Anger Management and Counseling in Boulder Hill, IL.

Seeking therapy for your anger can help in many ways. When seeing a therapist for anger you will most likely start by recognizing areas in your life that make you angry. You will then process how you respond to these instances. Your therapist will then guide you in understanding the outcomes in how you respond and it's affects on yourself and others. You will gain new insight as to where your anger stems from, as well as healthier ways to respond to that anger. Seeking therapy for anger can help you cope better with situations in life, have more positive outcomes in conflict and even work through traumatic situations or unprocessed grief that may be the result of anger.

We look at anger as a secondary emotion. It is very easy to characterize a person as "angry" and not explore where the reaction or response truly stems from. Our approach is to provide healing at the root. We explore what other emotions may be operating, so that we can address what has really provoked a negative response. We also try to find ways to replace the thoughts that evoke an angered response with something that helps our clients feel more in control.

Reducing the words used many times by clients with anger issues can be the key to effective change in behaviors. These words are "ought, must and should'. Reducing or eliminating them can create profound change. Also reducing expectations of self and others has helped individual won struggle with anger bring it under control. Learning to accept anger as just another emotion and learning to validate and regulate that feeling become important tools in this very devastating issue.