Introduction: Understanding and Processing Anger --11 -- 1. Why Do People Get Angry? -- 15 -- 2. What Is the Purpose of Anger? -- 25 -- 3. How Can I Make Anger Productive? -- 33 -- 4. When Anger Is Distorted -- 51 -- 5. Processing Distorted Anger -- 63 -- 6. Destructive Responses to Anger -- 75 -- 7. Processing Long-Term Anger -- 89 -- 8. Anger and Forgiveness -- 103 -- 9. Anger in Marriage -- 117 -- 10. Teaching Children to Handle Anger -- 127 -- 11. When You Are Angry with God -- 143 -- 12. When You Are Angry at Yourself -- 155 -- 13. When You Encounter an Angry Person -- 167 -- Epilogue: God's Nature in Us -- 181.