Anger Management and Counselling in Clarington, ON.

Anger is just one of the many emotions we all experience. If anger is a problem for you, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) can help manage this difficult emotion and the physiological arousal that accompanies it. Anger management can help you recognize and manage triggers and learn to cope more effectively.

Transform your relationship with anger and reclaim control over your emotions with our personalized therapy approach. Through a blend of cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and tailored strategies, we'll uncover the underlying triggers and patterns fueling your anger. Our unique therapy process empowers you to develop healthier coping mechanisms, enhance communication skills, and restore harmony in your life. Take the first step towards a calmer, more balanced you today.

At New Roots Therapy, we understand anger as part of an overall context. For example, we look to understand what anger is related to, as well as someone's "good reasons" for experiencing anger. Our hope is to take a non-judgmental stance, while also encouraging people to take responsibility for the expression of anger. People are not their emotions; therefore, feeling angry does not necessarily make someone an angry person. We hope to offer people a way of understanding their anger as separate from their identity, in the sense that anger does not define them. As such, people can be active agents, rather than passive recipients, in their experience and expression of anger.

Anger is the most common coping mechanism that is often misunderstood. Suppressing or avoiding anxiety inevitably leads to being overwhelmed and sometimes emotionally exploding. Instead of suppressing anger, a person should learn how to embrace it, be curious about it, feel it, understand it, and eventually channel it in a healthy and constructive manner. Anger comes from a sense of being misunderstood, ignored or left unsupported and the therapy should acknowledge and explore these areas. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to see if we are a good fit.

Most times, anger is felt due to another original emotion. Individual sessions for anger management will begin by learning how to identify these other emotions. Sessions will also aim to collaboratively build strategies for you regulate these emotions in health ways through drawing from personal interest, relaxation techniques, and support systems.

I work to teach my clients to both understand the underlying components of anger, and to provide them with strageties to stop it at the very first sign. Understanding what causes the anger is a key component to stopping it. I also look into situational factors such as relationships or work environments that may be contributing to the problem. Spouses, partners, friends, or family members are welcome to join in the process where appropriate, and only if you choose to do so. You will feel more in control, calmer and healthier and happier as a result, and your relationships will improve as well.

All emotions provide information about how we are experiencing a particular relationship or event. The intensity of our emotions reflects how important this relationship or event is to us. Anger has become associated with aggression and hurtful behaviours, but in reality, anger is an emotion that motivates us to respond. Sessions focus on developing an understanding of where your anger is originating and how it can be expressed and/or resolved.

We start by identifying your anger triggers & things you have to be angry about. We identify your anger style, including behaviours you engage in when angry. We identify where anger happens in your body & work to help you start to see clues when your anger is starting to manifest. We help you improve your emotional language and vocabulary. We identify new ways you might react to anger. We will explore together your anger process, including analyzing instances when you were angry, the thoughts you had, the related feelings, & the behaviour you engaged in as a result. We will talk about "anger up, anger down," identifying the things you say to yourself that either increases or decrease anger.

My approach to anger management is non-judgmental. I do not impose the issue of self-control on my clients, because anger is not a primary emotion. My goal, in collaboration with my client, is to uncover emotionally wounding messages from childhood. These are the messages that form the basis of patterns of anger in the present. I am able to expose root causes and triggers through the use of the Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS). My clients are supported as they discover inner resources with which to overcome past pain and to manage future stressors in healthy ways.

Anger is a normal, healthy emotion. Many times it's a call for action to make things right. However, when it gets out of control it can lead to physical problems, issues at work, and in your personal relationships, Anger can make you feel as though you're at the mercy of an unpredictable and powerful emotion. I'll provide you with tools to reduce the emotional and physiological arousal that anger causes. I can also offer a court recognized letter of completion of the program. My approach includes CBT, NLP and hypnotherapy. You can't get rid of the things or the people that enrages you but you can learn to deal with them constructively. I'll be my pleasure to guide you through this process.

"Emotional management" titles this topic area more efficiently as those of us experiencing difficutly expressing one emotion, such as anger, are quite likely struggling to express numerous other emotions very well. There are many strategies including cognitve-behavioural, narrative, stress and coping skills training, assessment of strengths, values and beliefs as well as communication training/coaching that includes assertiveness education, negotiation and conflict resolution work and advanced empathy awareness. We are constantly changing. With good support and leadership we can learn to express emotions clearly, effectively and in a calm, kind & loving manner. Breathe, Breathe & Breathe !

Anger is often thought of as a negative emotion, but I like to think of Anger as the part of you that loves you and wants to stand up for you when you’ve experienced something “unfair.” Anger does not always make the best decisions about when to stand up for you, so I work collaboratively with clients to identify and explore how anger shows up in their lives, and to strengthen and develop strategies to minimize the impact it has on living the life you want to live. Book a free consultation to learn more about my approach and explore if we are a good fit.

Anger, frustration, rage, and reactivity overall, can make a person feel frustrated and powerless; when we have emotional outbursts of any kind they can feel so all-encompassing and make us feel like we are not in control of feelings, thoughts, and behaviours. In working with clients on their emotions I aim to primarily promote an understanding of why our emotional outbursts occur; once this has been established we begin to work on how to manage, mitigate, or change how these outbursts occur, or why we feel the way that we feel in the first place.

Anger is a common emotion that can come easy to us and can feel quite powerful. Our anger can often help us identify when something doesn’t sit right with us, when we feel like our needs are not being met, or like situations pose some level of injustice towards us. However, it is what we do with this anger that can make all the difference in how we cope, experience, and navigate situations. As a therapist, I will never tell you how to express your anger, but rather I will empower you to manage it in a way that fits best for you and your life. Connect with me today for a free consultation to see if we are a good fit.

Getting therapy for anger management with us will be beneficial because you are offered a safe and supportive space to explore the underlying causes of anger and learn effective strategies for managing it. Therapy can help individuals develop self-awareness, identify triggers, and learn healthier ways to express and cope with anger. You'll be offered tools and techniques to help regulate your emotions, improve communication skills, and build healthier relationships. Additionally, therapy can address any underlying issues, such as past trauma or unresolved conflicts, that may contribute to anger.

If you find yourself thinking "why am I so angry all the time?", Hailey can help you figure out what is causing your anger, and what to do about it. Hailey provides people with anger management strategies so that they can spend more time enjoying themselves with their loved ones. Often times there are difficulties "underneath" the anger that need to be discussed and processed in order to improve mood and increase well-being.

We feel anger because we feel that something is not fair, something is not working out the way we thought it should, our boundaries have been crossed, or we feel we have been treated badly, or missed out. Anger can be frustrating if you don't know how to address the underlying issue. I specialize in helping those whose anger is related to social anxiety, isolation, bullying, harassment or lack of important social skills.