Embracing the Dark Side

What we do with our anger is a pathway into the experience of being human. Everyone gets angry from time to time. Some people are volatile and explosive; some withdraw and ignore others around them; some become sarcastic and “underhanded” in the way they express their anger; some deny, suppress, and “stuff” their anger and become passive; and some people actually address their anger in useful and productive ways. The emotion of anger can provide you with valuable information about who you are and it can literally become a doorway to self-knowledge, personal growth, and even healing from traumatic wounds that are a part of your past. In the end, if you are unable to effectively recognize and address anger that you feel, you create significant problems in your own life and destroy the relationships that are most important to you. The purpose of the workbook is to help you understand and change how you handle the anger that is an integral part of your humanity.