Are you ready to move forward toward the life you want to lead through anger management therapy?

Anger is a normal, necessary human emotion - it's a natural response to threatening circumstances. If channeled appropriately anger can be clarifying, energizing and liberating. It can motivate us to take better care of ourselves and to set important boundaries. However, unchecked anger also has the power to destroy our connections to ourselves and people in our lives. If this is a concern of yours, it may be time to consider finding an anger management therapist.

Anger is triggered when we face an individual, obstacle, or circumstance that we believe is blocking us from getting our needs met. It is usual for a person to feel angry when they’ve been mistreated, wronged, injured, or exploited. The experience of anger varies widely - how intensely anger is felt, how often it occurs, and how long it lasts are different for everyone.

If you feel overwhelmed by feelings of anger, therapy can help you to communicate more effectively, ask for the respect you want, set better boundaries, and find more effective ways of problem solving that help you get more of what you need.

NYC Anger Management Therapy - What to Expect

The American Psychological Association found that NYC residents report stress levels that are higher than the national average. If you feel stressed by the intensity of your anger and you struggle to find appropriate ways to change it, anger management might be helpful to you.

Individualized therapy will provide you with strategies that help you to act effectively and in your best interests, even when you are feeling angry. Therapy can help you discover techniques to stop your anger from overwhelming you and to redirect your emotions toward more constructive expressions of yourself and your needs.

With counseling, you can learn skills that lessen the intensity of your angry feelings more quickly so that you can get back on track.

Through counseling, you’ll learn to identify circumstances in your life that lead to angry feelings and understand how anger is negatively impacting your quality of life. Once you become aware of your triggers and the thoughts and emotions associated with them, you can start to recognize destructive thought patterns and behaviors that are harming you and relearn positive ways of thinking.

You can learn to effectively deal with stressors as they arise in your daily life and act in ways that protect your personal and professional relationships.

Physical Signs of Anger Issues:

• Clenching your jaw or grinding your teeth

• Increased heart rate or high blood pressure

• Tightened feelings in the chest

• Pacing

• Blushing

• Sweating palms, feeling hot in the neck and face

• Shaking or trembling

• Dizziness

• Headache and/or stomachache

• Feeling like you want to escape from the situation

• Craving a substance that relaxes you

• Lack of sleep and/or fatigue

• Feeling the urge to punch or break things to feel a sense of release

Other Signs of Anger Issues:

• Frequent use of sarcasm

• Lashing out verbally

• Habitual shouting, screaming, swearing or crying

• Acting in an abrasive manner

• Struggling to compromise with other people

• Not expressing emotions in a calm and healthy way

• Ignoring people or refusing to speak to them

• Self-harm

• Self isolation

• Being physically violent and threatening

• Substance misuse or abuse

• Reacting quickly and intensely to small problems

• Feeling frustrated with or regretting your actions when angry