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Specialty Treatment
Anger Management
Anger Management
Anger Management
Anger is a natural human emotion and the body's built-in response to perceived threats, injustice, stress, or disappointment. While anger itself is not harmful, unmanaged or destructive anger can negatively affect your relationships, health, career, and overall quality of life.
At Wilmington Mental Health, we offer anger management therapy and classes in Wilmington, NC designed to help individuals understand, regulate, and express anger in a healthy effective way.
Understanding Anger
From an evolutionary psychology perspective, anger is a protective defensive mechanism that provides strength during moments of fear, vulnerability, or powerlessness. However, when anger becomes overwhelming or leads to impulsive reactions, it can create long-term challenges.
Anger management therapy focuses on prevention, control, and skill-building, allowing you to deploy anger productively rather than destructively.
Our Goal in Therapy
Our clinicians help clients develop sustainable coping strategies that support long-term emotional well-being. The goal of anger management therapy is to help you:
Communicate anger in a healthy, assertive way
Regulate uncomfortable emotions when they arise
Increase emotional awareness and self-control
Reduce impulsive or aggressive reactions
Improve personal, family, and work relationships
Why Do We Experience Anger?
Understanding the root causes of anger is key in learning how to manage it effectively. Anger can arise for many reasons, including:
Chronic stress or overwhelming life demands
Sleep deprivation or exhaustion
Workplace pressure or job dissatisfaction
Feeling blocked from important goals
Feeling disrespected, misunderstood, or treated unfairly
Unmet emotional or physical needs
Learned behavior patterns used to release tension
Attempts to control or manipulate situations
Feelings of injustice or powerlessness
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When Anger Becomes Harmful
Destructive anger or rage can feel uncomfortable and may lead to regret, conflict, or harmful consequences. While it is normal to feel angry, it becomes problematic when it results in behaviors that negatively impact yourself and others.
Learning to take responsibility for how anger is expressed and how it affects those around you is an essential part of anger management therapy.
The Impact of Unmanaged Anger
Physical Responses to Anger
When Should I Consider Anger Management?
Recognizing the warning signs is the first step toward positive change. Consider professional support if you identify with any of the following:
You get very annoyed or angry more than once a day
Your personal problems make you feel more frustrated than usual
You keep feeling like you are going to explode with rage
You react too quickly in the heat of the moment
You feel like breaking things when you get mad
You feel guilty, sad, anxious, or worried after expressing anger
You hold in your anger until it explodes
Injustice triggers your anger
Your anger has affected your work relationships
Your anger has affected your relationships/romantic relationship(s)
Your anger has affected your children, family, or friends
Your anger has affected your health and physical well-being
Your anger has endangered you
Your anger has affected you financially
Your anger has affected your personal integrity and/or spirituality
Anger Management Certificate Program
At Wilmington Mental Health, we offer Anger Management Classes to help you overcome anger problems through effective techniques. Our program teaches you skills to manage anger and regain control of your life through practice and review.
Program Objectives
- Learn how to stop your anger fast
- Identify and remove the source of your anger
- Interact and communicate better
- Learn to focus on taking care of yourself
- Stop violence or the threat of violence
- Develop self-control over thoughts and actions
- Receive support from others
Each Session Includes
- Discussions
- Presentations
- Experiential Exercises
- Daily Practice
- Self-Awareness
Participants Will Obtain
- Information
- Understanding
- Resources
- Skills and Techniques
- Self-Control
Our Classes Are:
Important Note
If you are mandated to attend anger management classes, verify if this program will be accepted by the authority requiring you to complete the class (i.e., the judge, probation officer, employer, or attorney).
Common Anger Management Questions:
- Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy
- When Anger is Harmful
- Anger and its Causes
- Role Playing Scenarios
- The Costs of Anger
- Control Your Anger
- Anger Log
- ABC Turn down the 'Heat'
- Challenge Your Thought Process
- Problem Solve
