Monday, October 29, 2012
Interview by Lon Woodbury
Evan Katz, a.k.a the Anger Man, went over the psychology behind anger with Lon Woodbury, the host of an L.A. Talk Radio focused on assisting at-risk teens. The guest described just what made some teenagers live in a state of chronic rage as well as the best treatment options readily 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 dad, an alcoholic who was a trial lawyer, was chronically angry. In school, Evan was oversensitive and used anger to hide his vulnerability. As a young man, he experienced relationship difficulties, terrible mood swings, and bouts of rage, depression, and grief.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1998, his dad had a cardiovascular disease. In the ICU ward of the medical facility, after his father started to belittle him, Evan yelled back at him and won the argument. At 4.30 am, Evan received a call that his father was now in a critical state. His dad blew the stent in his heart and hemorrhaged to death before Evan could get there. "When I arrived, he was dead, and no-one else was around. I believed he was right after all: I am no good, I am nothing. And right here was the proof; I was responsible for killing my father."
That singular event transformed Evan, and he embarked on a crusade to help those with anger issues. During the radio show interview, he described the causes behind anger, the cognitive distortion it caused, and some highly effective ways parents can talk to their angry teens and make the distinction between inflicting punishment and presenting consequences.
Interview by Lon Woodbury
Evan Katz, a.k.a the Anger Man, went over the psychology behind anger with Lon Woodbury, the host of an L.A. Talk Radio focused on assisting at-risk teens. The guest described just what made some teenagers live in a state of chronic rage as well as the best treatment options readily 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 dad, an alcoholic who was a trial lawyer, was chronically angry. In school, Evan was oversensitive and used anger to hide his vulnerability. As a young man, he experienced relationship difficulties, terrible mood swings, and bouts of rage, depression, and grief.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1998, his dad had a cardiovascular disease. In the ICU ward of the medical facility, after his father started to belittle him, Evan yelled back at him and won the argument. At 4.30 am, Evan received a call that his father was now in a critical state. His dad blew the stent in his heart and hemorrhaged to death before Evan could get there. "When I arrived, he was dead, and no-one else was around. I believed he was right after all: I am no good, I am nothing. And right here was the proof; I was responsible for killing my father."
That singular event transformed Evan, and he embarked on a crusade to help those with anger issues. During the radio show interview, he described the causes behind anger, the cognitive distortion it caused, and some highly effective ways parents can talk to their angry teens and make the distinction between inflicting punishment and presenting consequences.
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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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