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Anger: Are You Losing It or Using It?
Linda Abbott Trapp, Ph.D.

Things to learn in this article:
  • Learn how to use the energy "rush" of anger in a positive way
  • If something makes you angry, it's because you care- that's good!
  • Habitual displays of anger shut down communication from others
  • Anger management is a set of readily available skills, building on simple strategies like "time-out"
  • Learn tactful, understanding responses that prevent confrontation from escalating
This is an odd topic, one that isn't often spoken of in polite company. But I'm trying to help with important and difficult subjects, and this one is a doozy. For starters, everyone gets angry, but as a society we pretend that only wicked people get angry, and in their out-of-control emotionality, they do terrible things. There isn't even a polite way to express anger. So here we have a little guilty secret that troubles nearly everyone, a universal emotion that no one seems to know how to handle properly. more>>

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What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD?
Can You Get over It?
Jasmin Lee Cori, MS, LPC

PTSD (Post Traumatic stress disorder) is frequently in the news these days. There's an epidemic of PTSD in soldiers coming back from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and this is only one of many sources of trauma in a world filled with trauma. Events that feel life-threatening and that people experience as overwhelming can be considered traumatic. These include incidents of sexual assault, childhood abuse, violence and terrorism, life-threatening accidents, war, and natural disasters.

Does Everyone Who Experiences Trauma Develop PTSD?


No. Approximately 8% of men and 20% of women develop PTSD after a traumatic event (National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) more>>