Don’t clip the weeds: Why standard anger management in therapy is kind of a joke
Standard anger management is kind of a joke.
It tells clients to "take deep breaths" or "count to ten." Like rage is just a bad habit that needs better coping skills.
But here's what I've learned working with trauma survivors... rage isn't a choice. It's a procedural response.
It's automatic. Unconscious.
A "fight" response from a nervous system that doesn't feel safe. And when we try to just "manage" that rage... we're clipping the leaves off a weed while the root keeps choking everything underneath.
We're treating the smoke and missing the fire.
If you want to actually help someone move through rage... you have to look at what's underneath. The hard-wired neural pathways carved by early relational trauma. You have to be steady enough to guide them past the surface story and into the procedural patterns that are actually driving the behavior.
That's the difference between being a friend who listens and being a clinical guide with a map.
In this workshop, I'm showing you the map.
We're going to look at the somatic underpinnings of rage... how to track the shifts in real-time... and how to use what I call the "Session Sandwich" to make sure the work actually sticks.
And just like the last time, you can grab a guest pass if you want to see how this framework actually works in real time.
The Details: Advanced Treatment Planning for Complex & Developmental Trauma Framework
I'd love to show you another way to work with this.
Grab your Guest Pass here: https://integrativepsych.teachable.com/l/pdp/advanced-treatment-planning-for-complex-developmental-trauma
Esther
P.S. One of the biggest reasons clients drop out is because they can't see their own progress.
I'm going to give you the specific language to help them track the shifts... so they can see the transformation happening even before the symptoms fully resolve.
Grab your Guest Pass here: https://integrativepsych.teachable.com/l/pdp/advanced-treatment-planning-for-complex-developmental-trauma