Anger Management and Counseling in Sandwich, IL.

Anger is a completely normal human emotion that turns destructive when it gets out of control. Anger is an emotional state that varies from mild irritation to intense fury and rage. It can be caused by both external and internal events. When anger gets out of control it causes problems in your personal relationships, the workplace, and in the quality of your life. Some people get angry more easily and more intensely than others. These people can express their anger in loud ways or express it by being chronically irritable, grumpy, socially withdrawn, or getting physically ill. Expressing your anger in an assertive manner is healthy. If anger is not allowed an outward expression it can turn inward on you causing hypertension, high blood pressure,...(view profile to read more)

Anger Management in Children: In working on anger with children, they will learn about how to recognize anger cues in their body, external triggers and internal triggers and anger reducers. Anger is a normal emotion that all people experience to some degree and some children need some extra assistance in learning techniques on how to appropriately manage their anger. Emotional self-control in an important life-skill that can improve a child's life at home, at school and in the community.

Anger is so much more than just anger. Under Anger there are a lot of deeper feelings that have usually gone repressed or unvalidated. The first step in working with anger is addressing those underlying thoughts and feelings to get to the root of the anger. We'll find new ways to cope with life's stressors and incorporate new ways of interacting with others.