Middle School Anger-Management/Social Skill Group
The Middle School Anger Management Group is designed to prevent younger adolescents from escalating to higher levels of interpersonal conflict within their home, school, and larger community settings. Members are more likely to have social skill challenges and commonly struggle ...
Hosted by David A. Perna, PhD
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lexington, MA 02420
The Middle School Anger Management Group is designed to prevent younger adolescents from escalating to higher levels of interpersonal conflict within their home, school, and larger community settings. Members are more likely to have social skill challenges and commonly struggle ...
Adolescent Anger Management Group
The Intensive Adolescent Anger Management Group is designed to meet the needs of older adolescents who have struggled with anger management issues for an extended period of time. Most group participants have required a hospital placement and/or a specialized school ...
Hosted by David A. Perna, PhD
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lexington, MA 02420
The Intensive Adolescent Anger Management Group is designed to meet the needs of older adolescents who have struggled with anger management issues for an extended period of time. Most group participants have required a hospital placement and/or a specialized school ...
Latency Age Anger Management Group
This group is designed to address the developmental needs of younger children, 10-13 years, who are struggling with impulse controls within their school and family. Students generally require IEP supports to make effective academic progress. Social skill development is focused ...
Hosted by Copernican Clinical Services
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
Group meets in Newton, MA 02458
This group is designed to address the developmental needs of younger children, 10-13 years, who are struggling with impulse controls within their school and family. Students generally require IEP supports to make effective academic progress. Social skill development is focused ...
Social Emotional Support Group for Children
Our group is a nurturing haven for kids, designed to foster emotional growth and social development. With weekly sessions, we empower children to express themselves through expressive art therapy, encompassing various creative outlets like painting, drawing, and writing. Within this ...
Hosted by Sevkiye Berfin Isik Yilmaz
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, MSc, PhD(c)
Verified Verified
Group meets in Cambridge, MA 02138
Our group is a nurturing haven for kids, designed to foster emotional growth and social development. With weekly sessions, we empower children to express themselves through expressive art therapy, encompassing various creative outlets like painting, drawing, and writing. Within this ...
Anger Management
Tired of regretting angry outbursts around your loved ones? Wish you could experience less intense anger and not feel so irritated by everything and everyone around you? In this 10 session workshop you will learn actual strategies each week to ...
Hosted by Brighter Life Therapy, PLLC
Psychologist
Verified Verified
Group meets in Cambridge, MA 02138
Tired of regretting angry outbursts around your loved ones? Wish you could experience less intense anger and not feel so irritated by everything and everyone around you? In this 10 session workshop you will learn actual strategies each week to ...
Adolescent Anger Management Group
This Lower-Risk Group is designed to attend to students who are currently in late-middle school or high school and struggle with their learning profiles and overall impulsivity issues secondary to an ADHD diagnoses. A large part of the group discussion ...
Hosted by Copernican Clinical Services
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lexington, MA 02420
This Lower-Risk Group is designed to attend to students who are currently in late-middle school or high school and struggle with their learning profiles and overall impulsivity issues secondary to an ADHD diagnoses. A large part of the group discussion ...
"Identifying, Expressing, Containing Big Emotions"
This after-school emotion regulation group for elementary children teaches cognitive behavioral and mindfulness skills through hands-on activities. We will practice coping strategies each week and alert care providers to reinforce at home. This group incorporates social skills and stress management ...
Hosted by Margot A LaFortune Flionis
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Sudbury, MA 01776
This after-school emotion regulation group for elementary children teaches cognitive behavioral and mindfulness skills through hands-on activities. We will practice coping strategies each week and alert care providers to reinforce at home. This group incorporates social skills and stress management ...
Substance abuse group
Hosted by Natasha Kovalchuk
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MEd, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Newton Centre, MA 02459
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Anger Management Support Groups
How long does therapy take for anger management?
Treatment duration depends on the person’s specific challenges and circumstances. There are treatments for anger problems that are shorter and more goal-oriented, like Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), which can last weeks to months. Others, like Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) may last between six months and a year, while a more intensive treatment, like psychodynamic therapy, is open-ended, and clients may see their therapist for a year or longer.
How do you know if you need therapy for anger management?
Everyone gets mad from time to time. But when angry outbursts become frequent and cause damage to relationships, whether at home or in the office, it may be a good time to look into therapy. A therapist can assess where a client’s anger may be coming from, suggest strategies for averting angry outbursts, and help a client create a plan to become a calmer version of themselves.
Is there medication for anger management?
Medications do exist that help people mitigate the feeling of anger, but these are reserved for people with anger-related psychiatric disorders, such as intermittent explosive disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, or in some cases borderline personality disorder. In these cases, antidepressant medications may be prescribed to help with the client’s symptoms. In most cases of anger management, however, talk therapy is the recommended treatment, along with lifestyle changes where relevant.
What’s the best way to encourage someone to seek help for anger issues?
It’s helpful to express your concern and love for the person while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Offering specific examples of how an individual’s behavior affected either themselves or others should be done with compassion and with empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.