The Healing Power of Anger, Dr. John Rifkin’s 3-step approach to “unbending” anger, has been nominated for a William James Book Award from the American Psychological Association. The William James Book Award is given to a recent book that serves to integrate material across psychological subfields or provides coherence to the diverse matter of psychology (from the American Psychological Association’s Web site).

Conventional wisdom views anger as red-hot yelling and screaming, a force to be feared and repressed. But psychotherapist John Rifkin views anger in a revolutionary way: as the natural energy created to heal one’s emotional injuries.

In The Healing Power of Anger, Rifkin explains how to identify dysfunctional uses of anger so that readers can “unbend” it and become empowered and self-nurturing. To do so, he explains his Stop, Drop, and Roll system, which he’s used with clients for more than 20 years. In addition, Rifkin explores the childhood roots of anger, the spectrum of angry behavior, how anger can be a gift to a relationship, and ice-cold passive-aggressive anger. He also discusses anger’s links to addictions, anxiety, mood disorders, and difficulties with emotional intimacy. Readers will come away with new insights into their emotions and behavior and new skills for using their anger in a healthy, functional manner.

Take Dr. Rifkin’s anger quiz and discover how anger can positively change your life.