{"product_id":"uptight-and-in-your-face-nina-brown-9780313385551","title":"Uptight and In Your Face: Coping with an Anxious Boss, Parent, Spouse, or Lover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDealing with uptight, high-stress people in your workplace, family, or home can be an enormous challenge, but this book provides invaluable insight and practical advice enabling readers to handle these \"problem\" personality types successfully.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is often stated that communication is the most important aspect of creating an effective relationship or achieving goals when working with another individual or within a team. But how does one communicate with someone who is too intense, anxious, or self-absorbed to hear anything you're trying to say? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eUptight and In Your Face: Coping with an Anxious Boss, Parent, Spouse, or Lover\u003c\/i\u003e the author presents an invaluable tutorial to successfully interact with the most frustrating and taxing people in your life. This text examines the five most common types of uptight people to illustrate how the underlying patterns of intensity, anxiety, and self-absorption are displayed. Considerable attention is given to help readers understand how they may be contributing to their own distress. The final chapters present numerous coping and self-development strategies that will help reduce or eliminate many of the detrimental effects of interacting with high-stress people. Descriptions of complex psychological concepts are explained in everyday language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nina Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313385556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313385551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2011 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011 pg. 8","brand":"Nina Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086482911487,"sku":"9780313385551","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77884518-ec62-4ab0-bf4d-356df3f73fe6.jpg?v=1769094924","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/uptight-and-in-your-face-nina-brown-9780313385551","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}