Anger management therapy across Wisconsin.

The people who come for anger work are usually not violent. They are people whose tone has been getting away from them, whose partner or kid has flinched lately, whose job has started taking note. They want to stop being like this and have not been able to do it on their own.

Anger work is not about suppression. The goal is not to feel less angry. The goal is to read the anger faster, understand what it is signaling, and have more choices about what to do with it before it leaves your mouth.

How we work on it

Cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavioral tools come in heavily for this one. We work on noticing the early body signals, on what is underneath the anger (often hurt, often fear), and on how to respond differently in the moment. Most of the early progress is in the body, not the head.

Anger is almost always covering something it would feel more vulnerable to admit.

What this is not

I do not do court-ordered or batterer's intervention programs. If you have been ordered to anger management as part of a legal case, that is a different specialty and I will refer you. If there has been physical violence in a relationship, that is also a different specialty and I will refer you.

What to do next

The next step is to schedule the consultation or intake session. The free 15-minute consult is a low-stakes start - we talk through what's been going on and whether weekly therapy fits where you are.

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