Anger Management Articles

Afraid to Ask Therapist What’s Wrong with Me

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, May 21st, 2012
I'm not sure what is wrong with me, and I'm too scared to ask my therapist. I need a bit of help. No matter how hard I've looked, I can't find anyone who has the same sort of issues as me. Last year I sort ...

Brother Is Mentally Unstable

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, May 19th, 2012
Hi There, I really need help with dealing with my brother. He has serious mental problems and I think they are down to a lack of self esteem. Our dad (who still lives with us) is very aggressive but has never hit us, he just ...

Boyfriend Doesn’t Trust Me

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, April 27th, 2012
Hello. I have been with a boy for about 3 years. During this time we have broken up and got back together many times. He is very jealous and suspicious and gets upset very easily.A few months ago he found out that I had been ...

Is Fiance Mentally Ill?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
I have been dating my boyfriend (age 31) on and off for almost 3 years. Most of the time we have a very loving, affectionate and deeply connected, positive relationship. However, several times a year we go through shorter periods of extremely rocky times that ...

Severe Anxiety and Depression

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, March 30th, 2012
In 2010, I started going to a therapist about anxiety and depression. I went for about six months and she diagnosed me with OCD, Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Avoidant Personality Disorder and Dependent Personality Disorder. I seemed to be pretty functionally after seeing her. ...

Why am I Cruel to Animals?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Hello, my parents divorced before I could remember anything, and when I was around five years old I found a duckling wondering on its own near the place I lived so I took it home, I looked after it for a while, and one ...

Child’s Father Possibly is Dangerous

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
He and I have been together on and off for 3 years. During this time, he has told me that he sees ghosts, used to be in a cult(the stories are absolutely unbelievable), and that he has another personality. Most of this, I have just ...

How to Stop Abusing Girlfriend?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, March 15th, 2012
I have been in a relationship with my girlfriend for almost four years. Our relationship was great for the first two years. Some problems started to appear in our third year but we were still great together. But ever since she decided to suddenly move ...

My Mother Hates Me

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Sunday, March 11th, 2012
My mother and I have always had a great relationship. We do things together, hang out, have fun, everything. Until I found out she was cheating on my father. I started to get worried, and I did something kind of horrible. I looked through her ...

Is It Normal To Break Things When Angry?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, March 9th, 2012
I've been told to have anger management issues and I have been noticing so. The reason is because whenever get angry I completely explode and everything I've been holding in suddenly comes out. Situations would be: 1)Having a fight with my boyfriend or jealousy ...

Plagued by Homicidal Thoughts

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
I was very sadistically abused as a child. Since then I have dealt with homelessness and my mother's drug addiction. I finally stopped having any contact with my mother this year. As a young woman I relied on drugs and alcohol to numb myself to abuse. ...

I Want to Kill People

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, February 27th, 2012
Every day I have thoughts of killing someone, it doesn't matter who, I just want to see them die by my hand. I have been planning my first kill and it feels like I will not be able to hold back any longer. I have ...
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