Anger Management and Counselling in Rockwood, ON.

Anger may occur for a variety of reasons, resulting from challenging and stressful situations or even due to other emotions such as fear, rejection or frustration. Acting out of anger only serves to increase anger and alienate others. Therapy can help you learn to identify situations and emotions that typically result in anger and find new strategies for reducing their impact.

Being angry when something goes wrong, or somebody annoys you is completely normal. The question is: do you like to feel that way? Sometimes the anger is extraordinarily strong, and it can make you lose control. Do you like the consequences of being angry? - headaches, regrets of words you said, and actions you did? Anger is complicated and it often has deep roots. For this reason, it can be difficult to “just control it”. My experience of working with jail inmates shows that digging deeper into the past can help to find connections between trigger events and such strong reactions. When you have better understanding of your anger, the reaction can change and no strong control will be needed.

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 is a normal emotion.It does not need to be "managed". It needs to be understood. Usually anger masks hurt. An examination of anger can uncover hurts and vulnerabilities which need to be better expressed. Often anger turns into aggression, which is the attempt to control another person. It is the aggression which needs to be managed while the anger/hurt needs understanding and acceptance. In addition we must be able to tolerate hurt in order to learn and grow in a relationship. Often the hurts arise because our partner sees things differently from ourself. For a relationship to be successful we have to be able to make room for the other person.

Anger is one of the emotions that can get us into trouble in our relationships and even with ourselves. First of all, all emotions are neither right or wrong, it's our behavior that can be the problem - how we process (or don't process) our feelings of anger is usually the issue. Gaining self awareness in how you feel anger in your body and then gaining strategies to process it in a healthy matter is the focus I take in working with managing anger in clients.

Anger can be such a frustrating emotion sometimes leaving us feeling shameful for even feeling that way. Men and women are often taught different messages about anger as they are growing up, impacting our experience and delivery of anger as an adult. Anger is a real and valid emotion, but how we express it can sometimes lead to problems. Let's figure this out together!

Anger is a difficult emotion to control once it gets started. Stopping anger is like stopping a runaway train after it has a full head of steam. Managing one of the most powerful emotions takes preparation, awareness and containment skills. I have personally written the book on the Eight Steps to Conquering Chronic Anger. It is used monthly at our centre in anger management classes. Anger can be conquered!

Anger can be a strong emotion. When used in an unproductive way, anger can harm us (i.e. self-criticism, self-injury), and harm our relationships (i.e. blaming, criticism, aggression, inflexibility). However, when this feeling is used in a healthy way, it can give us some important information about boundaries, needs & expectations. It can also help to motivate us to make necessary changes. In therapy, we can work together to get a handle on anger and harness that energy in healthy, helpful ways. If you're wanting to find ways to manage your anger, book a consultation or session with one of our clinicians to get started now! www.kaleidoscopecounsellingco.com

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.