Where to go for Anger Management Classes

On the internet, there are directories containing resources to address almost any personal or professional problem. Unfortunately, since anger management is a new, not well known intervention that lacks community sanction, there is little intelligent guidance for persons seeking assistance in this area.

The American Psychiatric Association does not consider anger a medical problem or illness. In fact, anger is not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Nervous and Mental Disorders. Consequently, anger as an area of research has been neglected by all mental health disciplines. There is little evidence-based research on the effectiveness of any type of anger management intervention.

Anger is seen as a problem when it is too intense, lasts too long, occurs too frequently, or leads to aggression. It stands to reason that if anger is not a mental or nervous disorder; neither medication nor psychotherapy is indicated. If this explanation is accepted, the most reasonable intervention should one specifically designed to address issues related to stress and anger.

The majority of Certified Anger Management Providers in United States consider an individuals’ response to anger to be a learned behavior. Children are very much the product of their environment, learning how to respond/react to their own intense feelings from their families of origin.

The largest number of professional, certified anger management facilitators are trained by Los Angeles based Anderson & Anderson which is the first global provider of anger management curricula, client workbooks, posters, CDs, DVDs and other training material. These providers are listed on the Anderson & Anderson provider list which is the anger management industry standard worldwide.

For a state by state listing of anger management providers, go to any search engines and type in “anger management providers” your city and state and you will likely see a listing for the Anderson & Anderson provider in your community. You may also visit the Anderson & Anderson website at http://www.andersonservices.com/providers.html.

For more information, visit the website of the American Association of Anger Management Providers at www.aaamp.org.