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- Next Fast-Track Anger Class starts Saturday afternoon, May 19, 2012 in Orange, CA. Couples welcome.
- New Weekly Anger Class starting in Orange, CA Tuesday night. New Class starts Tuesday, May 22, 2012.
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Anger Coach In The News, Community, and The Web ›
- Dr Tony Fiore has been appointed to the board of directors of the Orange County Psychological Association for a two year term beginning in January, 2012.
- Suggestions from Dr Fiore's writings on "How To Deal With Angry People" (free when you join us on Facebook ) has been included
in a new book changethethingsyoucan.wordpress.com
- The Anger Coach announces an introductory price reduction on their new Marriage Class Online Program. This innovative distance-learning program now costs only $99 and includes proof of enrollment and graduation. It is riuch in graphics and videos making it almost fun to learn the habits that research has shown will improve your marriage or relationship!
- Dr Tony Fiore has been invited to be the speaker at the PALM/Cornerstone of Southern California workshop on February 15, 2011, teaching the eight tools of anger control to other professionals, for continuing education credit.
- September 30, 2010. Dr Fiore was invited guest speaker at An EAP Brown Bag Workshop at St, Joseph Hospital in Orange, Ca. Over sixty hospital employees attended the event ( a powerpoint presentation) to learn and apply the eight tools of anger control.
- The Anger Coach announces its new distance learning course, MarriageClassOnline which teaches you the eight tools of a positive marriage and how to apply them in your relatinship.
- Dr Tony Fiore was interviewed by Natasha Murashev of psychworld.com, a new website where community experts can connect with consumers. She was especially interested in the internet aspects of The Anger Coach, including our distance learning programs and our new Iphone Anger app (AngerCoach Mobile). Read the interview by clicking here.
- Dr Tony Fiore was recently interview by Hadley Finch, of "Tribe of Blonds-" an internet website and radio show devoted to singles. Topic of the show was :A Lasting Love - Your 8 tools to Control Anger and Keep Love Alive. You can hear the interview by going to http://bit.ly/bBM6ZR
- Anger Coach Online now has a 16-hour online class to add to the core 10-hour class. Details at http://www.angercoachonline.com
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- New Anger Coach Videos are now on you-tube and on this site. These short videos explain our eight tools of anger control. To see on You-Tube, go to http://www.youtube.com/drtonyfiore. Click here to access videos from this website.
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From our blog › ›
| Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:56:52 +0000 Angry People, Conflict Resolution, Quick Anger Tips Do You Display Defensive Anger? Three New Strategies to Deal with Verbal Attacks! Doc, the new client said, I am not an angry guy. I only get angry when people piss me off. The rest of the time I am fine This humorous interchange occurs often in our anger management classes. We gently explain that, of course, it is much easier to stay [...] |
| Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:13:19 +0000 Happiness, Health, Positive Psychology, Quick Anger Tips, Stress Mindfulness and Anger Management Mindfulness and Anger Management- Guest Article We all have moments when things slow down and we are suddenly very present for life. We often have this ‘tuned in’ experience when we are in nature, or it it may happen when we are highly focused on some activity, or sometimes it occurs when we are simply [...] |
| Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:12:49 +0000 Family Stress, Stories from the world of Anger Management A Master Passive Aggressive Some times you have to give the devil his due! Such is the case with my brother Tom, an intelligent but very manipulative young man as we were growing up in Ohio. He and my Italian-American father were constantly conflicting with each other because Tom was..well, very stubborn and my father simply didn’t have the [...] |
| Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:12:50 +0000 Angry People, Marriage, Quick Anger Tips Do some angry people not show it? We all recognize the hot-headed person who yells, shouts, has a red face, clenched fists and bulging neck veins when angered or frustrated. It is easy to see that person as angry. But, is it possible to be just as angry but never show it? To suppress angry feelings or turn them inward so that the anger affects our [...] |
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Articles by Dr Fiore › ›
Five lessons on how anger can be a GOOD thing!
By Anthony Fiore, Ph.D.
The Anger Coach
Lynn, age 40 was in the luggage station at the airport with her sister-in-law. They patiently waited for the airline to find their luggage—as did her husband circling the airport in his car in attempts to transport the women home.
After two hours, Lynn decided to take action; she angrily confronted a supervisor, indicating loss of patience and incredulity at their lack of concern over the issue.
Guess what? Presto! The luggage was found within about 10 minutes with ample apology from the supervisor.
Clearly the angry confrontation “worked” in the sense that it got the desired behavioral result and there were no negative consequences or “costs” to the angry expression.
While anger is NOT appropriate most of the time, there are circumstances when anger expression is in fact the right thing to do.
Lesson #1: Anger expression is good if it gets results without a high emotional, financial, personal or social cost.
John was a legal professional who had been unjustly accused of impropriety with one of his clients. She had filed a report with his professional licensing board. John was traumatized and fearful, as this had never happened in over 25 years of practice as a family law attorney. After giving in to his feelings for several months (which almost incapacitated him) he decided to see a criminal defense lawyer and fight for his career. Once he got past his hurt, humiliation and self-pity, he was able to get in touch with his anger in the form of “righteous indignation.” That transition energized and motivated him to protect himself and survive the unfair and untrue accusations against him which threatened his distinguished career. Lesson #2 - Anger can be a good thing if it gets us past fear and paralysis and catapults us into appropriate action. Lesson #3 - Anger can be a good thing if it switches us from apathy and inaction to positive intention and helps us refocus on our broader life goals. Like the mythical desert bird that rose from its ashes, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is a phoenix that emerged from tragedy. Candy Lightner founded MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) in 1980 following the death of her 13-year-old daughter Cari in Fair Oaks, Calif., on May 3. Sadly, Cari was walking to a school carnival when a drunk driver struck her from behind. The driver had three prior drunk driving convictions and was out on bail from a hit-and-run arrest two days earlier. Today, MADD is the largest crime victims' assistance organization in the world with more than 3 million members and supporters. Lesson #4: Anger is good if we convert it to a social positive and make an improvement in the world. Shelly had a friend who was constantly late. This was very upsetting to Stacy, who never said anything about it. Instead, she began to make excuses not to see her friend.
She was on the verge of losing a valuable friendship. One day she mustered up her courage and decided to tell her friend that being late was difficult for her, making her feel unimportant, angry and resentful. The friend’s response? Contrary to Shelly’s fears, the friend did not bolt! Rather, she decided that she valued Shelly’s honesty— then apologized profusely and began arriving on time. Lesson #5; Appropriately asserting yourself rather than holding in anger often facilitates a closer relationship. It is very difficult for people to choose the option to change their behavior if they don’t know you are upset with them. Tony Fiore, Ph.D, is a practicing psychologist and anger management trainer in Southern California. He can be reached at 714-771-0378, on the web at www.angercoach.com or by email: [email protected]. He publishes a free monthly newsletter "Taming the Anger Bee", and is also co-author of "Anger Management For The Twenty-First Century" which explains the eight tools in much more detail. Century Anger Management (www.centuryangermanagement.com) provides certification training for anger management professionals. Copyright © 2006 Dr Tony Fiore,The Anger Coach www.angercoach.com All rights reserved. Permission granted to reprint this article on your website without alteration if you include this copyright statement and leave the hyperlink live and in place.
