Anger Management and Counselling in Clearview, ON.

Anger can be a powerful tool when it is used in the right way. It is a sign of passion and boldness that can be used to achieve great things. Unfortunately, it can also do great harm. Together, we will find ways to harness your drive and use it as a way to help you reach your true potential. Anger should be used for good, not for tearing down. Together we’ll find how you can best use yours.

Grey Matters International and the work of Kevin J. Fleming, Ph.D approaches issues of anger management in a very humane yet fresh perspective. You see, anger is a normal emotion but it is the valence (intensity) as well as the coupling choice of what one does with this that is the problem. Telling someone to "not" do it or modifying behavior with a trite psychological plan that only breeds a compliant response is not the way to change anger. Brainwave optimization is a new cutting edge technology that allows one to rewire circuitry responsible for reactivity driving the anger. Contact Grey Matters International, Inc now at kevin@kevinflemingphd.com or 877-606-6161.

In anger management therapy, I provide a safe and supportive space for you to explore the emotions behind your anger and understand how it affects your life and relationships. Together, we identify triggers, develop healthier coping strategies, and practice constructive ways to express your feelings. My goal is to help you regain control, reduce conflict, and build stronger, more positive connections with the people around you while fostering greater self-awareness and emotional balance.

Therapy with me can help transform the way you understand and experience anger. Anger is not something to fear or suppress; it is a signal, a message asking us to pay attention to what may be hurting or blocking us. Together, we explore the root causes of your anger with curiosity and compassion, uncovering the “why” behind it and what it is trying to tell you. In this safe space, you’ll learn how to acknowledge and manage your anger without being controlled by it, and how to initiate the process of healing what lies beneath. This journey enables greater self-awareness, healthier self-expression, and more meaningful relationships.

In today’s cultural environment we have been taught to avoid anger as it is undesirable and needs to be tamed or suppressed. I believe that anger is an emotion that needs to be understood. Anger is a signal that something in our lives calls for attention. I won’t attempt to suppress or eradicate your anger. Instead, we'll lean into understanding its origins, your triggers, and the messages it has for you.

In Anger Management counselling, I help clients identify the underlying causes of their anger and develop healthier ways to express and manage it. Using techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotional Regulation strategies, and relaxation exercises, we work together to recognize triggers, change negative thought patterns, and create more constructive responses. My approach emphasizes self-awareness, personal responsibility, and improved communication skills, empowering clients to manage their emotions more effectively, reduce conflicts, and create more positive, fulfilling relationships.

The treatment plan for anger focuses on helping the client understand the underlying causes of their anger and develop healthier ways to express and manage it. Therapy begins with creating a safe, non-judgmental space to explore emotional triggers and patterns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is used to identify and reframe negative thought patterns that fuel anger. Mindfulness and relaxation techniques are introduced to increase emotional awareness and self-regulation. Over time, the client builds skills in communication, stress management, and emotional expression, leading to more constructive responses and improved relationships.

We use dialectical behaviour therapy as our main approach to emotion regulation and anger management issues. We will explore skills including distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness to suit your needs in managing emotional distress. It can be helpful to explore the connection between your thoughts, emotions and behaviours in understanding how to restructure our ineffective patterns.

Anger can be such a frustrating emotion sometimes leaving us feeling shameful for even feeling that way. Men and women are often taught different messages about anger as they are growing up, impacting our experience and delivery of anger as an adult. Anger is a real and valid emotion, but how we express it can sometimes lead to problems. Let's figure this out together!

The use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is something that many anger management therapies incorporate. By trying to get a patient to open up about their emotions and feelings and being driven to accomplish a specific task (in this case controlling anger), a person can see positive results in their behaviour. By slowing down our thoughts, we can catch ourselves when anger presents itself and choose an alternate course of action, more in line with our goals.

Anger can feel overwhelming, unpredictable, or difficult to control. It often masks deeper emotions like hurt, fear, or powerlessness. If anger is straining your relationships or impacting your wellbeing, we can work together to explore its root causes, understand what it’s trying to communicate, and develop healthier, more constructive ways to manage and express intense emotions.

All human beings feel and express anger, and thus anger itself is not necessarily bad or good. It's a normal emotion which can sometimes be harnessed to motivate us towards our goals. At times, unhelpful thinking patterns make us vulnerable to being triggered into angry behaviors impacting our relationships and well being. There are many useful tools available to help address the causes of anger, helping clients to understand themselves and their motivations better. Better understanding often translates into more control and an increase in emotional regulation.

Anger is an emotion like any other emotion. When channelled in a healthy way, anger can be a great motivator, and it can be an appropriate response to injustice. On the other hand, anger can be very destructive. Anger pushes people away, it alienates those who are close to you, it controls others (and yourself), and it can be abusive. Anger is typically the way we have learned to express deeper emotions, our core emotions. These emotions include: hurt, sadness and fear. If you attend one-on-one counselling with me or one of my associates, you will learn the following: communicate your core feelings; recognize your body warning signs; change your thinking; and relax!

In counselling for anger management, my therapeutic approach is deeply rooted in understanding emotions and their connection to anger responses. I create a supportive and non-judgmental environment where clients can explore the underlying emotional triggers that lead to anger. By delving into the core emotions that fuel their anger, such as hurt, fear, or frustration, we work together to develop healthier ways of expressing and managing these feelings. Through this process, clients gain valuable insights into their emotional experiences, enabling them to reframe their anger and cultivate more constructive coping strategies.

Feeling Anger is a normal response to being wronged in some way or having our boundaries crossed. Anger can help us stand up for ourselves, or we can use it to protect and advocate for others. Anger is healthy and good. But how we choose to express our anger directly shapes what comes next. Does my response hurt or scare myself or someone close to me? Do I feel in control of my actions? Does my response bring me closer to my core values, or is it a barrier between who I am today and who I’d like to be? Learning to manage our response to intense emotions can give us great insights into our motivations, desires, and patterns of living. Call today to start this important reflection work.

Anger is a normal and healthy emotion and we all get angry from time to time. However, when anger turns destructive and/or self-destructive and brings problems into your personal and professional life, you need to seek support to learn how to manage your anger better. In the process, you will learn how to relieve the symptoms and recognize the signs of anger, increase your confidence and self esteem level, enjoy stronger and healthier relationships with your loved ones and coworkers, learn how to express yourself and your emotions with confidence and without anger, and live more balanced life both mentally and emotionally.

Working with emotions is a central feature of my therapy practice. I believe that all emotions serve a purpose and that none are essentially bad. However, that said, what we do with our emotions matters very much and learning to recognize, experience, and accept feelings is an important part of learning how to express them effectively. Understanding that anger is often connected to other foundational emotions such as fear or shame is an important part of the process.

I support clients in understanding and expressing anger safely and constructively. Together, we identify triggers, release tension, and develop healthier responses. Clients benefit by improving emotional regulation, strengthening relationships, and feeling more in control, balanced, and empowered in both personal and professional aspects of their lives.

Many of us grew up in families where we were told to rate our emotions as positive or negative. Positive emotions were love, joy, and compassion. Negative emotions were sadness, fear, anger, and rage. Unfortunately, anger got placed in the harmful emotion category for many of us, which is not where it belongs. Anger is a helpful emotion that strengthens our resolve to set healthy limits in our relationships. Anger helps us communicate what we need from others. Psychotherapy is a space where you can learn the positive attributes of anger and how to express it positively and safely. Let's get together and explore some of these healthier options for this vital emotion!

My approach to anger management counseling helps clients understand the underlying causes of their anger and develop healthier coping mechanisms. I use techniques such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and relaxation exercises to help clients recognize triggers, challenge negative thoughts, and manage emotional responses. Clients benefit by gaining better control over their anger, improving communication skills, and learning to express themselves constructively. This leads to reduced conflict, improved relationships, and a more peaceful, balanced life.

Anger can feel intense and uncontrollable—but it doesn’t have to take the lead. In therapy, we slow things down to understand what’s really fueling your anger. Together, we’ll explore your triggers, patterns, and the deeper emotions beneath the surface. With proven tools and compassionate support, you can learn to pause, reflect, and choose how to respond—instead of reacting on autopilot.

: We all have a right to feel and express our anger and yet sometimes anger can alienate us from the things we care about most, such as friends and family. We can also often feel judged because of the way we express our anger and this can make it harder to manage. In my work with individuals who experience anger, I provide a safe, supportive and non-judgmental space to begin to understand anger and learn new ways of expressing it. Reach out today to schedule a free 15-minute consultation to see if we are a good fit.

I tailor anger management treatment to the unique needs and life situation of each client. What distinguishes my approach is that I do not simply counsel people on how to act, nor do I gloss over the real source of the problem. This would be akin to putting a band-aid over a gaping wound. I know that the only way to effectively make a permanent and recognizable change is to address the root cause of what is fueling a person's rage, explosiveness, and destructive behaviour. I treat people with sensitivity and compassion surrounding their emotional vulnerabilities and difficulties that cause their disruptive affect, which negatively impacts their lives and work collaboratively.

People come for psychotherapy to my downtown Toronto practice in order to help them manage feelings of extreme anger and other painful emotions, as well as difficulties being able to be assertive without become excessively aggressive. Sometimes these psychological challenges are recent developments, but sometimes they represent lifelong struggles coping with difficult feelings.

Anger is a completely normal, often healthy human emotion. But if it gets beyond your control, it can be very destructive in your work and interpersonal relationships and can drastically devastate the quality of your life. Fortunately, anger can be 'managed' which is very different than 'suppressing' it. Unexpressed anger leads to a host of other problems including high blood pressure. However, when we learn how to 'manage' our anger, we can learn to diminish both the emotional feelings and the physiological arousal that anger causes. We can learn to avoid triggers and develop strategies. We can learn how to problem solve, change our thinking and relax our bodies.