Archive for July, 2008

Kid Rock heads to anger management classes

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
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DECATUR — According to gossip site TMZ.com, Kid Rock entered a plea of no contest in a DeKalb County court Monday.

He was reportedly fined $1,000, sentenced to one year of probation, 80 hours of community service and told to take six anger management classes.

Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, was arrested in October 2007, when he and members of his entourage got into a fight at a Waffle House in north DeKalb County.

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Managing anger in a frustrating economy

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
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anger management  and money

Fear, anxiety, mistrust fill the hearts of many Americans these days as their hopes and dreams seem to disappear into the recesses of America’s struggling financial systems. These fears are quickly manifesting into anger all across the United States.

California based IndyMac Bank was a recently absorbed by the federal government after the Office of Thrift Supervision determined the bank could not meet depositor demand. The FDIC has informed distraught customers that their savings are insured up to $100,000, but that is little consolation for those who have buried their life savings of more than that amount into the failed bank.

Police were summoned to one San Fernando Valley branch after tempers flared because of perceived line cutting. The police used de-escalation techniques in an effort to manage crowd anger without arrests.

Defaulting banks, housing for-closures and job loss has made anger management particularity difficult from many American. Daybreak Counseling Service has seen an increase in referrals from individuals and families stressed over finances and fear of loss.
(especially those formerly within the real estate business)

Anger is a natural response to a situation in which you feel helpless. In many cases anger gives us the power to take action against an injustice. If not managed correctly the power of anger can lead to family dysfunction, poor judgment and greater financial loss.

An anger management class is designed to help manage feelings as well as teach stress management skills for trying times. Anger management classes can give you the tools to ride the wave of financial discomfort without wiping out.

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Avoidance of Conflict Predicts Divorce

Saturday, July 12th, 2008
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Did you know that the number of predictor of divorce is the habitual avoidance of conflict?

According to new research discussed on website www.smartmarriage.com, successful couples are those who know how to discuss differences in ways that actually strengthen their relationship and improves intimacy. Successful couples know how to contain their disagreements. That is, they know how to keep them from spilling over and contaminating the rest of their relationship rather than avoiding conflict altogether (which can often cause resentment and complete shutdown of communication)
Fact is, every happy, successful couple has approximately ten areas of “incompatibility” or disagreement that they never will resolve. Instead, they learn how to manage the disagreements and live life around them.

What happens if we switch partners? We’ll just get ten new areas of disagreement, and sadly, the most destructive will be about the children from our previous relationships.

In addition to skills for handling disagreements, we also have to learn to welcome and embrace change. When we marry we promise to stay together till death do us part – but, we don’t promise to stay the same! We need skills to welcome, integrate and negotiate change along the way.

The good news is that the skills or behaviors – behaviors for handling disagreement and conflict, for integrating change, and for expressing love, intimacy, support and appreciation- can all be learned. Couples can unlearn the behaviors that predict divorce and replace them with behaviors that keep love alive.

One such course is offered by the Anger Coach. Conflict resolution is an important part of anger management for both individuals and couples. Details of our classes ar http://www.angercoach.com

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Anger Management classes with a personal touch.

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
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Daybreak Counseling Service a leader in anger management courses has provided anger management education in Los Angeles for the last six years. Daybreak Counseling Service is well known for its excellent customer service to its anger management clients and referring sources. When you call Daybreak you don’t get a message service or a secretary you talk to the founder himself.

Shannon Munford MA the owner of Daybreak takes pride in communicating directly with concerned clients and the individuals that refer them. At Daybreak we understand that anger effects individuals and companies on a personal level. Clients have questions and we have the answers.

Daybreak offers anger management courses in five locations to serve the Los angeles area. These locations include: Gardena, Long Beach, Santa Monica, Pasadena and Van Nuys. Classes are offered on weekends and evenings. Classes inculed group sessions as well as one on one individual session. For those who are under time constraints Daybreak Counseling Service offers 6 hour accelerated weekend classes.

In addition Daybreak Counseling Service provides an extensive resource directory on its website. If Daybreak can’t help you, we know someone who can.

Daybreak Counseling Service has the simple goal of helping families, corporations and organizations solve problems of anger and aggression. We make every effort to get what you need by offering nation-wide telephone coaching or getting a progress report to you at a moments notice. (Fax, email, and on some occassions personal delivery)

When Human Resource Managers, Social Workers, Probation Officers, Attorneys and Community members think anger management they think Daybreak Counseling Service.

Daybreak Counseling Service
www.daybreakservices.com
www.linkedin.com/in/angryinla
myspace.com/angermanagementeacher
310-995-1202

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