Table 1.

The core of several readings of anger, as summarized by Feindler and Byers (2006).

Psychodynamic models	Anger is conceptualized as a repetition of past conflicts and a defensive effort to deny vulnerability
CBT	Anger problems can be interpreted as classically conditioned automatic reactions with little awareness
DBT	Anger is constituted by maladaptive behaviours that evolve from defective problem-solving in response to intolerable painful affective states
Couple and family therapy	The outbursts of anger would therefore be at the service of the maintenance functions of family interaction patterns. The primary focus is to see individuals in the context of the system
EFT model	Mismanagement of anger is linked to problems in the regulation of affects such as upregulated or downregulated
Buddhist approach	Anger is a way of coercing compliance from those who disobey or disagree with us
Adlerian therapy	Anger as a negative direction of self-protection, intimidation, and self-centeredness; the themes of domination and power are central
Psychodynamic Assimilative Psychotherapy	Anger is the result of painful and traumatic developmental experiences that have been repressed, denied, or rationalized