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Online anger management classes and certificate programs are available for individuals who are struggling with the legal system and are mandated to seek psychoeductional intervention or, have not been mandated but, voluntarily want to learn to deal with their anger in more functional ways.
Online anger mangement may be convenient but is it really effective? At first glance, addressing problems with anger online serves two immediate purposes: it allows one to avoid public scrutiny and secondly, it has the potential to be just like online traffic school - quick, easy and painless.
But, is it really painless either way if you think about it? There's nothing painless about anger. Anger on a very basic level is a form of stress response. It is a psychological, physiolgical and emotional process that involves stress hormones and inflammatory responses that can become habitual if not chronic. The more you live with anger, the more prone you are to mental, emotional and physical illness. There's no quick fix and it's definitely not easy. If you are looking for help for your anger problem because you want to stop getting into and or causing trouble by it, requires more than a traffic tickets worth of attention and energy - that is if you do not want to be a repeat offender.
Online anger management come in two different forms: therapist-delivered and software-delivered. Here's what the software delivered ads promote: Court Accepted. Guaranteed. Fast. Free Certificate. Enroll Today!
OK. So, you devote a few hours and take the online software delivered anger management class. Then, you wake up the next day, something triggers your anger and you experience one of the many "failed interpersonal interactions" you've probably been having somewhat regularly. Even though you've managed to appease the courts you're still hurting others and putting yourself in compromising situations.
Anger is analogous to second hand smoke: it's not really just about you, is it? Yes, you may be someone who is struggling with anger in a very painful way. But, this is inherently a reflection on the quality of your relationships with others. So now, the obvious question: if you are using a software program to teach you how to have better relationships with humans, what is the likelihood of success?
Here are some of the benefits of therapists delivered online anger managemnt via webcam versus a software program:
- confidentilaity
- effective intervention.
- the opportunity to develop a therapeutic relationship over time - a few months is probably a good start.
- A therapist can actually trigger your anger just like any other regular person, the difference being, she can also then teach you how to override the trigger and respond rather than react.
- Your therapist can validate you, challenge you, and model appropriate repsonse patterns
- She can mirror back to your frustration without owning it and help you seperate yourself from your process: you are not your anger.
The question really comes down to this: Do you want to manage your anger in an way that will no longer hurt? Or do you want to just get by and appease mandates? You don't have to continue to suffer at the hands of your own anger becuase of any lack of skill or insight in truly mastering it. You CAN change it for good. But, go beyond the software if its something you really want to do.
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