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Dr. Tony Fiore - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Dr Tony Fiore is a licensed psychologist, marital therapist and certified anger management trainer. He is a Fellow of the American Stress Institute and a Diplomate of National Anger Management Association. He has received advanced training in marital therapy at the Gottman Institute in Seattle,Washington. In addition to his active clinical practice, Dr Tony regularly conducts anger management classes in Southern California, consults and provides trainings to companies for anger and stress management, and ... [More]
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- Five Lessons About Anger Being a GOOD Thing
[Self-Improvement:Anger-Management] Most fo the time anger is NOT the right resposne to life situations, but sometimes it is, especially if it promotes your goals, does not have a heavy cost, or does something good for society. Learn the fve lessons of appropriate anger expression and how to apply them to your life.
- Forgive for Less Marital Anger
[Self-Improvement:Anger-Management] Leanring to forgive is an important anger management tool to reduce marital or relationship anger. This article lists common misconceptions about forgiveness which may help you decide if you should forgive your partner or other family members for grievances you have toward them
- Is Road Rage a Psychiatric Disorder?
[Self-Improvement:Anger-Management] A recent study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health showed that up to 16 million Americans may suffer from a condition called "intermitant Explsoive Disorder" which may contribute to some road rage incidents. But, what else may cause road rage? Is it the same as aggressive driving? Is it treatable with medications? What is cognitive training?
- Six Repair Tools for Your Marriage
[Relationships:Marriage] Acquiring good repair skills gives a couple a way to recover from the mistakes they may have made. These repair skills provide a "fix" for the damage caused in attempting to communicate to each other in a way that caused emotional hurt to one of both of them.
- Confide to be Less Angry in Your Marriage
[Self-Improvement:Anger-Management] Often, couples are unable to resolve a marital issue because the issue is not solvable. The trick is to learn to find a way to communciate ABOUT the issue. Learning to confide-to tell what is in your heart and your mind-can make a huge difference in reducing anger and conflict.
- How to Be Less Angry in Your Marriage: Part 1- Become Allies Around Issues
[Self-Improvement:Anger-Management] Anger in marriage is often generated by couples trying to solve an unsolvable issue. These issues are "perpetual" and successful couples find a way to be with each other despite these differences.Rather than demanding change, try instead to have an honest dialogue aroudn teh dispute to develop deeper undertstanding of why both you and your feel feel as you do.
- How To Deal With Difficult People Part 4 -The Aggressive Driver When He Is A Loved One
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] 45 year old John terrorized his family when they were his passengers. He would yell at them if they complained about his driving.
- How To Deal With Difficult People Part 3 - The Passive Aggressive
[Self-Improvement] Passive-Aggression is a psychological mechanism for handling hostility or anger in an underhanded or devious way that is hard for others to prove. Sometimes the passive-aggressive is aware of what he or she is doing, and other times not.
- How to Deal With Difficult People Part 2 - The Bully
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] “Many bullies remain bullies because they don’t see themselves as the problem.”
- 4 Steps to Being More Assertive
[Self-Improvement:Motivation] Assertive communication allows you to clarify communication and stand up for yourself without making things worse or getting a negative result or response from your loved ones.
- 4 Steps to Teaching Your Family to Treat You Better
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] When we unwittingly go along with the way others treat us, we
encourage them to continue their behaviors. These 4 steps will
help you set boundaries and take up for yourself.
- Anger and the American Family: 3 Steps to Diffuse Family by Changing Your Inner Conversations
[Self-Improvement] Learning to change what you tell yourself - your self-talk - can break the cycle of negativity that can often poison our minds when we get angry. We all have "scripts" in our minds that tell us messages and stories about family members and how they behave. Here are three steps to change your self-talk...
- Anger and the American Family: Learn to Respond Rather than React
[Self-Improvement] One of the challenges in behaving differently is, of course, coming up with ideas on how else we can behave differently in various situations...
- 5 Stepst to Stress-Guard Your Family
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Just as individuals can become overwhelmed by stress, so can families. Here are 5 Steps to deal with stress in your family.
- Anger And Your Driving
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Are you driving under the influence of impaired emotions? Dateline: December 4, 2002. Orange County ,California. A 29 year old man was shot to death, an apparent victim of road rage. According to new...
- The Anger Driven Life: Five Signs It Might Be Yours And Steps You Can Take To Change
[Self-Improvement] There’s no doubt about it: we live in an angry society. Signs that anger abounds are all over the place. There is desk rage, road rage, domestic violence, spousal abuse, child abuse, sports rage and ...
- Anger and Your Driving: Use Self-Talk to Create Safer Vistas
[Self-Improvement] Date: January 28, 2001 Place: Fashion Island, Newport Beach, California The incident: Jane, a middle aged professional woman had an altercation with another woman who accosted her after she refused t...
- Anger and Your Health: How Your Outlook Influences Health and Your Ability to Control Anger
[Self-Improvement] The situation: Jane and Anthony have differing ways of viewing the world. Jane is a pessimist (the glass is half-empty), while Anthony is an optimist (the glass is half-full). These outlooks influenc...
- The High Costs of Anger (Part 2)
[Self-Improvement] ‘Dr. Fiore,’ the voice on the phone pleaded, ‘I need anger management classes right away. I blew up at my girlfriend last night and she said it’s over until I get help.’ As Kevin recounted the first ...
- Argue With Yourself And Improve Your Health
[Self-Improvement] Even as a child, James was described by teachers and his parents as a happy optimist. As the story goes, one day his parents decided to play a joke on him and test his attitude by requiring him to sp...
- 5 Steps to Raising an Optimistic Child
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] I had just completed a session with 17-year old Julie who suffered from severe depression. Julie believed she was a total failure and would never be able to change anything in her life. Julie also fe...
- How Empathy Can Reduce Your Anger
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] Jim, a 42-year old engineer was teaching his eight-year-old son how to fly a radio-controlled airplane. As the airplane was taking off, Jim instructed his son to push the control stick on the radio t...
- How to Control Your Anger: Retreat and Think Things Over
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] Temporarily removing yourself from the situation allows your body and mind to return to normal, allowing your normally good reasoning to return.
- The High Cost of Anger - Part 1
[Self-Improvement] Learn to manage your feelings for better health. Suppose you are standing in the ‘express’ lane of a supermarket checkout. You see that the third person ahead of you has about 25 items and is paying ...
- How Optimism can Help - or Hurt - Your Marriage
[Relationships:Marriage] Beth and Tom were happily married for over 25 years – no small feat in today’s world. At first, their friends could not understand how their marriage succeeded, due to numerous perceived shortcomings...
- Three Tips for Forgiveness: A Key Factor in Anger Management
[Self-Improvement:Anger-Management] Forgiveness is a process that takes time and patience to complete. You must be ready. Realize that forgiveness is for you - not for anyone else.
- Resolving Workplace Conflict: 4 Ways to a Win-Win Solution
[Business:Team-Building] The effects of conflict in the workplace are widespread and costly. Its prevalence, as indicated by three serious studies, shows that 24-60% of management time and energy is spent dealing with ange...
- How to Recognize Stress Before it Turns Into Anger
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] After a stressful day as a computer programmer, Jim pulled into his driveway. The children’s toys were scattered on the walkway to the house.
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