Sunday, July 10, 2016

Is It Time For Anger Management?


“There’s road rage and bike rage, and there is even computer rage. (Did you hear about the Colorado man cited by police after he shot his recalcitrant computer eight times?) And now there’s air rage?” http://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20160710/281814283194838

Person or property directed aggression and violence seems to be going viral worldwide. The time for simple slogans or Tips For Managing Anger are proving to be useless. Punishment for incivility has never worked. The time for advocating emotional intelligence is rapidly becoming recognized as a promising intervention for anger.  Emotional intelligence may increase our capacity for empathy, self-awareness, self-control, social awareness and relationship management.

Business, industry, corrections, the military as well as healthcare and education are beginning to incorporate emotional intelligence skill enhancement for impulse control into their personal development programs. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-08-02/anger-management-goes-to-the-doctor

School districts are using emotional intelligence/anger management in lieu of suspension for fighting. http://www.slideshare.net/GeorgeAndersonMSWBCD/adolescent-anger-management2013

Prison re-entry programs throughout the nation are successfully using emotional intelligence/anger management for parolees.

Recent violence in Orlando, Dallas, Minnesota and Louisiana has increased the public’s consciousness about pervasive anger. Since anger is not an illness, persons who wish to offer services for this population are not limited to mental health professionals. Training and certification is now available nationwide for training in emotional intelligence and anger management.

Please consider joining some of the linked in groups for anger management: Anderson & Anderson, APC Anger Management California, Los Angeles or U.S., Emotional Intelligence/Anger Management or The American Association of Anger Manage Management Providers.


George Anderson, The Anger Management Guru 

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