To develop Self-Awareness:
Examine how you make appraisals Tune into your five senses Get in touch with your feelings Learn what your intentions are Pay attention to your actions
To manage Emotions:
Use your self-talk as a teaching tool Avoid distorted thinking Use relaxation to decrease you irritation Become a good problem solver Generate humor Take time […]

Anderson & Anderson makes its Executive coaching/anger management for abusive physicians available on-site nationwide.
Los Angeles, CA. January 30, 2007: Effective immediately, the Anderson & Anderson executive coaching/anger management for physicians will be available on-site nationwide. The Anderson & Anderson curriculum is recognized worldwide and is consistent with the new Joint Commission requirements for abusive physicians.
This […]

 

Key words:  Abusive physician, disruptive behavior, competence, refusal of staff privileges, termination of hospital admitting privileges.
With the advent on managed health care have come dramatic increases in stress, anger and person directed aggression on the part of physicians to nurses and other ancillary medical staff. One of the most frustrating experiences for the hospital staff […]

 
Emotional Intelligence
Personal competence is the product of skill development in two important areas, Self-awareness and self-management.
These skills focus more on you individually than on your interactions with other people. Self-awareness is your ability to accurately perceive your own emotions in the moment and understand your typical reactions in a range of situations. Sell-awareness includes staying […]

You are absolutely correct when you say that it is inappropriate to place batterers in anger management classes. Some abusers are, in fact, so sadistic that they make habitual abuse a daily leisure. I have been a witness to such a fact. One must take a look at the circumstances before deciding who belongs where. […]

Three days of Anderson & Anderson Facilitator Certification Training was held in Tucson on Jan. 24, 25, 26, 2007. This training was given by George Anderson and attended by participants from Georgia, North Carolina, California, Ohio and Arizona.
The training was sponsored by Anger Management Intervention of Tucson. CEO, Linda Lammers, CAMF and her husband […]

 
Motivation is the key to change in anger management. It is essential to provide as assessment at intake for each potential client. The most common assessment is called the Conover. This instrument is a MAP designed to determine the level of functioning in managing anger, stress, community, emotional intelligence and motivation to change."Certainly the odds […]

Anger is a normal human emotion. It is a problem when it too intense, occurs frequently, lasts too long, is harmful to yourself or someone else, leads to person or property directed aggression or destroys interpersonal relationships. Anger is not a mental health disorder (pathological condition) and is therefore not responsive to psychotropic medication or […]

Bullying in the work place
 Carolyn Said-San Fransico Chronicle
Americans love bully bosses, to judge by popular culture. Tyrants such as Machiavellian Miranda in "The Devil Wears Prada," clueless Michael in "The Office" and vicious Simon on "American Idol" elicit guffaws, gasps of recognition and relief that they're picking on someone else. But, in real life, people […]

As Anderson & Anderson was in the process of preparing its January, 2007 Los Angeles Certified Anger Management Provider list, I was surprised to find that many providers who only had one office the previous year suddenly listed two, three or five. When asked why, I was surprised with the responses. Essentially, they are making […]