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To handle anger in a healthy, healing way is
one of the goals of my practice. I have developed strategies to
channel anger into healthy, productive behavior. The problem with
many is that anger, hostility, and aggression are
often confused with one another. In reality, what my clients come to
learn is that anger is a healthy emotion that needs to be expressed
freely but therapeutically.
Anger is a feeling that needs
to be vented by itself without hostility or aggression. No one
deserves violent, raging behavior. Anger management enables us
to function assertively and rationally when anger
comes up, with the ability to protect our rights and express our
needs when we feel violated.
ANGER ADDICTS AND RAGE-AHOLICS The most recent studies on human behavior has demonstrated that human beings can be as addicted to different emotions, as they are substances and other behaviors, hence the term "anger addicts" or "rage-aholics" (see article below). Most anger addicts are unwilling to face the true depth of their problem. In the parlance of the recovery movement, they live in the middle of a river in Egypt called “De-Nial.” Their tendency to blame others for their outbursts and to minimize the seriousness of the damage they are causing makes it difficult to motivate them to work for lasting change.
The goal of my anger management counseling will be to totally immerse participants enough so that they may confront denial, accept responsibility for controlling their anger, become fully fluent in the Anger Management concepts, and gain intensive hands-on experience in applying these concepts in their own lives.
Anger addicts can change, given the proper motivation, tools and strategies. My intention is to provide a step-by-step process that will help them to control their anger and begin to change their anger patterns.
ANGER & SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Substance use and abuse often coexist with anger and violence. Data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, for example, indicated that 40 percent of frequent cocaine users reported engaging in some form of violent behavior. Anger and violence often can have a causal role in the initiation of drug and alcohol use and can also be a consequence associated with substance abuse. Individuals who experience traumatic events, for example, often experience anger and act violently, as well as abuse drugs or alcohol.
Clinicians often see how anger and violence and substance use are linked. Many substance abuse and mental health clients are victims of traumatic life events, which, in turn, lead to substance use, anger, and violence. Despite the connection of anger and violence to substance abuse, few treatments have been developed to address anger and violence problems among people who abuse substances.
Why Marty?
Marty has been providing guidance and counseling for the last 20
years to a wide and diverse range of people. Individuals challenged
with various addictions including but not limited to -
substance abuse, alcohol, and
anger. Marty is a certified chemical dependency counselor
and anger management facilitator. | 
