Anger Management Clinic

Anger Clinic

Anger Management in the Workplace

If you are an employer who has an employee who has anger management problems then we can offer you the following advice and guidance:

1. Anger expressed in the workplace could be the symptom of, or hiding, a stress / coping skills problem.
2. Angry people are often described as bullies, however their apparent bullying is often a symptom of their expressed anger and the cause may be psychological, e.g. fear based*, and thus able to be brought under control.
3. Most people with anger problems want to be helped and will co-operate with their employer in receiving help, once they have become fully aware of the perceptions people have of them and the consequences of their anger issues.
4. People with anger problems are potentially damaging their health every time they become angry, especially when they fail to calm down and come out of their angry state reasonably quickly.
5. Any treatment offered should be confidential and without excessive monitoring or reporting. Treatment will normally require at least five sessions with a therapist experienced in anger management techniques.
6. Everyone gets angry occasionally, don’t over react and brand every anger incident an indication of a person with anger management problems. Seeking the services of a proactive personal stress manager may be more appropriate in the first instance where management action is unavoidable.

Contacting Us

We can help you get in touch with ‘proactive personal stress managers’, corporate stress managers and anger management therapists. Contact us.

Training and Work Clinics

Training is not normally appropriate for solving the problems of individuals with anger management problems, however where these individuals are reluctant to admit to their problems or reject help, on site ‘drop in’ clinics and training / workshop sessions such as “Keeping Calm in a Crises” can prove effective to raise personal awareness. Contact us for details of these and other courses.

* Fear based anger:

The most common workplace fear based anger is ‘the fear of failure / loss’. The stress (fight or flight) response can be phobic in strength, and it is common in men for this to be expressed as ‘fight’ thus anger. Because it can be phobic in nature it can be automatic, explosive and uncontrollable once triggered. Normal stress ‘flight’ phobic therapy approaches, such as desensitisation, rarely work and carry a risk of the therapist being exposed to the anger reaction.  Using the ‘Transactional’ and ‘benefits approach’ methodologies have proved effective with many cases.