Men and Our Anger: How to Make it Work for Good

As counselors and therapists, we need to be knowledgeable about anger and how it can best be addressed in the therapeutic process. This requires an understanding of the psychological, social, and cultural context for this powerful emotion as it manifests in male behavior.  Most people, including many professionals, see anger as a bad, unhealthy emotion that should be controlled, suppressed or eliminated. This is an antiquated viewpoint that does far more harm than good. In this article, we’ll…