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GOING BEYOND ANGER MANAGEMENT<\/p>\n

BY DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE<\/p>\n

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by Dr. Steve Wolf<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m a Clinical Psychologist who, after working with many Alcohol & Drug Counselors over the past 30 years, has developed great respect for the work you all do, often as overworked, underpaid providers of front line mental health services within our society.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019d like to thank CCAPP for welcoming me to participate in the Weekly Dispatch.*<\/p>\n

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This week I\u2019d like to talk a bit about Anger Management.\u00a0 Until now, going to an Anger Management Class has been like going to the Dentist.\u00a0 Most people don\u2019t go to the dentist until they are in pain.\u00a0 Similarly, most people don\u2019t go to an Anger Management Class until they have physically hurt or emotionally threatened someone so badly, that they\u2019ve been told by a Judge to go to Anger Management classes or go to jail, lose a job or lose a relationship.\u00a0 Then, for many folks attending Anger Management Classes, its like going to detention hall in high school. You have to show up but you don\u2019t get much benefit. You may learn some information about anger and how to manage it, much of which you may already know, but you don\u2019t walk out of that class room acting any differently.\u00a0 You don\u2019t learn to change your behavior.<\/p>\n

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It doesn\u2019t have to be that way. You can learn to teach your clients to go Beyond Anger Management by developing their self-control as they become emotionally smarter to avoid creating problems in their future.<\/p>\n

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Some folks don\u2019t wait until they need root canal before going to their dentist. They see the value of brushing and flossing and visiting the dentist yearly for prevention, to avoid the pain.<\/p>\n

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Similarly, some folks see the value of developing emotional awareness and self-control to reduce negative consequences of abusive anger expression in their personal and work relationships before it becomes problematic. They also see the value of developing Mindfulness and of becoming Emotionally Smarter.<\/p>\n

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You can learn new ways to support your clients<\/strong> to develop new behavior patterns, over time, to replace old, habitual, dysfunctional habits: to become emotionally smarter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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We all recognize that Drug and Alcohol Addiction Counseling is not just about teaching classes to addicts about sobriety; it\u2019s about saving lives.<\/p>\n

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We also understand that Recovery includes developing increasingly more meaningful, honest, loving relationships and better self-control. Learning to handle anger expression often goes hand in hand with both: achieving and maintaining\u00a0 sobriety and achieving and maintaining relationships.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m here to serve as a resource for you to expand your therapeutic-counseling-coaching skills by attaining three additional Certifications<\/a> to develop your career.<\/p>\n

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I have developed the Taming Your Anger with Emotional Intelligence\u00a0 Program (TYA) to\u00a0 train and\u00a0 certify folks like yourself who would like to enhance their counseling career, at work or in private practice, by learning to teach others to Tame their Anger and develop their Emotional Intelligence (EQ) as they develop their own.*<\/p>\n

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You can learn to teach your clients to become emotionally smarter:<\/p>\n

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• To become more aware, more mindful and more able to communicate feelings.<\/li>\n
• To become more sympathetic and empathetic with others\u2019 feelings.<\/li>\n
• To become more understanding of Emotions.<\/li>\n
• To develop self-control to avoid creating problems with anger expression.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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  I welcome you to join us, Mondays at 4:30 PM Pacific Time, at www.shrinkdifferentradio.com, beginning Monday August 29th, as we use radio to explore the field of Psychotherapy, Counseling and Coaching.\u00a0 I look forward to sharing my work with you in the future.<\/p>\n

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  *BRIEF BIO:\u00a0 I am a published author (\u201cRomancing the Shadow for a Vital Authentic Life\u201d with Dr. Connie Zweig, 1997) and a Diplomate of the National Anger Management Association<\/p>\n

  (Namass.org).\u00a0 I\u2019ve maintained a private therapy practice for 30 years. I directed the first Rikers Island prison drug program.\u00a0 I volunteered with Los Angeles Sheriff\u2019s Department to co-create an acupuncture detox program on LA\u2019s skid row. For five years I was Psychologist in charge of co-occurring disorders at the Cider House program for men coming from prison, jail, and the streets. I developed and taught the Taming Your Anger with Emotional intelligence program in LA\u2019s women\u2019s prison.\u00a0 I also taught it as high school curriculum to hi-risk inner city teens on probation and, as an Adjunct Associate Professor at USC, I taught the same program to Dental students at the Ostrow School of Dentistry.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been producing the \u201cShrink Different Radio Show with Doc Wolf\u201d for the past several years and I am Founder and Director of the Wolf Training Institute. (A more complete resume is available at www.TamingYourAnger.com )<\/p>\n

  Contact: steve@shrinkdifferentradio.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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