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Work InformationOvercoming Passive-Aggression: How to Stop Hidden Anger from Spoiling Your Relationships, Career and Happiness by Tim Murphy
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a book I would NOT put into my personal library…I didn’t learn a whole lot more about passive-aggressive behavior than I knew going into the reading. There were relatively few “examples” in this book…and for this type of book and this guy being a therapist (and congressman…he does beat us over the head with this fact throughout the book and it was more than a little annoying), I would have expected far more “stories” or case studies…and they just aren’t here. This leaves the book a very dry and relatively uninteresting read, as he actually deals very little with actual passive-aggressive behavior and goes off at length on nearly ever other type of disorder that can be associated with PA behavior. I might recommend it to someone totally unfamiliar with PA-ness…but for me, this book left much to be desired. Additionally, the suggestions (beyond seek out a therapist/counselor, were excessively vague (another area where full examples to illustrate the author’s point would have been extremely helpful). I rate it a C and hope that I can pull some useful additional reading from the notes. ( ) no reviews | add a review
InOvercoming Passive-Aggression, Dr. Tim Murphy and Loriann Hoff Oberlin provide an in-depth look at a topic we've all faced but haven't always recognized: Hidden anger. When people don't express their views and feel compelled to conceal their true beliefs and emotions, behaving in ways that don't match what they honestly think, there can be serious physical and psychological results for everyone involved. For the first time, Murphy and Oberlin offer a clear definition of passive-aggression and show readers not only how to end the behavior, but also how to avoid falling victim to other people's hidden anger. In clear, compassionate language, they cover everything from the childhood origins of the condition to the devastating effect it has on work and personal relationships to the latest research on the subject, and offer practical, proven strategies for the angry person as well as the individual who finds himself the target of someone else's passive-aggression. No library descriptions found. |
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