Anger Management Classes Michigan
Do you or someone you know struggle with anger? Anger is a powerful emotion we all experience, but do not necessarily express in the same way.
Do you want to:
Have more peace of mind
Improve your health
Learn how to relax and let go
Improve your relationships
Save your relationships
Have more self-control
Do not get as easily bothered or annoyed
Get Help Today! Don't wait until anger damages your life, relationships & health!
Anger management counseling can help for personal, court, and business.
Satisfy a Court, Legal or Employment Requirement --Certificate of Completion Awarded
Anger Management Course [6-week program]
Register now and Manage Anger instead of letting Anger Manage You
with support, skills, and techiques to manage anger for life!
Following are a few of the areas that will be covered in the New Day Counseling
Anger Management Program:
Triggers & Anger Buttons--What are they & how can you identify them before
they lead to anger reactions and outbursts?
Do's and Don'ts of Dealing with Conflict
Anger and Relationships--You can improve and save relationships and stop
anger from destroying them.
What's Really Behind Your Anger? -- Find out how to face anger and release it
Group classes Saturday at 10:00am, Wed at 7:00pm OR Tues at 6:00pm
$40- 1st session then $35 each session -- Call 248-649-8050 to register now.
By Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC
When you strike out in anger, you might miss the other person, but you will always hit yourself. ~Jim Gallery
Striking out with angry words is the cause of so many relationship problems. Words are powerful. They can encourage, strengthen, and change destinies. They can also destroy potential and robs us of hope and peace. Most major fires begin with just a small flame. Before long the fire spreads and becomes more and more difficult to contain. It damages or completely destroys everything in its path. Do we realize how quickly unmanaged anger can do significant damage? And as the quote above humorously expresses, anger always hurts the angry person. Sometimes even more so than those to whom it is directed. That is because we cannot have both peace and bitterness in our hearts. An angry person loses his or her peace and joy. Anger obstructs the expression of love, and without love there is no true happiness.
We all get angry. It is inevitable. But, not all anger is bad. We have heard stories of people who have made major contributions to society, fought against injustices, and made positive life changes as they were motivated by righteous anger. Problematic anger, on the other hand, is usually explosive, hidden, or denied. If not faced and dealt with, anger hinders our ability to have healthy and loving relationships.
So how do we deal with anger? We can begin by recognizing the underlying emotions that lead up to our negative reactions such as feelings of hurt, frustration, shame, rejection, fear, jealousy. The next time you feel angry, ask yourself What emotion is behind my anger? You may begin to see a pattern. For example, a woman gets angry every time her boyfriend is late for their meeting. She realizes that his tardiness makes her feel rejected and this leads to her angry outbursts. What is the underlying problem that needs to be addressed? Rejection. How about the boyfriend who expresses his anger by shutting down when his girlfriend tries to engage him in conversation? As he identifies the pattern, he realizes that he feels jealous every time she talks to other guys. He tries to hide his anger and does not express his feelings to her directly, so he pulls away instead.
Anger does not have to bring ruin to our lives and relationships. There are healthy and effective ways to manage it. I have briefly discussed the underlying emotions of anger and the importance of dealing with the causes. If you need more help in this area, I highly recommend participating in an anger management group. It can be an extremely supportive and helpful resource to equip you with many tools for a better life.
Above all else, may peace rule in our hearts, Krystal
Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.
~Brian Tracy
Copyright © 2009 BeHappy4Life.com,
written by Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC
