Anger is one of our legitimate and healthy spectrums of emotions that serve us well. But, if anger becomes our dominant and uncontrollable response to any slight emotional arousal, stress or perceived danger, you might be in need of managing your anger.
- What is Anger Management?
In anger management we help you understand your anger, instill you with skills to recognize anger signs, manage and control your anger as well as healthy ways to express your anger in constructive and productive manner. We also teach you healthy and effective communication skills to affectively express your needs while recognizing and upholding that of others.
- What are the signs and symptoms?
When our anger begins to be frequent and increasing in magnitude of explosion, then some of the following signs should be observed. Increasing heart rate, breathing and sweating, tightening of muscles around the jaw and the arms, reddening of face and heat in the face, increase head pressure, frequent fight response
- What can be done about it?
When these signs begins to show with increasing frequency some techniques can be put in place immediately such as, taking time out, stepping away, slow breathing exercise, talk yourself down, applying relaxation exercise. Ultimately your regular intellectual/logical/belief that triggers needs to be readdressed. This is where talking to a skilled therapist or a counsellor will help you reflect yourself in the situation and guide you to a point where anger becomes one of your full spectrum of helpful emotions to draw on rather than a dominant and uncontrollable one.