Monday, October 29, 2012
Interview by Lon Woodbury
Evan Katz, a.k.a the Anger Guy, discussed the psychology behind anger with Lon Woodbury, the host of an L.A. Talk Radio focused on helping struggling teens. The guest explained what made some teens display a state of chronic anger and the best treatment choices available for them.
About Evan Katz
Evan is a psychotherapist and continuing education provider on the topic of the psychology of anger. He teaches seminars to mental health professionals throughout the United States, and he offers counselors, social workers and substance abuse counselors new techniques for effectively working with angry men, as well as high risk adolescents and their parents. He also offers seminars to other professionals like teachers, lawyers, and corporate management, teaching them how to deal more effectively with angry people and their own anger as well.
In addition, Evan is also an author and his books, "Inside the Mind of an Angry Man," and also "Angry Men and the Women Who Love Them," have been well-received by psychologists, health experts and the reading public. Presently, Evan is fighting phase three cancer.
A Journey of Transformation
Evan started out the interview with a dramatic personal story that illustrated how his own journey of healing his own anger had given him the experience to teach others about the nature of anger and how to heal the inner pain that caused it.
His father, an alcoholic trial lawyer, was persistently angry. In his school years, Evan was oversensitive and used a mask of rage to hide his vulnerability. As a young man, he experienced relationship troubles and mood swings, as well as bouts of rage, depression, and crying.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1998, his father had a heart attack. In the ICU ward of the hospital, after his father began to belittle him, Evan shouted back at him. At 4.30 am, Evan received a call that his father was now in critical condition. His father blew the stent in his heart and bled to death before Evan could get there. "When I got there he was dead, and no one else was around. I thought he was right: I am no good, I am nothing. And here's the proof, I participated in killing my father."
That singular occasion changed Evan's life completely, and he started a crusade to assist those with unmanageable anger. In the course of the radio program interview, he explained the reasons behind rage, the intellectual distortion it caused, and some highly effective methods parents could use to speak to their angry teens. He suggested parents begin making distinctions between inflicting punishments and providing repercussions.
Interview by Lon Woodbury
Evan Katz, a.k.a the Anger Guy, discussed the psychology behind anger with Lon Woodbury, the host of an L.A. Talk Radio focused on helping struggling teens. The guest explained what made some teens display a state of chronic anger and the best treatment choices available for them.
About Evan Katz
Evan is a psychotherapist and continuing education provider on the topic of the psychology of anger. He teaches seminars to mental health professionals throughout the United States, and he offers counselors, social workers and substance abuse counselors new techniques for effectively working with angry men, as well as high risk adolescents and their parents. He also offers seminars to other professionals like teachers, lawyers, and corporate management, teaching them how to deal more effectively with angry people and their own anger as well.
In addition, Evan is also an author and his books, "Inside the Mind of an Angry Man," and also "Angry Men and the Women Who Love Them," have been well-received by psychologists, health experts and the reading public. Presently, Evan is fighting phase three cancer.
A Journey of Transformation
Evan started out the interview with a dramatic personal story that illustrated how his own journey of healing his own anger had given him the experience to teach others about the nature of anger and how to heal the inner pain that caused it.
His father, an alcoholic trial lawyer, was persistently angry. In his school years, Evan was oversensitive and used a mask of rage to hide his vulnerability. As a young man, he experienced relationship troubles and mood swings, as well as bouts of rage, depression, and crying.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1998, his father had a heart attack. In the ICU ward of the hospital, after his father began to belittle him, Evan shouted back at him. At 4.30 am, Evan received a call that his father was now in critical condition. His father blew the stent in his heart and bled to death before Evan could get there. "When I got there he was dead, and no one else was around. I thought he was right: I am no good, I am nothing. And here's the proof, I participated in killing my father."
That singular occasion changed Evan's life completely, and he started a crusade to assist those with unmanageable anger. In the course of the radio program interview, he explained the reasons behind rage, the intellectual distortion it caused, and some highly effective methods parents could use to speak to their angry teens. He suggested parents begin making distinctions between inflicting punishments and providing repercussions.
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Want to find out more about help for Struggling Teens, then listen to the full interview by Lon Woodbury on LA Talk Radio.
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