Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Can you get Angry at an Illness?

An individual can absolutely become angry over an extended illness especially if there is difficulty treating it or finding the right physician.

All illnesses are stresses upon us. Stresses that are unresolved can and often do lead to frustration which if unresolved can lead to the angry response.

Anger is the response many people exhibit when they sense they’re being attacked. That attack can come verbally or physically from another person or from any stressful or emotional situation.

Stress Management is a component of our Anger Management program. The best way to tackle stress is by getting regular like walking, non-competitive exercise such as walking, swimming or cycling. Exercise releases endorphins in our bodies which makes us feel good. The effect of the endorphins lasts long after the exercise is over.

So, if you are able, get some exercise with your physician's approval of course.

For more information, please contact

Dr. Steven J. Sinert
Nevada Anger Management, LLC
5812 S. Pecos Road, Suite B, Las Vegas, NV 89120
871 Coronado Center Drive, Suite 200, Henderson, NV 89052
702 353 1750

www.nevadaangermanagement.com

Self Esteem and Anger

Self Esteem is the worth or value we apply to ourselves. It’s important that we place value upon ourselves so we feel worthy. Self esteem can fluctuate on a daily basis. This is normal. However, people with low self esteem depend on the present to determine how they feel about themselves.

People with low self esteem are typically unassertive in their interpersonal communications. Lack of assertive skills may tend to cause the individual with low self esteem to hold in their anger. This may lead to an eruption of anger which is often very problematic in their relationships.

Our Anger Management program includes the necessary tools to be more assertive in relationships. This is one of the behavioral characteristics we measure at the beginning of the course and again at the end so we can measure the student’s improvement.

A recent study of the scores of students who have completed the course showed an average improvement in interpersonal assertiveness over 75%. This may vary from student to student but usually there is significant improvement. An increase in assertiveness will usually go hand in hand with an elevation of self esteem.

For more information, please contact

Dr. Steven J. Sinert
Nevada Anger Management, LLC
5812 S. Pecos Road, Suite B, Las Vegas, NV 89120
871 Coronado Center Drive, Suite 200, Henderson, NV 89052
702 353 1750
www.nevadaangermanagement.co

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Additional Coaching/Anger Management Uses

Anger Management models that are based on Emotional Intelligence are expanding to a wider range of new client populations.

Below is a partial list of client groups for which Coaching/Anger Management are being effectively used:

1) Coaching for Disruptive Physicians.
2) Civility Coaching for Attorneys.
3) Anger Management Coaching for Law Enforcement personnel.
4) Emotional Intelligence/Anger Management for Couples.
5) Emotional Intelligence/Anger Management for parents.
6) Organizational Anger Management Training.

It appears that Emotional Intelligence has a wide range of uses and carries far less stigma than counseling,psychotherapy or psychiatric treatment. In addition,these intervention all provide Pre and Post Tests designed to determine the outcome for each participant. [from Anderson & Anderson blog with permission]

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Steven J. Sinert
Nevada Anger Management, LLC
702 353 1750
www.nevadaangermanagement.com

Friday, June 25, 2010

AGGRESSION

Aggression is an act of hostility that is directed at an external object or person. It is a forceful behavior, action, or attitude that is expressed physically or verbally. It may arise from innate drives or occur as a defense mechanism, often resulting from a threatened ego.

It can be manifested by either constructive or destructive acts directed toward oneself or against others.

Constructive aggression is an act of self-assertiveness in response to a threatening action for purposes of self-protection and preservation.

Destructive aggression is an act of hostility unnecessary for self-protection or self-preservation that is directed at an external object or person.

Anger is the response that people exhibit when they sense they are being attacked. In other words someone is aggressed upon. This aggression is the constructive type which helps to protect us and which is designed to save our life.

Anger is a secondary emotion which is in response to a primary emotion, very often fear.

If we sense we’re being attacked, verbally or physically, we often respond aggressively back at the attacker by becoming angry. Remember, this is a protective response designed to keep us alive.

Our Anger Management program is a skill enhancement program, the Anderson & Anderson model, which helps us gain control of our selves by incorporating the tools to change our behavior, to improve our Stress Management skills, to understand and use Emotional Intelligence in our relationships and to improve our interpersonal Communications.

For more information, please contact
Dr. Steven J. Sinert
Nevada Anger Management, LLC
702 353 1750
www.nevadaangermanagement.com

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

How Effective is This Anger Management Program?

How Effective Is This Anger Management Program?

This study was undertaken from my private anger management practice utilizing the before and after averages using the Conover Assessment Examination which measures the following parameters:

1) Interpersonal Assertion: How good or comfortable the individual feels about telling others about their thoughts, feelings and behaviors in dealing with others:

Average pre-training score: 3.03;
Average post-training score: 5.30 (74.91% increase)

2) Empathy: How the individual views their current skill and ability to sense, understand and accept another person’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors.

Average pre-training score: 4.38
Average post-training score: 5.35 (22.14 % increase)

3) Stress Management: Shows the individual’s skill in managing stress and worry.

Average pre-training score: 3.97
Average post-training score: 5.05 (27.20% increase)

4) Aggression: The amount to which an individual uses a communications style that violates or offends or takes away another’s rights, thoughts or feelings.

Average pre-training score: 2.82
Average post-training score: 0.62 (78.01% decrease)

5) Interpersonal Deference: A measurement of the degree to which an individual uses a personal communication style that tends to yield or give in to someone else, lets others have their way or gives their rights to others.

Average pre-training score: 2.61
Average post-training score: 1.71 (34.48% decrease)


6) No measurement of an individual's motivation was included in this study. It is recognized however that the greater the motivation the more likely the individual will be successful in achieving success.

Conclusion: From these findings it would appear that this Anger Management Program is very effective in increasing assertive skills, empathy, stress management and decreasing aggression and deference. These results are in no way a guarantee that any specific individual will respond the same way; however, they are a good indication that, on average, most individuals with anger issues will have a positive outcome from taking an anger management program taught by a Certified Anger Management Provider using the Anderson & Anderson model.


For more information, please contact
Dr. Steven J. Sinert
Nevada Anger Management, LLC
702 353 1750
www.nevadaangermanagement.com
dr.sinert@nevadaangermanagement.com

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Client's Testimonial

"I enrolled in Dr. Sinert’s course because I needed help communicating when I was frustrated with my family and co-workers rather than lash out in anger. I found the “classroom” approach of the course very helpful as it allowed me have a mindset of a student rather than a perpetrator; I did not feel like I was in therapy.

I use the techniques taught to me by Dr. Sinert in casual and complex interactions I have with others. I believe everyone should take this class in order to learn how to handle conflicts so their anger is not projected negatively but rather their words and actions positively influence others.

I will have my daughters take this class when they are old enough to understand the concepts.

I explored several courses in anger management; Dr. Sinert not only taught me about anger but also communication and was well worth my time and money. I have and will continue to recommended this course to my friends and family." -T.T., Las Vegas, NV

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Steven J. Sinert, Certified Anger Management Provider
702 353 1750
www.nevadaangermanagement.com

Wall Street Journal Story Response

April 28, 2010

Dear Ms. Shellenbarger,

I am a Certified Anger Management provider and agree 100% with the findings of Dr. LaFair. Anger is a normal emotion designed to keep us alive. The angry response is learned in childhood from exposure to angry, aggressive behavior of parents, siblings or schoolmates and is then carried forth into adulthood.

We are very much like juke boxes. Anger occurs when we sense that we're being attacked (usually verbally). We tend to respond in an angry or aggressive fashion because it's the only record (response) available to us. In a modern and effective Anger Management program, I teach my clients the tools necessary to change their behavior. This amounts to adding new records to their juke box which now provides them with additional choices or options to respond differently to the perceived attack.

Aggressively responding to our perceived attacks not only occurs in the office workplace, but also between spouses, family members, friends, co-workers, bosses, physicians and their colleagues, attorneys and their clients, and even between individuals who sense being attacked by their state or federal government. You can read in every newspaper and story about the anger in our lives every day. How about road rage when someone cuts us off while driving or domestic violence?

Our course consists of several components: Gaining Control of Ourselves, increasing our Stress Management, enhancing our Emotional Intelligence and improving our Communications ability. We also use very specific pre-training and post-training testing of our clients to evaluate the effectiveness of our program and clients' changes.

I am recognized by human resource departments of corporations, governmental agencies and courts all over the country.

Anger can be controlled effectively. Our program does this every day in my office or on site as required.

Dr. Steven J. Sinert, Certified Anger Management Provider and Coach
Diplomate, American Association of Anger Management Providers
Nevada Anger Management, LLC
Physician's Executive Coaching, LLC
871 Coronado Center Drive, Suite 200
Henderson, NV 89052
702 353 1750
www.nevadaangermanagement.com