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    "You can't control the waves, but we can teach you how to surf them"

    Our anger management program will teach you how to:

    - Recognise your anger
    - Accept your anger
    - Remain on top of your
       anger

    - Express your anger 
       appropriately
    - Respect yourself and
       others.


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    Anger - Anger Management


    Anger management is not the same as anger control. Control would mean either trying to reduce or to eliminate anger from your life. Since anger is a natural and biologically "hard wired" emotion, this approach would only lead to failure and disappointment.

    We prefer to call our anger management program as "anger surfing". We teach our clients ways to observe and accept their anger and develop strategies to experience their anger differently. Our motto is "no matter how high and how stormy your anger is, there are always strategies that will allow you to remain on top of it and manage it".


                                      Our Anger Management Program

    Our anger management program is divided into several components and stages. Each stage is a progressive step towards learning to live with anger in a more productive and functioning way:

    1) First, we will explore with you what makes you angry and how you experience anger. This involves uncovering your triggers of anger, and your physical, behavioural, emotional and cognitive (thinking) reactions.  

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                                                                                 5 Triggers of Anger


                                                                                    Alcohol and Anger  




    2) Second, we will work with you towards an acceptance of anger. This is not the same as "giving in" to anger or "giving up" the fight with anger. This stage is about accepting that anger is a normal human emotion and accepting that you will get angry from time to time. We will also work with you towards making a commitment that you will relate to your
    anger differently.

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                                                                          3 Tips to accept your anger



    3) Third, we will teach you how to recognise the early warning signs of anger. It is generally easier to to change your behaviour when you are prepared and when you know that an episode of anger is about to happen. To do this, we will explore the different cues that signal anger and how to prepare for them.

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                                                                                     Cues of Anger



    4) Fourth, we will teach you techniques to cope with frustration and anger. These techniques include better understanding and appreciation of your anger related thinking, self-awareness training, adjusting your self-talk, relaxation strategies, coping with provocation and various behavioural strategies. Rather than using a "blanket approach", we will explore techniques that you feel comfortable with and strategies that will likely work for you. 

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                                                                   7 Useful Strategies to Remain Calm



    5) Finally, we will work with you on strategies that will ensure that you don't return to earlier stages of anger experiences. If you expressed your anger inappropriately for a long time you may find it difficult to apply new strategies at first. When you learn new ways to express and relate to your anger it always feels like an accomplishment. But "old habits die hard" and often all is needed is one strong trigger to elicit habitual ways of anger expressions. We will teach you strategies that will help you cope with such situations and maintain what you gained through our anger management program. 


          

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       Reference

       Novaco, R.W. (2001). Anger, Stress, and Coping with Provocation. Irvine: University of California.  
                                    
                                               
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