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Oakland Anger Management Therapy Therapist

Matthew Lindgren is an anger management therapist who offers anger management therapy to people in Oakland.

Oakland Anger Management Therapy

  • Do you say or do things you regret?
  • Do other people really annoy, frustrate, dissapoint, and anger you?
  • Do you sometimes "lose it"?

Other people can be really thoughtless, rude, and annoying. Sometimes it feels like they deserve our anger. Sometimes it feels like you have no other choice but to yell, scream, or snap at people.

Yet anger comes with a price. We run the risk of losing our relationships with our family and coworkers. We feel embarrassed and ashamed. We wished we could do better, and are angry with ourselves.

It's obvious that anger is not "worth it", yet it can feel so difficult to change.

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You Don't Have to Feel Guilty or Embarrassed Anymore

You can learn to feel and express anger without losing control. You can build relationships of trust and respect with your family and coworkers. I'd like to help.

The first step is to understand anger. Anger is an instinctual response to a traumatic situation common to most animals. Somehow, a long time ago, you were probably in frightening or overwhelming situation and you became angry. Maybe that anger helped you make it through the situation, and so your body learned that when things get overwhelming or scary, that anger works. It could be that you were in a lot of overwhelming and frightening situations, and so your body learned to use anger first. Now that you're older and in a better place, you find that your body still wants to use anger, even though it is no longer helpful.

I help people change the anger pattern and learn to use other strategies to deal with difficult people and situations, strategies that really work. I help you learn to recognize the physical signs of anger before you lose your cool. I help you truly feel and know that you do have choices, and that you can make them.

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Anger Management Treatment in Oakland

I use a therapeutic technique that has been shown in research to be the most effective in the treatment of anger problems, cognitive behavioral therapy. I combine this powerful technique with EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and hypnosis to get at the root of your anger problem and help you making meaningful and lasting change.

You can feel better. You just need to call..

Call 415-820-1487 for a free phone consultation.

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