Anger Management and Counselling in Mapleton, ON.

Anger is a natural emotion and everyone experiences anger at one point or another. It can become problematic if expressed in an aggressive and irrational manner. I assist my clients by guiding them to regulate their anger and behaviour, gain self-awareness to feel more in control of themselves and their emotions, which in turn lead them to have improved relationships and express their anger in a constructive manner.

Anger management counseling can help to identify stressors and learn the steps to stay calm in the face of anger. The goal is to handle tense situations in more constructive and positive ways by reducing the emotional and physical arousal that anger can cause. It will provide the tools to take back your life and resolve the triggers that result in unplanned anger reactions.

Anger can be healthy. It lets you know when something is wrong or needs to change. Anger is a problem when it hurts others, physically or emotionally, or when it gets in the way of relationships. Understanding the source of your anger, and the early warning signs in your body that anger is brewing can help you calm before it becomes a problem. If your anger is causing problems for you or people you care about please contact me, you can feel better.

Anger is a normal emotion that can sometimes become destructive to our relationships and personal health if not effectively managed. All humans are amenable to anger; men and women alike. When anger gets in the way of our relationships, it becomes necessary to understand the reasons for the emotion and to develop ways to effectively 'place' the emotion where it belongs. I believe that the goal of our collaborative work together is not to figure out ways to "smother" the emotion but gain an understanding of and develop ways to effectively manage it.

Anger is probably the most misunderstood emotions and also one of our most valuable tools. Many of us have expereinced anger as abusive, brutal or scary. But don't confuse the feeling of anger with it's expression. The flip side of anger is passion. When we are really anger we are very passionate! We care deeply about something. Regardless of how it looks, anger is always a call for change. If we understand it and use anger to work for us, it never has to become large or mean. Instead it is like an inner advocate working for us with clarity and firmness creating the changes we need. We will work with you to harness your anger and get it working for you rather than against you!

Anger is one the most misunderstood emotions and leads to some of the most destructive ideas and actions. Let us help you make sense of this from the inside out. Anger is the flip side of passion. When you are really angry it's because you're passionate about something! Anger is always a call for change, something needs to change either in our external world or within so we can feel better and more alive in our life. Let us help. We can help you make sense of your anger. We'll help you understand how to utilize your feelings to work for you rather than against you and to create the changes needed in your life.

While anger management programs are helpful, most never get to the root of the individual's personal issues or triggers. I work with both men and women to realize learned behaviour and personal belief systems that continue to cause problems. I will work with you on your own individual triggers that lead to anger and help you learn how to better identify and change the thoughts and feelings that are leading to the angry behaviour.

I tend to be fairly cognitive-behavioural, trying to find as much of a description as I can of the environmental cues and consequences of the anger, as well as the internal determinants, i.e. the thoughts and rationalizations that accompany, precede, or follow from the episodes of anger. I then intervene, in collaboration with the client, accordingly. I will sometimes use hypnotic, relaxation, and imagery techniques to enhance reflection on the anger images, and to enhance counterconditioning of the anger response.

A.M. is mainly a misnomer: “anger” is a natural emotion and normal response to real or imagined injury/threats. It can support our making and keeping essential personal boundaries. Such anger is usually short-lived. Anger that results in impulsive harmful abusive acts and lasts, is better described as rage. Rage stems from severe early life traumas: extensive abandonment, need deprivation, violence, sexual abuse, chronic chaos, likely combined with individual vulnerability factors. Some programs and self-help may not successfully address rage.Depending on degree of self-awareness, motivation, capacity for self-regulation and taking responsibility, this problem can be helped by psychotherapy

Grey Matters International and the work of Kevin J. Fleming, Ph.D approaches issues of anger management in a very humane yet fresh perspective. You see, anger is a normal emotion but it is the valence (intensity) as well as the coupling choice of what one does with this that is the problem. Telling someone to "not" do it or modifying behavior with a trite psychological plan that only breeds a compliant response is not the way to change anger. Brainwave optimization is a new cutting edge technology that allows one to rewire circuitry responsible for reactivity driving the anger. Contact Grey Matters International, Inc now at kevin@kevinflemingphd.com or 877-606-6161.

Anger has a way of overwhelming us emotionally. It can make us think and act counter to who we feel we actually are and result in major problems with the people we love. Anger can be a helpful emotion but often, when anger is a problem, there has been an accumulation of experiences over time that has resulted in feeling misunderstood, invalidated, or mistreated. Anger has become a raging fire. Once this fire is going, we keep adding fuel to the fire via our behaviours and our thinking. I help clients identify triggers for their anger (past and present) and implement strategies to put out the anger fire.

I have worked in a group setting with men who have power and control issues. I believe in safety in families, and compassion for all. The work starts with taking responsibility for our actions and the effects they have on others. I believe people are capable of change and therapy can be an invitation to growth in responsibility, empathy and behaviour change. I would address the emotional root of the problem and help you understand why anger leads to aggression.

We all experience anger, it is a normal feeling that helps us move forward and beyond unhealthy situations. However when anger becomes our first response and results in violence or the loss of family and friends, you need to rebalance your feelings. I will help you understand your own anger and develop tools to manage your triggers and reactions. Learning to talk through your feelings before you explode can be healing and helpful in your relationships. Learning to control your outbursts will bring you closer to family and friends as well as improve your career.

Anger is a natural emotion that everyone experiences and should not be viewed as negative but an essential emotion to understand who you are. When anger starts to impact your life negatively it is typically displayed in the way you manage behaviourally and mentally through situations. In therapy, the individual will determine the triggers for the anger, develop healthy coping mechanisms, and record their successes. In essence turning a lion into a kitten.

When anger shows up I find that clarifying boundaries is an important and very useful area to explore. Ultimately anger shows up to protect us when we don't feel safe. So what are we protecting ourselves from when anger shows up? What are the core emotions underneath? Together we can explore ways for action and growth so that anger doesn't show up in a way that is harmful to ourselves and the people around us.

Anger is an essential emotion. It lets us know what is important. Sometimes, the intensity of anger can be upsetting. Anger management is more about anger awareness. Learning how to manage intense feelings is helpful in both family and work environments. By becoming aware of seemingly insignificant triggers, you can avoid an very significant outburst. Counselling can help you transform anger as the enemy to anger as your ally.

There are many reasons why people get angry. Being able to feel angry is normal and healthy. However, how people respond to anger determines if they are being appropriate or not. Through anger management counselling, I can help you understand the source of your anger, how to respond to anger effectively and appropriately, and how to enjoy your life is such a way that your feelings serve to communicate awareness of your environment versus controlling your thoughts and behaviour. Through counselling you can become "in control" versus being controlling. I can help you to resolve conflict effectively and to express yourself assertively versus passively or aggressively.

Events in your life do not cause you to be angry. Anger is your response to those events, and I can help you change your response by changing your thinking! I can help you deal better with underlying stress. I can teach you relaxation methods, and I can teach you the techniques of mindfulness to lessen the hold of difficult thoughts and feelings have on you.

Although not specializing in anger management, Nancy can assist you to access resources such as groups for anger management. Nancy offers a safe supportive environement where clients can talk about their anger, and explore and learn healthy and safe ways to find outlets for anger so that the anger is not expressed outward in non-appropriate or harmful ways, nor turned inward leading to depression and self-harm.

Many women feel that they are alone in their feelings of anger, or have been socialized to keep anger inside. My counselling practice offers a safe space where these feelings can be explored and understood from a specifically female perspective. I utilize a program, uniquely taylored for women. Most importantly I will to work with you in partnership towards your own personal healing. Please visit my website for more information at www.MSWtherapist.com.

Anger is a natural emotion for all humans, but we can find ourselves sometimes overwhelmed with more anger than we feel we can handle, where we realize that we are out of balance and cannot seem to control our behaviour. As a therapist, I can support you through this experience, with an approach of compassion and lack of judgment, to understanding the origin of the anger and replacing it with a healthy balance of emotional expression.

Anger typically provides a great deal of energy. Sometimes it can fuel us to stand up and say “no” to unfair treatment. However, it can also translate into aggression that can hurt the ones we love and care about, including ourselves. Therapy can be an opportunity to identify the emotions or reasons underlying the anger so we can better communicate when boundaries have been crossed and needs have not been met. Techniques to soothe oneself, exert energy in a positive way and conflict resolution skills are typical directions for therapy. This may improve your relationships with others and yourself, so you can lead a more contented life.

Anger management counseling can help to identify stressors and learn the steps to stay calm in the face of anger. The goal is to handle tense situations in more constructive and positive ways by reducing the emotional and physical arousal that anger can cause. It will provide the tools to take back your life and resolve the triggers that result in unplanned anger reactions.

Feelings of anger are adaptive. They teach us about how we wish to be treated and give us guidance on our morals and our values. Angry thinking is heavily influenced by the word "should". Where anger becomes a problem, is when it consumes us or when our behaviours or words create shame, regret and other negative consequences. How we express our anger can affect our relationships and our health in negative ways. Using CBT and skills training, Nadine will explore the roots of your anger, how it serves you, and how it is maintained. You will learn the skills of cooling off, walking away and other effective ways to get your needs met using verbal assertiveness instead.

What do you do when things just do NOT seem fair? Do you go inwards, blaming yourself, or "keep your feelings in" because you do not know what to do, or are scared of saying or doing something? Does your head hurt, do you clench your jaw, or do you feel 'depressed'? Have you found yourself reacting in anger, yelling, screaming, throwing things around, punching walls and even hurting other people, specially your loved ones and then regretting it? Are any of the above behaviours getting you into trouble? Adela can facilitate your anger management. Learn to express how you feel in a constructive, compassionate, non-violent way. Reconstruct your relationships and be trusted again!