100 Things We Can Do About Anger and Violence

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In an especially effective small-page format, family counselor Betty Doty addresses the problem of an individual's fear & helplessness in the face of society's escalating anger & violence. In her fifth book on anger, Doty lays out 100 easily-readable steps to show what each individual can do to reduce society's tension. It takes seeing anger in a different-from-usual way, Doty says, that makes it possible to look in better directions to find safety with each other. Best known for SHAKE THE ANGER HABIT! (now in its 4th printing), Doty says that we use anger as a "knife to the heart" in a desperate attempt to get through to others...to penetrate...to have impact. She emphasizes the essential need to listen more to each other...& also learn how we ourselves can get through to others...more often...without using anger. On talkshows, seminars & in her writings, Doty shows how most current proposals for curbing violence will not only backfire, but also increase individual helplessness as we continue to rely on what we think someone else ought to be doing. $9.95, 0-930822-18-8, Bookery Publishing Co., 6899 Riata, Redding, CA 96002-9786, 916-365-8068; FAX 916-365-8082 (audio cassette, $12.95, 0-930822-20-X).