Canterbury Anger Management Counselling
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Anger Management Counselling in Canterbury
We treat rage, general uncontrollable anger and all manner of aggressive reactions. If you are looking for anger management training, or anger management counselling call us now.
We provide a proven and highly developed programme of change, to help people cope with angry outbursts and behaviours.
Don’t wait, call us now on 01227 903 164.
Whether your anger is causing problems at work, in the home or when driving, call us. We can help. We have over 30 years experience of treating anger. Click HERE to look at what our past clients have said about our unique anger-management programme.
Our Anger Management Programme
You will receive a tailored programme of weekly one to sessions with behaviour modification exercises and written work, to be undertaken in between face to face sessions. Your programme will be unique to you, your needs and what you tell us you want to achieve. We will do our utmost to get you where you want to be.
We will undertake an assessment of your anger, along with its actual and potential consequences. Including the initial and assessment session there will usually be four additional face to face sessions.
This is a confidential 1-1 programme. We completely understand the difficult feelings associated with uncontrollable anger and the important place confidentiality has in recovery from it.
The Team
The team is led and supervised by David Goodlad a private counsellor with over 25 years experience of counselling. We provide anger management counselling in Canterbury. Call 01227 290 3164 to arrange an appointment. We will help you change. We are experienced anger management counsellors. As senior counsellors we have gained much insight into the process and control of anger.
If anger is causing you concern, we can help you. As professional counsellors we will undertake a full anger assessment and establish a meaningful way forward with you.
Anger Management Counselling in Canterbury Kent
Anger management counselling is a structured course of change. The anger management counsellor helps a person understand the source of their anger. The anger management counsellor shows the client how to control reactions. Counselling helps direct emotions towards a healthier path. Out of control emotions can bring on serious physical and mental health problems.
Anger management counselling is a learning and respectful process.
As an accredited counsellor in Canterbury we provide anger management counselling exactly along these lines.
What is Anger
Anger is part of our evolutionary equipment, an emotion related to one’s psychological interpretation of having been offended. It responds to being wronged or denied, with a tendency to automatic retaliation. Anger can cause physical consequences such as an increased heart rate, raised blood pressure, and raised levels of adrenaline.
Anger Management Help in Canterbury
Anger Management Counselling Plan
An example of an anger management counselling plan is:
1. Fully assess behaviour, cognition, experience, environment, attachment, trauma and goals.
2. Explore attitudes, values, relationships and areas of change.
3. Understand decisions to be reached and the implications of any potential change
4. Measure the effect of new behaviour.
Consultation
For a private consultation with a fully qualified Psychological counsellor call 01227 903 164. You can contact us in complete confidence If you are concerned about your own anger or someone else’s we can help. See our testimonials page.
Anger management counselling provides a sensitive yet structured way out of uncontrolled reactions. Below are a number of views describing how to manage anger without the help of a professional.
Managing anger in the longer term
Once you’re able to recognise the signs that you’re getting angry you can calm yourself down. You can start looking at ways to control your anger more generally.
Exercise. Regular light exercise has long been associated with improved well being. Most forms of physical exercise can have a positive beneficial effect. Take care of yourself. Take time to relax regularly. Ensure that you get enough sleep.
Understanding the need for Help with Anger Management
Anger is a “secondary” feeling. It immediately follows on from primary feelings such as frustration, jealousy, fear and intolerance etc. A persons behaviour becomes very uncomfortable for all concerned. There is no conscious thought in this process. It is entirely automatic and entirely negative and destructive. However these negative automatic thoughts can be interrupted. Very often we don’t recognise the need for help with anger. It’s only obvious when things become intolerable for those around us.
Call us before it gets too bad.
When angry your heart beats faster and you breathe more quickly. Your body is preparing for action. Tension can develop in your shoulders or you clench your fists.
It is now too late to count to 10.
Before the above process begins, count to 10. Breathe slowly. We must stop holding our breath when feeling tense. Holding your breath can raise our anxiety levels considerably and thus increase your anger. Remember – breathe out for longer than you breathe in, and relax as you breathe out.
Manage Anger by being Creative
Discussing your feelings with a friend can be useful. Talk to get a different perspective on a troubling situation. Look at the way you think. Unhelpful ways of thinking will need re-adjusting.
Understanding your Anger
Anger causes mental health problems as well as physical consequences. The external expression of your anger might come through facial expressions, body language, physiological responses, and at times in public acts of aggression.
When angry, humans and animals react automatically. They can make loud sounds, attempt to look physically larger, bare their teeth, and stare. The behaviours associated with anger are designed to warn aggressors to stop their threatening behaviour. Rarely does a physical altercation occur, without the prior expression of anger by at least one of the participants. This is how we can unintentionally frighten our loved ones.
For a private consultation with a fully qualified therapist call 01227 903 164
Remember
Using blaming and shaming words
will keep you focused on being angry.
Let these go and it will be a lot easier to calm down.
Call us for any of the following:
Anger Management – Couples Counselling – Relationships -Depression – Bereavement – Anxiety – Postnatal Depression – Pre-Birth Concerns –
Co-Dependency Counselling
We are only able to see clients strictly by appointment.
A professional Psychological counselling service from a fully qualified counsellor within easy reach of Canterbury, Herne Bay, Dover, Folkestone, Deal, Whitstable, Minster, Sittingbourne, Ashford, Faversham, Whitfield, Sandwich.
To arrange an appointment call 01227 903 164
Learning to Cope
There are numerous techniques that we employ in therapy. Below are self help based views on how to effectively cope with troublesome feelings. If you are concerned about your own or some else’s reactions contact us here.
When we become angry the heart beats faster and we breathe more quickly, preparing the body for action. There are other other noticeable signs such as tension in the shoulders or clenching of the fists.
When anger builds we hold our breath. We often breathe in for up to four times longer than breathing out. This can raise our anxiety levels considerably and thus make us more prone to anger. Remember – breathe out for longer than you breathe in, and relax as you breathe out.
For a private consultation with a fully qualified Psychological therapist call 01227 903 132
Managing in the longer term
Healthy behaviour
Regular light exercise has long been associated with improved well being. Most forms of physical exercise can have a positive effect.
Take time to relax regularly and ensure that you get enough sleep. Try and be creative. Writing, making music and dancing or painting, arts and crafts can release tension and help reduce feelings and reactions. Talk about your concerns and hopes to someone you trust.
Manage angry thoughts and feelings
Discussing your feelings with a friend can be useful. It can help you get a different perspective on a situation. Look at the way you think. Make an effort to change your automatic thinking patterns. Write them down. Look at alternative positive thoughts.
For a private consultation with a fully qualified therapist call 01227 903 164
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