Difficult personalities : a practical guide to managing the hurtful behavior of others (and maybe your own)

Difficult personalities A practical guide to managing the hurtful behavior of others (and maybe your own)

Helen McGrath

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Subjects
Behavior modification.
Interpersonal conflict.
Interpersonal relations.
Published
New York, NY : Experiment c2010.
Language
English
Main Author
Helen McGrath (-)
Other Authors
Hazel Edwards (-)
Edition
[New ed.]
Item Description
Prev. ed. published: 2000.
Physical Description
xviii, 285 p. ; 20 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-274) and index.
ISBN
9781615190133
  • Introduction General Principles Underpinning This Book
  • Part I. Incompatible Personality Traits
  • 1. What Are Incompatible Personality Traits?
  • 2. Variety Plus or a Rich Inner Life? Extroverts and Introverts
  • 3. Let's Get Organized or Go with the Flow? Planners and Optionizers
  • 4. Which Rules, the Head or the Heart? Thinkers and Feelers
  • Part II. Frustrating and Annoying Personality Patterns
  • 5. Built-in Flaw Detectors Negativity
  • 6. I'm Better Than You! Superiority
  • 7. I Have All the Power, I Know All the Answers Bossiness
  • Part III. Confusing Personality Types
  • 8. The World Is Such a Dangerous Place! The Anxious Personality
  • 9. Getting on Top of Anxiety General Strategies
  • 10. Everything Is Under Control Anxiety-Based Behavior
  • 11. I'm Always Right The Inflexible Personality
  • 12. Don't Ever Leave Me The Demanding Personality
  • Part IV. Damaging Personalities
  • 13. You'll Never Get Me The Passive-Aggressive Personality
  • 14. A Silent Nightmare The Bullying Personality
  • 15. Everyday Predators Among Us The Sociopathic Personality
  • Part V. Strategies
  • 16. Strategies for Coping with Sociopaths
  • 17. Making Decisions About Difficult Situates and Relationships
  • 18. Rational and Irrational Thinking
  • 19. Healthy Self-Assertion
  • 20. Managing Your Own Anger and the Anger of Others
  • 21. Managing Conflict
  • 22. Skills for Maintaining a Strong Romantic Partnership
  • Part VI. Following Up
  • Finding a Good Psychologist
  • Books You Might Like to Read
  • Index
  • About the Authors
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

What do you get when a clinical psychologist (McGrath) and an experienced author of adult and children's literature (Edwards) team up to write a handbook for dealing with troublesome people at work or in one's personal life? You get a no-frills resource that is both easy to understand and highly informative. As with many such manuals, it's not necessary to read cover to cover (especially when the book's only shortcoming is its slightly repetitive tips and strategies) but, rather, to read the chapter about whichever personality causes stress in your life, from the anxious to the passive-aggressive, bullies, and narcissists. Whether the problem person is a chronic complainer, a fount of insults, or a perpetual martyr, you are guaranteed to find in-depth analysis, including what they do, why they do it, and strategies to help cope with that person in a positive, healthy way. The authors also have advice for people who recognize bothersome traits in themselves. McGrath and Edwards have avoided scientific jargon and created a handbook people can put to use immediately. There's nothing difficult about this book, except for the subject it gracefully explicates. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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Review by Library Journal Review

Eddie (Chump Change) and Lynch, who collaborate on the advice column "Damage Control" in the Globe and Mail, write in the style of Car Talk as they present recovery rules for saying/doing stupid things to family members, office mates, or potential dates. Their basic premise-that most people are ready to forgive as long as the offender is humble, hubris-free, and human-is delivered with guy humor that readers will either find entertaining or coarse. Clinical psychologist McGrath and writer Edwards discuss 11 difficult personality types and offer coping strategies. For every type (e.g., bossiness), they provide key words, typical behaviors, reasons behind the behaviors, and approaches for dealing with the bossy person (e.g., using humor) and ways to change one's own behavior (e.g., use courtesy). While Damage Control can help after the fact, Difficult Personalities gets to the heart of the matter and offers a real plan for change and coping. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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