Working With Anger And Young People

154 Pages·2006·0.49 MB·English

by  Nick Luxmoore

Working with Anger and Young People
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Working with Anger
and Young People
Nick Luxmoore
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First published in 2006
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Library ofCongress Cataloging in Publication Data
Luxmoore, Nick, 1956-
Working with anger and young people / Nick Luxmoore.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-84310-466-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-84310-466-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Anger in adolescence. I. Title.
BF724.3.A55L89 2006
155.5'1247--dc22
2006016311
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ISBN-10: 1 84310 466 0
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For Mum and Dad

Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8
1. Introduction 9
2. The anger of professionals 15
3. Anger as a defence 23
…againstshame 23
…againstfeelingsmall 28
…againstfeelinginvisible 29
…againsthurt 31
…againstrejectedlove 35
…againstloss 36
…againstfeelingugly 41
…againstfeelingempty 42
4. Anger unexpressed 45
5. Anger exploding 51
6. Anger, attendance and attachment 67
7. Anger and disappointment 83
8. Anger and identity 99
9. Anger and envy 111
10. Anger, violence and empathy 125
11. The anger of professionals (again) 141
REFERENCES 151
INDEX 155
Acknowledgements
I’m grateful to the many professionals and young people I’ve
workedwithandlearnedfromoverthelastsixyearsandtofriends
and colleagues who have taken the time to comment on earlier
versions of these chapters.
Versions of some chapters have previously been published by
the Oxford Psychotherapy Society, the East Oxford Schools Inclu-
sionProject,theOxfordshireLearningPartnershipandKingAlfred’s
College, Wantage.
I’m grateful always to Kathy, Frances and Julia.
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