How Do You Feel?

How are you feeling today?
Most people do not stop to reflect upon the meaning of that question, yet typically their answer is “OK.” During the hurry of the day, it may be a bit much to consider how one might be “feeling.”
It is the very act of pausing and considering one’s feelings that are significant [...]

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Why Is Couples’ Anger Management Different Than Counseling?

Imagine you and your spouse are hiking deep in the mountains and lose track of time. It is getting dark. You have the potential of encountering snakes or a mountain lion. You are running low on drinking water. Although you are good at navigating through the backcountry, you are five miles deep. At this point, [...]

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What Is Anger Management?

Most people believe that anger management is for people who are “out of control.”  Contrary to this belief, most people who receive anger management and emotional skills training are professionals. Anger management and anger management seminars are best suited for anyone who wants to learn about anger, control his or her responses to anger, and [...]

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Anger Management for 2008

Out-of-control anger conjures up images of people who are losing control of themselves.
The truth is that the silent majority of those who seek anger management are professionals who are under tremendous stress. Professionals such as physicians, attorneys, and executives are subject to high-tension life styles. Such service industries require optimal performance, demanding work schedules, and [...]

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What Is Anger Management?

Most people believe that anger management is for people who are “out of control.”  Contrary to this belief, anger management and anger management seminars are best suited for anyone who wants to learn about anger, control their anger-related responses, and use effective techniques to prevent the escalation of anger-related problems. It is neither counseling nor [...]

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Emotional Intelligence and Anger

What keeps you feeling angry? After some time, it may be hard to detect — except you feel angry. Often, we continue a behavior, whether negative or positive, because it yields a certain benefit. People who smoke do so despite the health hazards, simply because it feels pleasurable. They also smoke because they are hooked. [...]

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Empathy: Emotional Intelligence of Anger

Empathy is best described as the ability to feel for someone else’s feelings. It may be challenging to feel for other’s feelings if you feel wronged or hurt. However, if you have been angry for a long time, then look at how you’re feeling. Sometimes, rage, anger, and aggression can “cut you off” from your [...]

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Perceptions about what anger management is maybe too restricted

by Carlos Todd 
Anger management is a very forward focused class that teaches skills in anger management, stress management, communication skills and emotional intelligence. Some still carry the idea that anger management is for the court mandated or those who have been explosive in the recent past. This is simply a misconception.
Anger is a signal, therefore [...]

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Angry doctors, angry nurses: Caught up in a cycle of transition

by Carlos Todd 
Out of respect for those who serve and protect the health of our nation, let me first say that the use of the term disruptive referring to nurses and doctors who present with anger management problems oversimplify a much more complex problem that needs a deeper analysis. William Bridges in his book Transitions, [...]

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The Angry Physician

About nine years ago, a social worker was assigned a case load of 45 patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the renowned Westchester Medical Center, Level 3 trauma center, in New York. The environment was intensely fast-paced. On a good day, the work load was unmanageable. Crisis was the name of the [...]

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