FREE online courses on Handling Our Own Aggression & Anger - Level II
Methods for reducing or controlling anger - Meditation and relaxation
Meditation or yoga and relaxation can be used to allay anger
as well as anxiety. Suinn (1990) and his students developed a training procedure
involving the arousal of anxiety or anger (by imagining an irritating scene) and
then practicing avoiding or reducing the anger response by relaxing. This
procedure--relaxing, arousal of anger, attention to anger signs, replacing anger
with relaxation--is repeated over and over for 4 to 8 sessions. The advantage of
this procedure is that the relaxation techniques, such as a pleasant scene, deep
muscle relaxation, or deep breathing, can be immediately used anytime unwanted
anger occurs.
