Anger Management with Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

Dr. Matweychuk discusses the application of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) to Anger Management. In this video, he distinguishes between unhealthy anger and healthy anger. Unhealthy anger is the type of anger that is self-defeating and leads to relationship problems and sometimes violence. He then identifies the rigid and extreme attitudes which are at the core of anger. REBT is beneficial for managing your anger because it teaches you how to zero in on the attitudes at the foundation of anger. REBT also teaches you how to adopt healthy, flexible, and non-extreme attitudes, enabling you to respond to mistreatment and adversity with effective behavior.Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. 

Thomas Jefferson

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

Buddha

He who angers you conquers you.

Elizabeth Kenny

Below is a short but excellent video, REBT in 60 seconds, by Martin Turner. It explains REBT’s approach to anger. I would suggest you introduce yourself to REBT’s approach to anger with this video and then watch my video that goes into the treatment of anger in great detail. REBT can effectively help you to manage your anger by addressing your attitudes towards other people’s misbehavior. Anger is a very self-defeating, unhealthy, and potentially dangerous emotion.