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Welcome to the professional anger management services page of our website.  Current services include  educational materials, a free newsletter, psychoeducational programs for court ordered or volunteer participants and skills support services performed by experienced trainers.

WHAT IS ANGER?

Is it our friend or our enemy? Is it realistic to strive to be 100 percent free of anger?  These are questions we humans struggle with at times.  Certainly with the prevalence of court ordered anger management services it appears that society is telling us anger is not okay.  Also all around us in the world we see people doing very destructive things and when they do these things they are usually angry.  So do we want to become anger free robots, only responding positively to events?  The answer is no.  Anger is a normal emotion and can be a very important emotion for us.  It can protect us by motivating us into action when we are threatened.  It can save our life.  It can be a warning sign, telling us something is wrong.  We should for the most part trust and honor our anger.  Anger, however, is not our friend when it moves us into destructive behaviors or when it becomes a chronic state of mind.  In this case it hurts us deeply, emotionally and physically and destroys not only us but our relationships as well.  Also, anger is a cover up for more primary emotions such as fear, hurt or sadness.  If we focus only on the anger we never gain insights into ourselves nor do we learn to deal with our feelings in a mature way. 

So how do we improve?  First we must understand that anger is an emotion and what we do when we are angry is a behavior, a learned behavior.  Since the behaviors are learned, they can be unlearned and replaced with more effective responses.  We may still be angry but we can do more positive things when feeling angry.  Second, there are many things we can do to become angry less often such as changing our faulty thinking patterns, making us happier people in general.  Much of anger management comes down to a simple choice. 

Our program will teach you many skills and will teach you how to make this choice.

SERVICES

NEWSLETTER (free) - Click here to register for our free non-violence newsletter covering all areas of interpersonal violence.

ANGER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (court ordered or volunteer) - You can purchase just our Anger Management program workbook for $25.00, which you can complete on your own.  It is full of information and  exercises which will methodically build your awareness, understanding and skills.  Or you can purchase a full program (various hours (sessions) and prices). Each program includes the workbook, online testing (required for court ordered participants), answers to any questions you have about the material via e-mail while you are completing the program, a 30 minute completion interview with an experienced anger management clinician (required for court ordered participants), and free progress reports or completion reports as needed.  Completion of a full program (minimum 8 hours) will also qualify you for our counseling services    See below.  Click here to get detailed information on the programs, to view the complete contents of the workbook or to make your purchase if desired.

SKILLS SUPPORT - Skills support services with an experienced trainer can be purchased as desired at very reasonable rates and time frames. These services are not meant to be a substitute for psychotherapy.  They will be psychoeducational in nature and will in general focus on applying what you have learned to current situations. This service can be very supportive and can help to reinforce and fine tune your newly learned skills.  It will be necessary for you to complete a program (minimum 8 hours) (anger management, family violence, parenting, etc.) to use this service.  Click here to sign up and view rates.