Anger

Anger is an emotion and everyone experiences it from time to time. Anger can be a defense mechanism that make us feel more in control and hence for many people it is a natural extension of other emotions. Anger is not unique to people. Even babies show signs, such as crying and screaming that can be interpreted as anger. Animals also exhibit and express anger. Anger can be a dangerous and difficult emotion that can …

…workers and other service providers in the school community should be trained in constructive anger management skills so that they can provide help to the students in the school settings as well as to their communities. The counsellors would hope that the intervention techniques learned in the individual or group counselling could be transferred into the classroom or other school settings, thus effectively giving permanence to the anger management skills learned in small counselling sessions.