice on this area
hairgoddess avatar reviewed The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships on + 3 more book reviews
Not a bad book, but only helpful is someone in particular is making you angry, not the book for someone with general anger issues.


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