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Those with issues of excessive anger and resulting outbursts often find it difficult to learn to deal with their anger and the behaviour that follows. The first thing to do is for the individual or client to realise that they have an issue with anger. Without this realisation, there can be no movement towards insights into causes of anger, the development of strategies for dealing with anger and the process of modifying one’s thoughts and reactions over time.
Within a formal counselling environment, the client with anger management issues is allowed to discuss events and episodes that lead to angry outbursts. After discussing these “triggers”, the client is allows to look for common trends, common thoughts, common emotions and other things that accompany the anger episodes. Once triggers and maladaptive thoughts have been identified, the client is then able to begin to develop strategies for dealing with their thoughts and feelings that bring on anger and look for ways to develop more emotionally and socially productive responses.
If you are looking for help with your own anger management issues or those of a loved one and would like to discussing counselling options, please feel free to contact us using the “Contact” link at the top of all pages on this site.