Anger Management

What Is Anger Management Therapy?

Anger is a normal, healthy emotion. It tells you when something is wrong, when a boundary has been crossed, or when you feel threatened. The problem is not anger itself. The problem is when anger controls your reactions instead of the other way around.

Individual anger management therapy goes deeper than the skills taught in a group class. While Bold Steps Therapy also offers a 12-week anger management class, individual therapy provides a private, personalized space to explore the root causes of your anger. Often, anger masks other emotions like hurt, fear, frustration, or grief. Therapy helps you understand what is really driving your reactions so you can respond intentionally rather than explosively.

Whether your anger is affecting your relationships, your career, or your sense of self, therapy gives you the tools to take back control without shutting down your emotions entirely.

How Therapy Can Help

Anger management therapy is not about suppressing your anger. It is about understanding it and developing healthier ways to express and channel it. Micah uses evidence-based approaches to help you build lasting emotional regulation skills.

• ✓ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps you identify the cognitive distortions that accelerate anger, such as black-and-white thinking, mind reading, and personalization. By recognizing these patterns, you can interrupt the anger cycle before it escalates.
• ✓ Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotional regulation skills and distress tolerance techniques like the TIPP method (Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing, Progressive relaxation) to help you de-escalate in the moment.

Last reviewed: March 2026