Anger Management therapists in Stirling, Scotland
Browse Anger Management therapists in Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Anger Mgmt
Birgit Schreiber Dr
Psychologist, PhD and MA in Psychology
Anger Management can be learnt - we will examine your triggers and how to recognise early signs. And most importantly, we will explore what the source is. Anger can be internal or expressed, and we will find ways to uncover and resolve the triggers, the feelings and ultimately find a way to understand the drivers.
26 Years Experience
Online in Stirling, Scotland (Online Only)
Anger Mgmt
Sara Aicart-Pendlebury
Art Therapist, Human Givens Practitioner (HG.Dip.P), Member of Human Givens Institute, IFS therapist Levels 1&2, Narm Practitioner
Road rage, plane rage, even art-gallery rage (when an exhibition is too crowded) are becoming all too familiar terms and are just some of the forms that over-the-top anger can take in modern-day life. Excessive anger can have an obvious trigger or else seem to occur out of the blue; and it can ruin lives, as work and relationships suffer. Excessive anger always results from stress and essential emotional needs not being met. That’s why the human givens approach, which focuses on helping people in distress find healthy ways to meet their emotional needs, is so successful.
The ability to get angry is natural. It is part of the ancient ‘fight or flight’ survival mechanism, which evolved to help our long-distant ancestors survive when, faced with attack from wild animals or invading tribes, they either had to stand up for themselves or flee. The pulse races, adrenalin surges, breath gets fast and shallow, blood surges into the muscles of the legs and arms and the body gets flooded with stress hormones, all so that we are ready to take action if we decide to act aggressively to ward off something or someone. Once action has been taken, the feelings subside.
But, today, there are far fewer occasions when threat is as real and physical as just described. If we get frustrated or feel angry with the boss, we may have to keep those feelings to ourselves, which leaves them circulating with no obvious way of being discharged. Or we may become more and more wound up by little annoyances that build up over the day until we reach a point when, over something seemingly trifling, we snap. There are many other circumstances that can lead us to have lower tolerance for irritations – for instance, overtiredness, feeling ill or hungry, hormonal changes, chronic pain or addictive cravings.
Sometimes people have a tendency towards anger because of chronic low self-esteem, which usually stems from abuse or neglect during childhood. As adults, they may never feel good or worthy enough and tend to lash out if they perceive themselves as slighted in any way. Mild brain damage can cause a loss of impulse control and aggression. And people on the autistic spectrum are often more prone to angry outbursts because of their difficulties and frustrations in trying to relate to other people and make sense of the social world.
More often than is realised, aggression is triggered by fear and sometimes it is a long-forgotten fear. For instance, a man who, as a child, was locked in a tiny dark space under the stairs as a punishment, may lash out, seemingly inexplicably, at his wife when she wants him to check the space under their stairs for damp. This is because an ‘alarm system’ in our brain, called the amygdala, accesses our emotional memories and, on the basis of previous experience, alerts us to anything that may represent a risk. Because the stair cupboard experience was so traumatic and frightening, it stays ‘live’, causing the man to experience terror all over again, usually without knowing why. Sometimes, too, repeated and seemingly inexplicable anger outbursts stem from ‘pattern matching’ to a shocking situation in childhood, when anger was felt but, at the time, suppressed.
Fortunately, people can be helped to deal with their anger, whatever its cause. Human givens practitioners will show people how to calm themselves down quickly (this is essential, as high emotional arousal makes us stupid, stopping us from listening to reason); encourage them to take exercise (doing enjoyable physical activity is a great way to discharge accumulated stress); and help them to examine and change their self-talk – having hostile thoughts only harms us – and to look at situations from other people’s perspectives as well as their own.
Simple, effective techniques can be used to resolve anger outbursts arising from incidents in the past, so that these cease to occur in the future.
Finally, human givens practitioners will help people explore what needs are not being met in their lives, which may be fuelling anger – for instance, a lack of a sense of achievement or status or control or connection with others may cause feelings of inferiority and hostility. Experiencing uncontrollable or excessive anger always means that something is not working well in a person’s life. No one is naturally an ‘angry’ person; they are just, temporarily, overcome by anger and can learn how to cease to be its victim.
17 Years Experience
Online in Stirling, Scotland
Anger Mgmt
Dr Paul Garden
Psychologist, Doctorate in Psychology, DPsych, MSc with Distinction, BSc First Class Honours.
Anger is often a misunderstood and feared emotion, both to feel it within yourself and from others. I specialise in helping a person to understand their anger; why it's there, what it's for, and how they can manage and tolerate it.
11 Years Experience
Online in Stirling, Scotland
Anger Mgmt
Janine & ComposurePsychology Team
Psychologist, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, HCPC & BPS registered, DClinPsy, CSAccred.(AAC), MPhil (cantab)
All of our Clinical Psychologists at ComposurePsychology are experienced in helping people understand and manage anger.
13 Years Experience
Online in Stirling, Scotland
Anger Mgmt
Rakan Himadeh
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, SEP, ISP Candidate
Somatic Experiencing (SE) and Integral Somatic Psychology (ISP) work together to support anger by addressing both the body’s activation and the emotional intensity beneath it. SE helps regulate the nervous system by slowing down the fight response, releasing stored survival energy, and reducing reactivity. ISP complements this by helping you feel the sensations and emotions associated with anger without becoming overwhelmed. Together, these approaches transform anger from explosive or suppressed into a grounded sense of clarity, strength, and healthy boundary-setting.
4 Years Experience
Online in Stirling, Scotland (Online Only)
Anger Management therapists in Stirling, Scotland Statistics
Anger Management therapists in Stirling, Scotland average 16 years of experience and charge around ¤131 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (64%), Integrative Therapy (52%), and Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) (46%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
¤131
Accept insurance
36%
Offer sliding scale
42%
Gender ID
| 61% |
Female |
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| 39% |
Male |
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Session Type
| 62% |
In Person and Online |
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| 38% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 64% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 52% | Integrative Therapy |
| 46% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 36% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 30% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 28% | Behavioral Therapy |
| 28% | Eclectic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 98% | Adult |
| 58% | Senior |
| 58% | Teen |
| 54% | Young Adult |
| 26% | Children |
Client Focus
| 64% | Women |
| 58% | Men |
| 46% | LGBTQ+ |
| 40% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 34% | Christian |