Even for trained professionals, dealing with passive-aggressive peopl
e is always a challenge. We all recognize them: they miss deadlines, throw up roadblocks, promise and procrastinate, all with a smile on their face and soft words denying there is anything amiss. In their newest book, a groundbreaking scientific study, The Angry Smile: The New Psychological Study of Passive-Aggressive Behavior at Home, at School, in Marriage & Close Relationships, in the Workplace & Online, authors Nicholas J. Long, Jody E. Long and Signe Whitson provide important insights about the destructive nature of passive aggression and offer empowering, practical strategies for ending it.
With dozens of real-life examples of passive aggressive behavior in families, schools, relationships, the workplace, and online, The Angry Smile provides step-by-step, dialogue-based guidance for how to recognize, confront, and change this behavior. It’s a realistic road map for transforming hidden hostility into harmonious interactions and improving relationships in the long-term.
The Angry Smile brings together five decades of research and study of passive aggressive behavior. As readers learn the powerful skills of Benign Confrontation, they will begin to recognize the patterns, refuse to engage, discover how to channel and express their own anger appropriately, and more.
Author Nicholas J. Long, PhD is an international author and clinician renowned for his work with emotionally troubled children and youth. He has served on the faculty of the University of Michigan, Indiana University, Georgetown University, and retired as Professor Emeritus from American University. He served as the executive director of Hillcrest Children’s Psychiatric Center and founded the award-winning Rose School, an interagency mental health center in Washington, DC. A licensed clinical and educational psychologist, he is the author of nine textbooks and wrote and hosted a 10-part series for NBC TV on troubled youth. He is the president of the Life Space Crisis Intervention Institute (LSCI) and lives in Hagerstown, MD.
Coauthor Jody E. Long, PhD, is a licensed school psychologist who served for many years in the District of Columbia school system. After receiving her PhD in counseling psychology from the American University, she served as coordinator of the American University-Rose School Program. She coauthored Conflict and Comfort in College as well as several professional articles on adolescence. Currently, she serves on the boards of directors of the Life Space Crisis Intervention Institute, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, and the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, MD. She and her husband, Nicholas, have five children and six grandchildren.
Coauthor Signe Whitson, C-SSWS, is a certified school social worker and chief operating officer of the LSCI Institute. She has two decades of experience working with children, teens, and families on issues related to managing anger, de-escalating crisis situations, and changing the culture of bullying in schools and communities. In addition to The Angry Smile, Whitson is the author of five other books including How to Be Angry and 8 Keys to End Bullying: Strategies for Parents & Schools.
Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI) is an internationally recognized training and certification program helping professionals and parents turn crisis situations into learning opportunities for children and youth with chronic patterns of self-defeating behavior. For more information on these authors and their work, please visit the website: LSCI.org.
The Angry Smile:The New Psychological Study of Passive-Aggressive Behavior at Home, at School, in Marriage & Close Relationships, in the Workplace & Online
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