Anger Management and Counselling in Madoc, ON.

I offer compassionate, evidence-based support for managing anger in healthy, constructive ways. Using therapies like Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and mindfulness, I help you understand the root causes of your anger and develop practical skills to regulate intense emotions. Together, we create a safe space to explore triggers, challenge unhelpful patterns, and build healthier communication and coping strategies. My goal is to empower you to express anger effectively, reduce conflict, and foster greater emotional balance and well-being in your relationships and daily life.

Where is your anger really coming from? Where do you feel it in your body? What sort of rage takes you over and renders you completely out of control? Anger is a complex emotion that is often misunderstood. It is actually a result of profound sadness transformed into a physical and often violent outburst. Working with anger is not just about coping with the events that bring about the response, but digging deep into the cause of the sadness and resultant anger and rushes out of you often unexpectedly. Let's work together to solve this mystery—with the dual goal to lessen the symptoms as well as to find the deeper cause.

Anger is a primary feeling that signals when we perceive that our boundaries are crossed. It is a normal, healthy response that cannot be avoided in relationships. Like a compass, it gives us direction in relating to those around us. For best outcomes, it is essential to learn to deal with our anger using productive and mindful strategies. The healthy expression of anger is not hurtful, aggressive or repressed. Rather, it can be used to deal with conflict and set the parameters for negotiating in healthy ways, making room for everyone’s needs.

All emotions, including anger, are normal healthy human emotions. However, sometimes our anger can get out of control and become destructive resulting in toxic behaviour patterns. This can lead to problems at work, in our relationships and in our personal life. Our professional team of therapists will help you identify healthy and unhealthy ways to deal with anger, self-destructive behaviours and learn new skills to manage your anger and self-destructive behaviours, our team of professionals recognize the individuality of each client. Therefore, we will work with you to identify a technique that better suits your life.

In my approach to Anger Management Therapy, I provide a safe and non-judgmental space for clients to explore and understand the underlying causes of their anger. Through a combination of cognitive-behavioral techniques, emotion regulation strategies, and communication skills development, clients can learn to express their anger in healthy and constructive ways. By addressing the root causes and triggers of anger, clients can experience improved emotional well-being, healthier relationships, and a greater sense of self-control and inner peace.

Having a short fuse and getting angry easily is often symptomatic of a lack of emotional regulation and being overwhelmed by stressors. When we understand our emotions and seek to dial down the intensity rather than supressing or trying to change our emotional state, we can make better decisions and avoid "hulking out." Together, we can explore causes and preventative approaches to stress management, build emotional awareness (including how other emotions sometimes present as anger), and self soothing strategies to feel more prepared to handle whatever life throws at us.

Anger often comes from a negative place, but for some it is an easy way to express something else that is going on inside. Especially with younger clients, anger management is really about emotion management. With so many emotions it is often difficult to know at a young age how to make sense of everything going on internally. Thus, when I speak with children and youth who are displaying anger, first I seek to discover what it is they are angry about and then help them process the issues and determine if there is really something else they are feeling. Most importantly, I also teach my clients how to recognize different emotions and deal with them effectively.

I have spent hundreds of hours working with clients who struggle with managing anger/rage. There are specific, step-by-step techniques that can be taught, that are very effective at helping people deal with this issue. Based on reports from clients I have worked with, I have found that if clients are committed to their process, most people make significant improvement within 6-12 sessions. Drawing from polyvagal theory, AEDP and mindfulness techniques, clients can learn healthy ways to manage and experience their anger.

Anger is a powerful emotion that, when not controlled or understood, can get in the way of maintaining and building the relationships that are important to us in our lives. So often under those all-encompassing feelings of anger are other feelings that have been buried - perhaps deeper feelings of sadness. Working on issues of anger in therapy is about building an understanding of what our deeper issues are and of working toward coping with our feelings, resolving our issues, and finding more healthy ways to express ourselves in the world.

Self management of strong emotions including anger can lead to a deeper understanding of ourselves and, in turn, more compassion for the human experience in all its manifestations. Through the therapeutic process in which one feels safe, freedom to explore powerful feelings, and constructive ways of managing frustration can be developed so that anxious, stressful or volatile reactions can be channeled for the well-being of the self and others.

Anger can feel overwhelming, unpredictable, or difficult to control. It often masks deeper emotions like hurt, fear, or powerlessness. If anger is straining your relationships or impacting your wellbeing, we can work together to explore its root causes, understand what it’s trying to communicate, and develop healthier, more constructive ways to manage and express intense emotions.

In counselling for anger management, my therapeutic approach is deeply rooted in understanding emotions and their connection to anger responses. I create a supportive and non-judgmental environment where clients can explore the underlying emotional triggers that lead to anger. By delving into the core emotions that fuel their anger, such as hurt, fear, or frustration, we work together to develop healthier ways of expressing and managing these feelings. Through this process, clients gain valuable insights into their emotional experiences, enabling them to reframe their anger and cultivate more constructive coping strategies.

Anger is one of those big emotions that can be tricky to navigate, especially when you are in the heat of the moment. Difficulty managing anger can sometimes lead to reactions that are hurtful to those that we care about the most. It is important to know that anger is not a bad emotion to experience, we just want to be mindful of how we communicate our anger to ourselves and to others. I hold a non-judgemental and safe space for you to explore your relationship with anger and assist you in working towards displaying anger in a way that is more in line with your preferred way of being. Contact me today to book a free consultation.