The field of anger management is cluttered with fiction, myth, and wishful thinking. Here at last is a research-based and empirically validated "anger episode model, " presented in a desktop manual for practitioners. Kassinove and Tafrate are themselves distinguished practitioners, researchers, and teachers in the field of anger management, and their book offers a comprehensive state-of-the-art program that can be implemented almost immediately in any practice setting. Anger Management: The Complete Guidebook for Practitioners is an indispensable resource clearly spelling out how to help clients understand, manage, and prevent unhealthy anger, and featuring step-by-step training procedures, and guidelines for assessment, understanding, awareness, motivation, and relapse prevention. Contents include: The Anger Episode Model; Assessment and Diagnosis; Overview of the Anger Management Program; Increasing Client Motivation for Change; Increasing Awareness of Anger; Managing Physical Arousal; Exposure; Fostering Cognitive Change; Forgiveness; Relapse Prevention; Anger Reduction for Practitioners; Sample Anger Management Treatment Programs.