Shannon Munford

Shannon Munford MS

Shannon is an anger management expert and the owner and founder of Daybreak Counseling Service an anger management education center in Los Angeles,California. His clients consist of members within the entertainment industry as well as corporate America. He has appeared on national television shows such as MTV’s Real World Hollywood, Keeping up with the Kardashians, The Dr. Phil Show, MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan Show and E! Entertainment News. 

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When does a couple need anger and conflict management?

February 2, 2009

Have you been in couples’ therapy and all you do is fight, accuse, or blame your partner? Do you carry the fight into the parking lot, your car, and then your home? Is your relationship on the brink of dissolving or are you unhappy? Talking about the same issues without resolving them can be very frustrating. Does this sound like you or someone you know?

Anger and conflict management is for anyone who is in a relationship and wants to stop fighting. Often, couples become entrenched in cycles of fighting followed by periods of calmness. During these fights, things may be said that hurt loved ones, and the couple may have a difficult time calming down. At times, fights may escalate — words are exchanged and voices rise to degrees that can damage the relationship.
A good and healthy relationship requires an ability to solve problems in a respectful manner. Often, as emotions rise, it becomes more challenging to maintain one’s composure. For many couples, this is a time when old hurts resurface. The argument may become circular, with each person blaming the other for his or her unhappiness or problems in the relationship. Unfortunately, this pattern escalates fights even more. Couples may resort to name-calling, cussing, threats, and gestures that are aggressive in nature.

Does this sound like your pattern? Most of us are not taught the skills to resolve conflict and de-escalate fights. Thus, most couples resort to fighting back or becoming quiet, but neither method helps resolve conflict. With each incident, the couple relationship becomes weakened and vulnerable.

Learning critical conflict resolution skills and anger control techniques can make the difference in halting the fighting patterns. The learned skills and techniques can impact the nature of one’s relationship and strengthen it. Learning specific modules for successful conflict resolution and communication during conflict can alter the course of one’s fighting. Contrary to popular beliefs that anger and conflict management is only for a select few individuals, it is for anyone who desires a better way to communicate during a high-stress or conflict situation — before the stress or conflict destroys the relationship.

SB Consulting, LLC, an anger and conflict management training/coaching company,offers specialized training just for couples; in fact, two modules of learning are used to strengthen the couple relationship by coaching them on couples-specific anger management and conflict resolution. Unlike counseling, coaching for anger and conflict resolution is structured, goal-oriented, and focused on the present. Little time is spent with what is not working; more time is spent on learning new ways of relating to anger and conflict. This format offers incredible success for those individuals who want to stop fighting.

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