READ
THE FOREWORD - Third Edition, 2010 or First Edition, 2002
 Third Edition, Foreword
What’s Good About Anger? keeps getting better and better.
It has always been about the transformation of destructive
anger into something much more positive. With the addition
of a new Emotional Intelligence chapter it has become even
more helpful to those of us who suffer from never having been
exposed to a healthy way to approach our angry emotions.
Suffering from anger management problems can frequently be
a very discouraging plight. For example, one of the difficulties
with mis-managed anger is that there is always something that
triggers it, but when we are ineffective in managing our anger,
we become the unacceptable focus of disdain…and the issue
that generated it all often gets lost. It can sometimes seem
rather hopeless. How can we move from a psychic reaction which
is seemingly life robbing and destructive to a method of responding
to our feelings of anger that is more life giving?
Lynette Hoy and Ted Griffin have created an anger management
program which places an emphasis on hope. The What’s
Good About Anger program successfully shifts the hopeless approach
focusing
on experiences and expressions of anger as “bad,” to
a method that says “let’s learn how to use the
benefits of anger for productive purposes.” So it is
through the modeling of an empathic approach to anger problems
that allows participants to actually experience “empathy” and
find new hope to grow and to develop higher levels of consciousness.
This new edition offers practical solutions to anger problems
in the form of helpful skills, concepts, and techniques to
help anyone deal with anger more effectively. The program increases
awareness of emotions and discusses emotional intelligence
in a positive way. Lynette Hoy has touched all the bases of
state-of-the-art anger management solutions doing so in both
a scientific and spiritually sensitive manner.
You are in good hands here and as you take this program seriously
you will find the benefits of decreased stress, shame, distorted
thinking, and also a lessening of anger itself. You will discover
the hope that you have “a moment” to make a choice
between either destructive “punishing” or creative
problem solving. We can grow! We can develop to higher levels
of consciousness.
Rich Pfeiffer – August 29, 2009
Richard Pfeiffer, MDiv, PhD, is the President of the Board
of Directors for NAMA, the National
Anger Management Association and the Director/Founder
of Growth Central, and the author of eight Real Solution
Workbooks.
 First Edition, 2002
"Just
now I finished reading What’s Good About Anger? and
my first thought was, “I wish I had read this a long
time ago.” It is so chockfull of biblical truth, wise
counsel, and old-fashioned common sense that I believe it
will be a great help to anyone who puts into practice the
truth it teaches.
Many years
ago, during a pastorate in California, I decided to preach
a sermon series called “The Marriage Clinic.” In
order to involve the congregation, I devised a list of about
20 possible topics and asked people to vote for the ones
they most wanted to hear. The plan was so successful that
I decided to repeat it the next year with a different series
called “The Family Clinic.” When I offered my list
of potential topics to the congregation, only one was repeated
from the year before. To my surprise that topic received
the most votes two years in a row. The winner: “How
to Handle Anger and Bitterness.”
In the
years since then, I have discovered that I should not have
been surprised at all. Lots of church members, some of them
very faithful and very devout, harbor hidden reservoirs of
anger and bitterness.
Sometimes
the anger lies just below the surface, popping up in the
form of a sharp tongue and a critical, unhappy spirit. Other
times it shows itself in a tendency to resort to physical
violence. More often the anger lies deeper, hidden even to
the person, like a snake coiled in the grass, waiting to
strike when the time is right. This explains why some people
who appear to be sunny, cheerful types can under certain
types of pressure explode in a rage that can be dangerous
and sometimes deadly.
As Lynette
Hoy and Ted Griffin make clear, anger is one of our most
powerful emotions. Left unchecked, it can destroy us in every
way we can be destroyed. It festers within, choking out our
joy, clouding our perspective, corroding our thinking, and
rendering us unable to have healthy relationships. So many
marriages suffer because of anger that is not handled properly.
And so many children have been hurt because a parent reacted
wrongly under pressure.
This much
we already know. But this book leads us beyond the problem
to a truly biblical solution. You may be surprised to know
that anger itself is not evil or wrong. We all get angry
from time to time. It’s how we respond to our anger,
what we do about it, and how we express it that makes all
the difference. Healthy anger actually promotes spiritual
growth and positive relationships. If that thought surprises
you, get ready for even more surprises as you read this book.
I am very
grateful to Lynette and Ted for making this material available.
I needed to read it myself. I think you’ll feel the
same way when you are finished. Here is a book filled with
truth that can set you free. Read it, digest it, and then
put it to work in your own life."
Dr. Ray
Pritchard, Author, Speaker, Pastor
www.keepbelieving.com
What's Good About
Anger? 2006 Second Edition: Note
from Dr. Pritchard regarding the new edition
for
a general
readership.
Feb. 22, 2006: "I love the new, expanded
version of the book. You've done what bestselling authors do - you've
added value
and content to rhe revised edition. I think you will be pleased with
the reception in the marketplace."
Contact Lynette
Hoy at 630-368-1880 or
by mail at: CounselCare Connection, P.C.
Lynette
Hoy,
2000 Spring Road, Suite 603,
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 USA
630-368-1880
Fax: 630.530.2066
These programs and resources are offered by Lynette
J. Hoy, a National Certified Counselor, experienced Marriage and
Family Counselor, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, President
of CounselCare Connection, P.C. and the Anger Management Institute, Anger
Management Specialist, Crisis Counselor and Domestic Violence Advocate.
Co-author of What's Good About Anger? Mrs. Hoy has trained hundreds of
students, couples, clients, trainers and counselors in anger and conflict
management.
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