Anger Management Options

Up to this point, you have learned how to acknowledge your anger, stop your immediate response, calm yourself down, and evaluate your situations. You have thought through your anger rationally, and after evaluating your situation, you have a good picture of what is going on and why you are upset. You are understanding that you have anger management options.

The next step is for you to figure out what you are going to do about it. You have to consider your choices and figure things to do. The fifth step in the ASCEND method is: Navigate your options.

Anger Awareness
Stop your immediate response
Calm yourself down
Evaluate your situation
Navigate your options
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You know what your problem is, so what are you going to do about it? You know you need to act. But before act, you need to think through what you are going to do. Just like dealing with marriage conflict and relationship issues, you will learn healthy options to deal with your anger.

Options When You Are Angry

When ever you get angry, you have six options for how you can respond.

1) Explosive Anger
2) Stuffing Anger
3) Passive Aggression
4) Direct Confrontation
5) Dropping Anger
6) Decisive Action

Any time you are angry about anything you respond by choosing one of these six options. There is no perfect option. They all have pros and cons. But there is a catch: you have to live with the consequences of whatever choice you make. In this anger management blog, we will review the pros and cons of each of the six options of management your anger. Please return to this anger management blog to read each option and learn about better ways to manage it.

Excerpt taken from “Take Control of Your Anger: A Step-by-Step Guide to Anger Management” by Michael Ballard, MA, LPC