Anger Management therapists in Rockville, Maryland MD

Left unchecked anger can overwhelm and consume the thoughts and behaviors of individuals inpeding thier life journey. Anger traps individuals in repeated patterns that are difficult to break. Anger management with me will explore your journey to identify the triggers and patterns that are contributing to your anger. You will learn skills and techniques to break the patterns and express anger in a healthy manner.  

Has pain from a chronic illness or from dealing with daily life immobilized you? Are you always anxious or depressed? Counseling can help you to address, understand and resolve these issues to reach your full potential. Call or email today for a free phone consultation or an appointment.   

Anger is a normal, healthy emotion that can be used to communicate important boundaries and needs. Anger becomes unhealthy when it reaches a level of an out-of-control and all-consuming rage. Maladaptive anger can have a lasting detrimental impact on one’s relationships, work, and overall mental well-being. At Washington Psychological Wellness, our therapists work to help you understand the core mechanisms of your anger. Often, anger is a manifestation of a repressed feeling, such as deep sadness or shame. Your therapist will provide you the safe space needed to process, explore, and work through your anger to eventually replace learned maladaptive emotional dysregulation patterns with more adaptive ways of communicating. We aim to teach emotional regulation and adaptive communication patterns. Washington Psychological Wellness is currently accepting new clients. Telehealth (online) therapy services are available. Call now to schedule your appointment!  

Using Core Transformation and Wholeness Work we can not only manage anger but resolve it.  

It is a particularly tough time in our shared world, and balancing that alongside our own inner and interpersonal challenges is enough to make anyone angry, so I use the validity of the anger many of us feel to remind clients that we can view this emotion from a non-judgmental place and debunk its deeper meaning through the development of emotional regulation skills.  

Anger is a secondary emotion. It usually behind other emotions, such as shame and guilt. In Anger Management, one needs to understand the importance of anger and how it can be expressed appropriately. This can be achieved in 12 sessions, where you learn about the myth about anger, the 4 cues to anger, the anger meter and the skills necessary to anger management.  

Anger is a strong emotion and it usually gets triggered when we feel like we are being attacked. Hence, we tend to have a "fight or flight" response. When we react to anger too quickly, we may do something impulsively as we didn't think in advance. Hence, we may express anger inappropriately which can affect our relationship to people. I am specialized in helping people with anger issues. I use CBT and mindfulness to help clients identify anger-provoking triggers and teach them techniques to descale the tension.  

  

For many years, I have offered an Anger Management Program for individuals, couples and groups-including some court-mandated clients. I offer free zoom workshops that provide techniques and approaches for controlling anger and channeling its potential energy for change in a constructive manner. Please visit my website: manage-anger.net and feel free to call for more information: 301-229-8000  

I understand anger, the effect it has on one’s life, and how it affects the people around you. When clients see me as a peaceful guy, they’re seeing the result of a lot of healing work (with more to do). I’ve had considerable success helping clients with anger problems, perhaps because I believe anger management is secondary to healing. I believe most people who are angry are like volcanos. Even though the anger that shows on the surface in the present is hot enough to burn the client and everyone around him or her, there’s even more heat and energy “under ground” – in the past. So I usually focus on healing the past first – without having to spend a lot of time talking about it. Once that unresolved pain and anger is mostly dissolved, clients don’t get triggered as easily or as forcefully. The next focus is on reducing everyday frustrations. When the little things don't bug you as much, you'll be cooler under pressure and when bigger problems come up. , and have enough presence of mind to use anger management tools instead of losing control. Note: I don’t do court-mandated anger management. If you live in Fairfax County, call my colleague Gary Niki at 202-241-0944.