Court Ordered Anger Management Intervention – A Testimonial

I was court-ordered to attend an Anger Management program due to my prior violent behavior. Before attending The WIN Institute’s Anger Management Intervention program, anger management was not an option for me.

I came from old family ways and traditional values that taught me to keep family matters “in-house” and not talk about them with anyone else outside of the family. The problem was that we never discussed or resolved any of the issues within my family of origin.

Over time, I became numb and confused regarding my own emotions because of the issues that we did not address that should have been discussed. What I thought was being in control of my emotions was really a way of masking my hurt, anger and frustration regarding unanswered, unresolved issues and questions.

The WIN Institute’s Anger Management Intervention program has helped me let go of the past and to focus more clearly on the future. Along with the program workbook, the program facilitator (Steven Clark) has helped me identify my negative learned behaviors and has provided strategies to learn new positive behaviors.

Now that I have been attending The WIN Institute, I am learning how to positively channel my anger by understanding my stressors and triggers.

I am now better able to cope with situations as they arise in a more positive and constructive way. --- William, Minneapolis.

For more information about The WIN Institute's Anger Management Intervention program, please contact:

Steven W. Clark, JD, CAMF, CDVF
763-913-0130
www.thewininstitute.org
www.thewininstitute.blogspot.com

Anger And Domestic Violence

Anger occurs when individuals experience unresolved stress which can easily lead to frustration which is a feeling of dissatisfaction, often accompanied by anxiety or even depression. This can be a partial cause of Domestic Violence.

Domestic Violence is domestic abuse or spousal abuse by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, friends or cohabitation. Obviously, Domestic Violence is negative hurtful behavior against an intimate partner. If you love your partner why would you intentionally hurt them?

Domestic Violence can be either verbal or physical aggression or threatening behavior, sexual or emotional abuse, controlling or intimidating behavior, passive abusive behavior such as neglect or even economic deprivation. Again, all of these are hurtful, violent and illegal behaviors.

It has been estimated that only about a third of cases of Domestic Violence are actually reported in the United States. According to the Center for Disease Control Domestic Violence is a serious, preventable public health problem affecting more than 32 million Americans, or over 10% of the U.S. population.

Domestic Violence can be characterized by patterns of behavior which may include power and control by one person over another in an intimate relationship. It can occur in both heterosexual and homosexual relationships and has serious consequences in the lives of children, individuals, families and communities.

Anger is the response elicited in humans when we sense we’re being attacked or otherwise endangered which can come from hostile behavior, inattention, intimidation, controlling behavior, manipulation or outright rage.

Courts in Minnesota require and mandate that individuals accused of Domestic Violence take training in Domestic Violence Intervention Program. Not an Anger Management Intervention Program.

Our programs for Anger Management Intervention and Domestic Violence Intervention are the Anderson & Anderson models which are world renowned. They teach an individual new ways to behave by giving you the tools necessary to change your behavior in a pleasant easy way. Also included in both programs are Stress Management training, Emotional Intelligence enhancement and improvement in Communications. These programs are not psychotherapy but rather are skill enhancement programs.

To get more information about how The WIN Institute can assist you with your Anger, Stress and/or Aggressive and Violent Behavior (physical or verbal), please contact:

Steven W. Clark, JD, CAMF, COAMF, CDVF
The WIN Institute
763-913-0130
Web Site: www.thewininstitute.org

Self-Referrals For Anger Management: A Trend Becomes A Reality

Over the last year, there has been reported a noticeable trend toward voluntary enrollment in Anger Management courses or Executive Coaching in contrast to mandated Court or Human Resource referrals. We can now state that this trend has now become a reality.

Traditionally, Anger Management has been seen as a resource mostly for individuals who have been mandated by Courts or Human Resource Managers to attend Anger Management courses. The new reality dramatically changes the client demographics of programs.

The new look of Anger Management clients:

1) Most new clients are college graduates who wish to improve their communication skills and/or emotional intelligence;

2) Attorneys and Physicians are the dominant professional groups seeking Anger Management programs for Executive Coaching;

3) Women who are Managers, Supervisors or small business owners who describe themselves as stressed or burned out;

4) Mothers who are referred by their Pediatricians or Psychotherapists in relation to questionable discipline of their children;

5) Men who are aware of deficits in Interpersonal Relationships;

6) Women who suspect that their interpersonal skills are impediments to maintaining intimate relationships.

Another important change is the preference for individual coaching rather than attending small group classes.

[compiled from George Anderson]

To get more information about how The WIN Institute can assist you in changing how you exhibit Anger, Stress and/or Aggressive Behavior (physical or verbal), please contact:

Steven W. Clark, JD, CAMF, COAMF, CDVF
The WIN Institute
763-913-0130
Web Site: www.thewininstitute.org