Fareham Counselling Centre · Hampshire
Counselling & CBT for Anger Management Hampshire
Calm, practical support to understand the heat underneath anger and respond differently — in Fareham or online.
Anger is not the problem. What it does can be.
Anger is a normal, healthy emotion. It tells you something matters, or that a line has been crossed. It becomes a problem when it arrives too fast, lasts too long, or comes out in ways you regret afterwards, and when the people around you start walking on eggshells.
Most people who come to us are not angry people. They are tired, hurt or stretched to the limit, and anger is what comes out. Counselling, CBT and hypnotherapy for anger in Fareham, or online, help you understand what is driving it and give you something to do with it besides exploding or swallowing it.
When anger starts causing damage
People from Fareham, Portsmouth, Southampton and Gosport often recognise some of these.
Bottling it up counts too. Anger that never gets expressed often turns into stress, low mood or physical tension. Both ends of the scale are worth help.
The anger iceberg
Anger is what everyone sees. It is usually sitting on top of something else, and that something else is what therapy works with. Look under the surface, then tap any feeling to see how it turns into anger.
Nobody is asking you to stop feeling angry. The aim is to notice what is underneath it early enough to do something different.
If anger is frightening someone, or frightening you
If you have hurt someone, or you are worried you might, that takes courage to admit and it deserves specialist help. The Respect Phoneline is free and confidential for anyone worried about their own behaviour towards a partner or family member. If someone else's anger is hurting you, the National Domestic Abuse Helpline is there day and night. In an emergency, always call 999.
What anger management actually involves
It is not about becoming a doormat, and nobody will tell you your anger is wrong.
Spot it earlier
Learn your own warning signs in your body and your thoughts, minutes before the boiling point.
Buy yourself time
Practical ways to step out, slow your body down, and come back to it when you can think.
Say it, rather than show it
Put the feeling into words that get heard, instead of a row that gets nowhere.
Work on what feeds it
Stress, exhaustion, old hurt or trauma. When those ease, the anger usually eases with them.
Anger management in Fareham and online
All our anger work is one to one, with the same therapist each time. On your free call we will help you choose the right approach.
CBT
Practical tools for triggers, hot thoughts and the moments just before you lose it.
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Counselling
Space to look at what is underneath, including things you have never said out loud.
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Hypnotherapy
Deep relaxation to turn down the constant tension, so you are not starting each day already close to the edge.
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EMDR
When the anger is rooted in something that happened to you, EMDR helps take the charge out of it.
About EMDRYou may also find our pages on stress, relationship counselling, PTSD and trauma and children and teenagers helpful.
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Questions about anger management
Is it wrong to feel angry?
Do you run anger management groups?
My partner says I need to do something about my temper.
What if I have to show proof, for work or for a court?
Can you help my teenager with their anger?
Can hypnotherapy help with anger?
How many sessions will I need?
How much does it cost, and can I have sessions online?
You can be the calm one again
A free, confidential 15 minute call. No judgement about anything that has already happened, and we will find the right therapist for you.