Anger Management Direct Confrontation Don’t Dos
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Friday, February 10th, 2017 in Anger Management. No Comments
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Friday, February 10th, 2017 in Anger Management. No Comments
Anger Management Tool: Direct Confrontation For a lot of people, direct confrontation turn into scathing criticism or lashing tirades. They raise their voices, yell, scream, swear, threaten, or use intimidating language. They have angry, rude discussions. They blow up or explode in some way. Or maybe they confront with biting, sarcastic remarks. They hold their […]
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Friday, January 13th, 2017 in Anger Management. No Comments
Anger Management Steps: Gain Awareness By this point you should have a lot of tools to help you take control of your anger. You know how to gain anger awareness, stop your immediate response, calm yourself down, evaluate your situation, and navigate your options. If you have been following the steps, you have probably seen […]
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Saturday, December 24th, 2016 in Anger Management. No Comments
Anger Management Options Many people think the best way to solve their anger problems is to change someone else. But there is a problem with this line of thinking. Relying on someone else to change to help you get better is not good strategy. It is not going to work. Relationship therapists understand this and direct […]
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Saturday, December 10th, 2016 in Anger Management. No Comments
Anger Management Decisive Action Sometimes, you need to take action in a situation without becoming explosive (or being passive aggressive). For instance, after weighing your options you might choose to quite your job, or fire an employee. If you are abused by your husband you might choose to leave home and stay with a friend. […]
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Saturday, October 1st, 2016 in Anger Management. No Comments
Poor Self-Care Anger Management Exercise Poor Self-care anger management includes not exercising. You know you should. Everyone knows they should. But if you are like most people, you are either too tired or too busy, and you are not taking care of your body through regular exercise. This wears away at you and burns your […]
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Sunday, September 11th, 2016 in Anger Management. No Comments
Anger Management Poor Self-Care: Sleep If I had a magic wand and I had one wish for all of my anger management clients, it wold be that they got eight restful hours of sleep a night. That would be it. i really believe that a good night’s sleep would salve a huge percentage of anger […]
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Sunday, July 17th, 2016 in Anger Management. No Comments
There are Four Key Filters: Moods. If you are in a bad mood, your negative emotional state can be a filter. And if you are in a bad mood, you are more likely to perceive whatever someone says or does more negatively, no matter how positive he or she is trying to be. Moods are […]
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Saturday, July 2nd, 2016 in Anger Management. No Comments
Digging Deeper Into Anger Management If you are doing your work in anger management, you have learned how to become aware of your anger, how to stop yourself when you are getting angry, and how to calm yourself down. You have also started to evaluate your anger by considering why you got angry and then […]
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 in Anger Management. No Comments
Anger Management Tool: A Look In The Mirror Now think about yourself. When you get angry, it is usually over something that is a real wrong? Is it about a true injustice in the world? Do you find yourself angry about oppression or starving children? Do you find yourself saying, “that’s not right!” about human […]
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Friday, March 25th, 2016 in Anger Management. No Comments
Anger Management Denver Anger can ruin marriages, families, and yourself. Our marriage counselors often encounter anger issues in working with couples and direct the individual to work on the anger in individual counseling sessions. Once you have identified your thoughts you need to determine if is is a real wrong or a perceived wrong. Sometimes […]