The article "Culturally Sensitive Treatment of Anger in African American Women: A Single Case Study" by Antonio Gonzalez-Prendes and Shirley A. Thomas, focused on attitude-based treatment of anger in African American women and culturally acquired beliefs. Gonzalez-Prendes and Thomas suggest that three major issues influence “the experience and expression of anger in African-American women” (p.383). These three major issues include gender role socialization around the expression of anger, powerlessness, and culture-bound messages that create an unworkable expectation of strength. The messages of strength that African Americans have been taught are reinforced at a young age, which ultimately shapes how anger should be expressed. Also worth considering are the ways in which women deflect or redirect their anger. This can be done in four different ways: containment (avoiding expressing anger), internalization, segmentation (detachment from angry feelings), and externalization (projection of blame for uncomfortable feelings). This article also allows the reader to learn how African American women achieve their expectation of strength. African American women are taught through their culture that they must be strong women; however, these assumptions create an unrealistic characterization. This unrealistic idea then creates a catch-22 for these women. On the one hand it allows them to face adversity and on the other it creates a false image of “superwoman”. Even these women can then find themselves "trapped in a double bind: on the one hand they may feel anger and resentment linked to the lack of control over their lives and on the other... middle of paper ......from here their anger. Although I found the article interesting and useful for my future career, I found it very repetitive. I would have preferred the article to focus more on the treatment plan rather than reiterating why the client was facing these issues. I felt the authors perfectly described the reason for the customer's anger within the background information. I believe the case study should have been more directed at changing and treating the client rather than the reason for his anger through his culture. Overall, the article was very interesting and opened my eyes to new ways of thinking. This article will be useful in my future professional endeavors. I will be able to use this knowledge with future clients and be able to follow this particular type of treatment style.