Anger Management and Counselling in Stittsville, ON.

Is anger interfering with you life? Ae you finding yourself isolated at work or at home because of your temper? Do your peers, family, friends and children avoid you because you can be explosive? Do you wonder why you get so hot and bothered by things that really shouldn't make you angry? Togther we explore your "anger style" and discover your "triggers and provocations". You can learn to take control of your emotions and tame your anger. We offer individual therapy to help you with your anger.

Clients presenting with anger issues have a personal history, family-of-origin history in which anger has been distorted and thus de-legitimated in some way. To be effective, any clinical approach to this emotion must include identifying and deconstructing the foundational components buried and sanitized in the client’s subconscious mind, yet continue, repeatedly to constrain their growth. Effective unravelling of personal history benefits the client in terms of understanding, self-awareness, and self-forgiveness.

Counsellors at Elim, in addition to knowing anger management techniques, are trained in getting to the root of anger. Clients not only learn how to control anger but also come to understand what is the emotional wound behind the tendency to be angry. Our approach not only controls the anger but help clients heal from the psychological pain that might be driving the anger. Many of our clients report that once they have dealt with painful issues of the past, they become much more at peace with themselves and with others.

Anger issues often run deep within a person's soul. They can be connected to past hurt, injustice, betrayal or even disappointment. First and foremost, I believe it's important to uncover and resolve the core issues that have caused the anger. Doing so will also help you gain internal awareness which will allow you to begin building the necessary skills to respond to life's difficulties, rather than react. Learning to respond is the process of calming your emotions enough to think, pray and choose your behaviour. Reacting is simply being dictated by your unresolved issues, a lack of awareness and the necessary tools. I can help you resolve you anger rather than simply manage it!

Anger is just one of a wide range of emotions that we experience. It is often a way of coping with feelings of helplessness, vulnerability, or disappointment. It can be a signal that that your needs are not being met, and an opportunity to make positive changes. Anger that is not controlled, however, brings pain to everyone. I help clients to understand where their anger comes from and teach them Cognitive Behavioural strategies for managing it.

Clients will benefit from using an acceptance and commitment therapy approach and will learn the tools to cope well with their emotions. Anger is felt to be a natural response to our environment. Client's will learn to gain control over how they respond to their anger in a healthy and productive way.

Often inappropriate levels of anger is a result of attempting to gain control of a situation, yet finding that your anger then takes control of you. Our approach to anger management includes identifying triggers, consolidating alternative coping strategies, and practicing healthy emotional regulation and expression. Clients find that through anger management they are able to use their anger response more constructively, and refrain from negative patterns.

Anger is a result of a sequence of events, thoughts, and feelings. You feel it in your body. You experience in your mind and the emotions are ever intense. You CAN feel more in control and at peace. We help you identify why you get angry and we walk you though a sequence of exercises designed to give you back control over your feelings and reactions.

My approach to Anger Management is, most definitely, Cognitive Behavioral. Aside from sharing with the clients the various strategies that can be used for anger management, I teach the clients how to get rid of the underlying causes of anger, to begin with. Discussing the different mental mistakes that most of us make and teaching how to correct those mental mistakes empower people in realizing that we do have control over how we may want to feel.

Anger is a normal emotion that has the purpose of telling us that something is not right. Anger can protect us and it can fuel us to make necessary changes in our lives. Anger, however, can become problematic when is too strong, too frequent, makes your act violently towards yourself and others, and affects negatively your daily functioning, your relationships, and your health. In therapy, I will support you in understanding what lies underneath your anger and in learning what triggers your anger. I will support you in learning effective strategies to manage troubling anger in a healthier way so you can use it positively towards personal growth.

I help clients unlock the negative cycle that anger and its accompanying behaviors may cause. In an empathic and supportive environment I help the client understand where the underlying feelings and thoughts originate and loosen the stranglehold that this cycle previously held. Together with cognitive and behavioral strategies we develop new and healthy coping methods to manage these emotions more productively.

Anger can show itself in different ways. When not expressed, it can lead to depression. When expressed in an unhealthy way it can interfere with your relationships. Both ways can lead to you viewing yourself in a negative light. Sandra tries to help you process that anger so you avoid the negative impact of anger. Helping you understand accept yourself.

Anger is part of the human experience. Its purpose is to protect and to defend. However, sometimes the way in which we express our anger (or avoid expressing our anger) can lead to difficulty or pain. How we express our anger can have a profound impact on our social relationships and how we feel about ourselves. There are many ways in which anger manifests itself in a person's life. I begin my work with clients by assessing the nature and origins of their anger. I then utilize emotionally and somatically oriented techniques to support clients to shift to more adaptive means of anger expression.