Are you in control of your anger?
Or, is your anger in control of you?
If you feel angry often or that your anger controls you, then you’ve probably recognized that it’s not only hurting you, but also hurting others in your life. Most likely, it’s the people you love and the ones who are the most important to you. If your anger is in control or causes you to say or do things you later regret, don’t wait any more.
We can help.
When your anger is out of your control it can effect:
Mental & Physical Health
Being angry often or to extreme states can make it hard to focus on anything else and cause you to feel guilty, ashamed or scared of how you react. It can lead to anxiety, stress, and depression. High levels of stress can make you more susceptible to heart disease, insomnia, and high blood pressure.
Relationships
Anger can cause lasting scars in the people you love most and get in the way of friendships and work relationships. Explosive anger makes it hard for others to trust you, speak honestly, or feel comfortable and is especially damaging to children.
Career
If constructive criticism, creative differences, and group work cause you to respond with anger it can cause detrimental effects on your career by causing your colleagues, supervisors, or clients to not to want to work with you. These problems can plague your career.
How can therapy help my anger problems?
Many people think that anger management is about learning to suppress your anger. But never getting angry is not a healthy goal. Anger will come out regardless of how hard you try to tamp it down. The true goal of anger management isn’t to suppress feelings of anger, but rather to understand the message behind the emotion and express it in a healthy way without losing control.
Take the first step.
With the support of an experienced anger management therapist in New York and New Jersey you will understand the message and feelings behind your anger and how to express it in a healthy way. When you do, you’ll not only feel better, you’ll also be more likely to get your needs met, be better able to manage conflict in your life, strengthen your relationship, achieve your goals and lead a healthier, and more satisfying life.
Contact us to learn more.