Anger Management Programs in New York, New York

Signs that you may have a problem with anger management include legal troubles, threats of violence, violent behavior and out-of-control behavior such as reckless driving, according to the Mayo Clinic. For those in the Big Apple, there are a variety of options for treatment. If you are in New York City, have a problem with anger management and want to get help you should explore your options for treatment to find what is best for you.

Proactive Change

• Proactive Change acknowledges that anger is an emotion that frequently causes shame. Therapy at Proactive Change begins with understanding what causes your anger and how you personally experience it. Patients are helped to be more in control of their anger issues, not feel as if they are a dog on a short leash. Fees vary depending on what time of day you want to go in. The counselor at Proactive Change is licensed by the state of New York as both a mental health counselor and a psychoanalyst. Free consultations are offered in the form of 10- to 15-minute phone conversations where you can determine if this is the correct form of coaching for you.

  Proactive Change

  119 W. 57th St., Suite 918

  New York, NY 10019

  212-337-3737

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Tribeca Therapy

• Tribeca Therapy offers anger therapy while explicitly rejecting the frame of anger "management." Rather, Tribeca seeks to help clients build around their anger in a group setting. Tribeca recognized that anger can be a problem, but it also can be put to good use, using the example of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as an angry man of peace. At Tribeca you will begin to understand how your problematic anger fits into the rest of your life.

  Tribeca Therapy

  291 Broadway, Suite 801

  New York, NY 10007

  212-571-5799

  tribecatherapy.com

Michael Anthony Hurley

• For those seeking alternative treatment for their anger management problems, Michael Anthony Hurley offers hypnotherapy to New Yorkers. While understanding that anger is a normal and understandable emotion, Mr. Hurley attempts to help people get their anger under control with hypnosis, managing anger in a way that allows clients to appropriately express their anger without bottling it up, risking potentially more problematic expressions later. Clients are given the tools for self-hypnosis, allowing them the opportunity to become their own therapists after leaving the office. Michael Anthony Hurley is a former police captain and certified hypnotherapist.

  Michael Anthony Hurley

  212-964-4450

  healthwithhypnosis.com

Robert M. Fraum

• Robert M. Fraum, Ph.D. has offices in midtown New York City and White Plains. He attempts to help his clients understand how normal, healthy anger becomes dysfunctional anger. Dr. Fraum takes a variety of different approaches to helping clients manage their anger; approaches include cognitive behavior therapy, assertiveness training, psychiatric medication and problem solving.

  Dr. Robert M. Fraum

  71 Park Ave.

  Suite 1D

  New York, NY 10016

  212-213-6593

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