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Avoidance: Anger's Best Friend
Confronting the problems in our lives and living an authentic existence can be elusive for many. Some of us hate to confront the things that are enviably making us unhappy. We hear our emotions telling us that that we need to make changes in our job, marriage, health and life’s focus yet we ignore and AVOID these signals to our detriment.nAll of us know intuitively what is good for us and what is not so good but for some it is just too hard to deal with the emotional up
October 17, 2007
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Emotional Intelligence: Lessons From The Playground
As children we dream and workout these dreams through play. On the playground children become doctors, lawyers, firemen, policemen, truck drivers etc. Children learn to perceive what they love, what they hate, what makes them happy and sad on the playground. The full ranges of emotions are essentially felt on the play ground. The child who feels the joy of engaging in a specific type of play will gravitate towards that play. Over time, the child learns from the emotional sign
October 9, 2007
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Anger is a Tool
Why we need angernnWhy do we need anger? Consider the following reasons.n• To protect our rights n• To help us maintain an individual identitynn • To ward off those who are bent on preying on the weak n• To moralize against social injustice n• As a warning signal that our rights are being violatedn • To remind us of the things that we hold most dear n• To be used as a tool to protect not to destroy or hurt n• To at times protect
August 13, 2007
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What is an Anger Management Assessment?
Licensed mental health clinicians including psychologists, clinical social workers and licensed professional counselors are all familiar with and are trained to perform assessments. The most common may be the psychosocial assessment. This assessment takes a global look at the individualâs history as well as current symptoms to come up with a mental health diagnosis.nAnger has not been categorized by the American Psychiatric Association as a mental health disorder, therefore
July 30, 2007
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Change Your Language--Reduce Your Anger-Part 3
In part three of this series of articles I will examine the ADA model. ADA stands for awareness-dialogue-action. It is the assertion of this author that mastering anger awareness and emotional literacy is key to anger management. One must be aware of the things that cause emotional reactions in us. For example, the busy dad or mom who some days could not care less if the kids’ toys are scattered all over the living room floor and then on other days has a parental temper
July 16, 2007
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Change Your Language--Reduce Your Anger-Part 2
In part the last article entitled Change Your Language and Reduce Your Anger I introduce the idea of how a poor emotional vocabulary was linked to anger management. I suggested that anger is a secondary emotion driven by many primary emotions. This concept is not new however what I have been developing that is fascinating is how building an emotional vocabulary can be linked to reducing our tendency to be explosive. nnAwareness nnIn reality what I am encouraging is that we be
July 16, 2007
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Change Your Language--Reduce Your Anger-Part 1
I am a firm believer in the idea that how humans express language holds one of the keys to reducing anger. The world renowned anger management from Anderson and Anderson proposes that anger management, stress management, emotional intelligence and communication skills are fundamental to anger management. I believe that this model holds the keys to furthered exploration of new research areas in anger management especially as it relates to emotional intelligence and an emotiona
July 16, 2007