Anger Management

Anger is a normal human feeling. It’s an emotion; it’s what we feel. Everyone feels anger and it can serve some useful functions. It’s when anger gets out of control and becomes destructive that it can lead to problems – problems in relationships, at work, in all parts of our lives.

Anger is a problem when it produces violent behaviour, when it threatens harm or damage or when it affects your own life and the lives of those around you.

To solve your anger problem it’s important that you own it as part of your own emotional experience. It’s your responsibility. It is possible to solve your anger problem.

Anger can be caused in response to some internal or external event that we perceive as an assault or threat of some kind: physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually. You might be angry with a person or thinking about specific events might cause the anger. It’s how we express our anger that is important.

Anger is a difficult emotion . If your anger is out of control and is impacting negatively on your life then counselling might be for you. A counsellor can help you work through what’s behind the anger and assist in helping you to express your emotions in a more productive way.

It’s important to remember that it’s about controlling or managing the anger and that we need to take charge of ourselves

We have carefully researched additional information, including Government Health Web sites and specific self help and support groups. You will find those links to other Web sites on our Useful Links page.