Anger Management and Counselling in Redcliff, AB.

Keystone provides counseling in anger management and emotional regulation. Clients will explore the source of their anger or their child's anger and develop skills to express it in a healthy manner. Parents will learn how to manage their child's anger in a productive way and learn strategies to facilitate healthy emotional development in their children. Anger management for adults focuses on expressing their anger in a healthy manner, rather than just learning to control their anger. As with all counseling at Keystone Child and Family Therapy, an emphasis is placed on developing close, enjoyable, and connected family relationships.

A response to life's events falls upon a continuum from neutral to highly-reactive. At times anger, Gandhi called it "Righteous Indignation," is necessary to respond to injustices or inappropriate behaviours. However, uncontrolled, inappropriate anger is destructive to one's self and others. Mindfulness and Metta (Loving Kindness) meditations are excellent tools to deal with anger. Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) also called Tapping, along with skillful use of affirmations can help to cool the fires of anger. The benefits of anger management lead to a regulating of emotions and thus a gaining of peace of mind, positive relationships, career and family security.

When we can learn to investigate anger, build acceptance and tolerance for uncomfortable feelings, and find ways to soothe ourselves, we can manage anger in ways that are supportive of our relationships and supportive of ourselves. Learning anger management can involve building skills in multiple areas including communication, needs identification, distress tolerance, and/or emotional regulation.

The root causes of anger include fear, pain, or frustration. Sometimes, there is a biological reason, and so it's wise to consult with your physician. If you feel that your anger is becoming a problem for you or someone you love, there are ways that you can try to manage it. It's important to seek treatment and support, especially if you're worried your anger may put you or others at risk.

It often feels like Anger arises without warning. Before we know it, we are in the midst of an angry outburst. It doesn't need to be this way! At Menla Psychological Counselling you will learn ways to regain control of your anger, rather than having it control you. The goal of anger management isn't to get rid of anger, it is a valid emotion after all, but rather to stop anger from causing chaos and pain in your life.

Anger management is not about managing anger, but rather learning how to manage all the feelings that give rise to anger in one’s life. Learning how to identify all these feelings and give appropriate expression to them can greatly decrease the expression of anger. But many times, a person can experience trauma or painful events which, if they think may possibly be repeated, will trigger the sympathetic nervous system. Learning to differentiate the past (hurt and pain) from the present through some cognitive exercises is an essential first step. And then address the past pain to bring resolution helps to ensure a greater sense of peace and quality of life.

Anger often stems from feeling so many emotions all at once. You lose a sense of control. You go from 0 to 100 in a blink of an eye. By getting angry you’re attempting to regain control that’s presumed lost. But instead, you’re full of guilt and shame. Feeling angry and reacting in anger, is simply exhausting. I’ll help you learn how to regain control, in a healthy way.

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My approach to anger management is to explore the feelings and issues that create the anger. Anger often mislabels and hides what is really happening for a person. Anger is often the outcome of other emotions such as hurt, disappointment, guilt, jealousy, or fear. Therapy involves recognizing these emotions and then establish better coping strategies the reacting with anger.