The consequences of anger management issues are not only limited to our relationships but can in some cases also extend to police, social services or court involvement. Following chronic, repeated and violent outbursts of anger some people instead of using primary preventative steps through counselling or couples therapy support, instead choose to seek as primary support police or social services. Once the police and social services get involved, and a fight over custody of the children starts...

LABELLING THE BULLIES Some people who come to Anger Therapy London for anger management or for support related to issues with domestic violence are quick to point the finger at their partners and labelling them as abusive bullies. Such people often feel powerless, devastated and complain to their friends of being victims of domestic violence. They are even quick to report their abusive partners to social services, or police and this may lead at times to irreversible damage not only to their par...

When it comes to clients who seek anger management because of domestic violence issues, there are a number of different causes that trigger and escalate the conflict at home into a verbal or physical violence. I have been observing over the years that one of the causes of domestic violence is unemployment probably because of the strain of the financial stress this puts on the couple in London one of the most expensive cities in the World. One study carried out by Holmes and Rahe (1967) inves...

When clients refer for anger management the issue can concern the individual or it can extend to the whole family. Every family has a different style like every company has a different organizational culture. Some theorists believe that the family issues that could lead to aggression or passive aggressive behaviour could be caused by pathological issues in the family system or by one individual and the issues within the family are then secondary. During the family or one-to-one session, it gr...

I have discussed on this website a number of different aggressions and outburst of anger causes and today I will discuss domestic violence and alcohol-induced aggression and this is important for some of us during the Christmas season when there is an abundance of alcohol. The Christmas season is an annual and universal period of great joy, celebrations of the birth of Jesus Christ, the time of reflection, the family feast of Christmas that is preceded by the Christmas office alcohol-f...

In the recent years, there has been a rise in the media of the child sexual abuse reporting. The child sexual abuse news reports have been disseminating into the public eye the shocking reality behind the abuse of power by people in authority as depicted in the film Spotlight, The Savile Scandal that exploded in 2012 or the most recent news report on the football sex abuse victims. These reports meant that the child sex abuse culmination in the media gave the victims a voice, recognition, and ...

Jealousy is a profound anxiety that is triggered by a perceived sense of threat, insecurity and fear of losing the affections of one who is loved and this could lead to conflicts, angry outbursts, rage and even murder. The angry ouburstsO induced by jealousy in people who have a history of violent angry outbursts coupled with substance misuse could have devastating consequences. Most of us are familiar with the crimes of passion which are linked to jealousy and humongous angry outbursts ...

When it comes to domestic violence you think you have heard it all by now. Violence in the home context, let it be physical, emotional, psychological, or financial committed by men or women has elements which are illegal. More specifically, we also know that domestic violence manifests itself for example in insults, control, threats, manipulation, physical attacks and this may gradually lead to traumatic symptoms, disintegration, a loss of confidence and decline in overall well-being. I dread ...

Leona Sears at Anger Therapy London brings over 15 years of experience from clinical and academic settings in psychiatric and pediatric nursing (1989 - 1994); BSc Psychology (2005), she read a doctorate practitioner in counselling psychology and psychotherapy (2006 - 2013) in London and she continues her professional development with relevant crash courses to keep her practice with up-to-date social and psychotherapy trends. Leona Sears' thesis on bullying in the work, as well as her clinical ...