Anger Management Headlines for 4/09/2007

Mason man sentenced for child endangering


Mason man sentenced for child endangering
Journal-News - Rashid Bell, 34, was sentenced to serve 90 days in jail, serve three years on community control, complete an anger management assessment, and undergo a mental health assessment. Bell pleaded guilty to the charge on Feb. 28. Hutzel said Bell committed

Chalk one up for 'normal' guys at the Masters
Louisville Courier-Journal - But the guy has "anger management" issues. In a fit of uncontrollable rage, he slammed his club head into the fairway after at least one of his shots at the Masters. (I didn't watch the entire tourney. Maybe it happened more than once. I don't know

Event Calendar
Corsicana Daily Sun - A field day to help pay for free martial arts classes for battered women and young people with anger management issues will take place from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 21 at the Extreme MX park on Business 45. Frank Nguyen, three-time middle-weight

Guidance for our troubled youth
State Journal-Register - There also are "Rational Behavior Training," "Anger Management," "Moral Decision Making," "Goal Setting," "Social Skills Training," "Addiction" and "Restorative Justice." These are part of a behavioral management program that originated in Texas and

Youth panel keeping kids out of court
Pottstown Mercury - About 187 youths participated in supportive services such as anger management, drug and alcohol education, retail theft education and victim offender counseling sessions, according to county records. The youths also paid $6,299 in restitution last

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Anger Management Headlines for 4/08/2007

What Would You Do If Your President Were An Idiot?


What Would You Do If Your President Were An Idiot?
Magic City Morning Star - of depravity, Dodd would have received a standing ovation and some loopy, liberal-biased, feel-good humanitarian award and my actions as a loving, protective father would have gotten me a stint in a federal pen with court-ordered anger management

Newsmakers: Tara S. Hockaday
Cumberland Times-News - They include drug and alcohol educational classes, anger management, job placement skills, journal(iz)ing, parenting skills and a financial class. The clients are required to attend weekly AA/NA meetings and provide verification of the meetings

According to Jim
WTNH.com - When arrested, Jim opts for anger management classes in lieu of paying the fine -- which thrills Cheryl, who is convinced Jim has IMS, "Irritable Man Syndrome" -- Tuesday, April 3 (8:30- 9:00 PM). Guest starring are Kevin McDonald as therapist, Bill

Turning the Tables
ABC News - Major League pitcher Chuck Finley's wife, actress Tawny Kitaen, was arrested and jailed after he accused her of pummeling him, causing bruises and abrasions. She pleaded not guilty, and charges were dropped after she agreed to attend anger management

Steps to HOPE adds new parenting, parenting support, teen support
Tryon Daily Bulletin - In addition to the long-standing Domestic Abuser Education Program (DAEP), a 26-week program also known as anger management, Steps to HOPE now offers parenting, parenting support and teen support groups. Information about each of Steps to HOPE

Recreation baseball begins
Cordele Dispatch - We re not trying to pick on anyone or anything like that, we re just trying to protect our children, Brock said. I mean, we looked at things like anger management issues, drinking problems and anything involving molestation or something

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Anger Management & Cognitive Restructuring

There are two ways to be; one is responsive and the other is resistant. A responsive person is more open and kind, whereas a resistant person is more closed and mean. Resistant, self deceived offenders commit violence from the deepest sense of who they are.

  • Resistant people commit violence in their hearts long before their hands do.
  • The sign of violence is not a hit, but a hurt.
  • Violence is a choice; it is not merely an act, but a way of being.
  • Nonviolence, like violence, is deeper than behavior.
  • Self deceived violent people detach themselves from the feelings of others.
  • In the resistant way of being, "I violate others by marginalizing their reality and reducing them to an object. In doing so, I elevate myself. "
  • In the resistant way of being, "I batter for control without mercy or compassion."
  • In violating my children, I destroy future generations.
  • "When I violate others, I produce a violence in them that justifies me in violating them."
  • In the resistant way of being, "I invite problems into my life, not solutions."
  • In the violent way of being, "I portray myself in ways that justify me and makes the wrong I do seem right."
  • In the resistant way of being, "I impede the flow of life's light and energy. I repel others and live a life filled with self."
  • Violence springs from the very essence of who I am, and who I am destroys me.
Violence in a society is brought on by the way of being of its citizenry. To intervene in violent behavior, a person must change from a resistive person to a responsive person. That requires a change of being.

Any program that doesn't approach people at the deepest level is doomed to failure. Behavior modification and other anger management techniques are just surface fixes that don't penetrate deep enough to make lasting changes. Cognitive restructuring, if done correctly, is a proven intervention that allows individuals to become "self aware" and thus more willing to change their personal way of being. Cognitive restructuring isn't a force but an invitation to change. It intervenes at the deepest level where changes can take place.

We are pleased to announce our new Anger Management Workbook. It is truly remarkable and can be used as a home study or groups workbook. It goes where no other Anger Management workbook has gone. It has power to change lives and turn resistant people into responsive ones.



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