Anger Mangement Counseling

 

Is Your Anger:

 

threatening your relationships with people you love?

putting your job at risk or limiting your advancement?

negatively affecting your health?

causing you to experience legal problems?

scaring your wife and children?

 

 

Anger Management Group - Tuesdays 7pm - 8:30pm

 

We all know what anger is, and we've all felt it: whether as a fleeting annoyance or as full-fledged rage.

Anger is a completely normal, usually healthy, human emotion. But when it gets out of control and turns destructive, it can lead to problems—problems at work, in your personal relationships, and in the overall quality of your life. And it can make you feel as though you're at the mercy of an unpredictable and powerful emotion. This brochure is meant to help you understand and control anger.

 

However, for some people, anger is a constant companion that defines their personality and intimidates – even terrifies – their loved ones, friends and co-workers. For such people – known as anger addicts or rageaholics – anger has become a disruptive, destructive tool for controlling everything and everyone around them.

 

One out of five Americans has an anger management problem. Anger is a natural human emotion and is nature's way of empowering us to "ward off" our perception of an attack or threat to our well being. The problem is not anger, the problem is the mismanagement of anger. Mismanaged anger and rage is the major cause of conflict in our personal and professional relationships.

 

There are many reasons why anger may be manifesting within us. These include:

• things not going the way we want them to
• feeling we are not treated fairly
• someone doing something unkind or abusive to us
• not feeling respected for who we are by others
• learning as a child within our family that using anger and rage
• to get what we wanted was normal behavior.

 

However, none of the reasons above can ever be used as rationalization for outbursts of unsafe anger and rage. And with new, tougher assault and domestic violence laws now in force, it’s more important now than ever for everyone to take responsibility for their behaviory.

 

The goal of our anger management program is to help individuals master emotional control skills for living happier, more peaceful and successful lives.  We provide not only training, but opportunities to practice skills both in class and outside in every day living.

 

One of the key fundamentals when learning anger management counseling techniques is to understand that anger is considered a symptom, not the problem; although anger can cause considerable problems. People usually get angry to regain power and control, as well as, to avoid vulnerable feelings such as shame, guilt, rejection, hopelessness, or helplessness.

 

Any type of personal counseling proceeds effectively when the client admits there is a problem or that others believe he or she has a problem. In this case, anger management counseling will focus on exploring the roots of unresolved anger, discovering triggers of current or unexplained anger, and looking at ways to try and bring anger under reasonable control. Working with a trained anger management counselor, a client will answer many questions about personal history, current conditions, and future expectations. He may even take one or more psychology tests that could provide insight to the patient’s mindset.  

 

Anger Management Program

 

If you feel that your anger is really out of control, if it is having an impact on your relationships and on important parts of your life, you might consider anger management counseling to learn how to handle it better. A counselor with special anger management training can work with you in developing a range of techniques for changing your thinking and your behavior.

Getting out of pain now is always the main focus of solution oriented therapy, so it is usually brief. Some people may need only one session; others, more, but you are always in charge of deciding how many sessions you want.

 

The goal of anger management is to reduce both your emotional feelings and the physiological arousal that anger causes. You can't get rid of, or avoid, the things or the people that enrage you, nor can you change them, but you can learn to control your reactions.

 

The topics that are covered in our 12-session Anger Management Program:

 

Session 1:        The basics of anger
Session 2:        Managing your anger
Session 3:        When is your anger a problem?
Session 4:        How to express your anger in healthy ways
Session 5:        How to become more tolerant and patient
Session 6:        Managing stress
Session 7:        Anger is abotu unmet needs
Session 8:        Making anger your ally
Session 9:        Getting your needs met
Session 10:      How to forgive others
Session 11:      Communication and Assertiveness Skills
Session 12:      Establishing self-care disciplines

 

 

 

 

 

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