Making the diagnosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Anger triggers : reasons why passive-aggressives become so angry -- More reasons why passive-aggressives become so angry -- Reasons passive-aggressives can only express their anger indirectly -- Anger styles -- More anger styles -- Pseudopassive-aggressives -- Pseudovictims -- The interactions between passive-aggressives and their true victims -- Sadomasochism -- Introduction to treatment/psychoanalytically-oriented psychotherapy -- Cognitive therapy -- Interpersonal therapy -- Transference and countertransference issues -- For victims of passive-aggression -- Helping passive-aggressives become less so -- Anger management
Summary
This book is designed to help therapists who interact with passive-aggressive individuals to advance their own effective coping methods based on science, understanding, and compassion, while directly addressing the pathology of individuals who exhibit passive-aggressive behavior
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 27, 2017)