If Christmas leaves you feeling pricklier than a holly bush, then help is at hand! The British Association of Anger Management (BAAM) is once again helping you have a calm Christmas and beat seasonal stress with its annual Anger Awareness Week, taking place nationwide from December 1-7, 2011.
BAAM has promoted its annual National Anger Awareness Week in the UK since 2000 and has, to date, helped over 14,000 people deal with their anger and stress. During the week’s activities, BAAM will offer information packs, courses and programmes designed to take the crunch out of Christmas. On its site BAAM offers a downloadable ‘Keep Your Cool Kit’, which can be used in the home or workplace to help deal with conflict. This year they have gone further to help you. With their 12 Tips for Christmas you can defuse those all-too-predictable seasonal rows with family, friends and colleagues.
Besides National Anger Awareness Week, Beating Anger – Anger Management BA-AM (the training arm of BAAM) runs various programmes throughout the year, delivered as long weekend sessions or a series of workshops and seminars spanning 10 weeks. Beating Anger – Anger Management has experienced facilitators across the country delivering probably the best Anger Management programmes in Europe to people of all ages and professions.
Mike Fisher says: “With National Anger Awareness Week, we specifically targeted the festive season because we know that so many people hurt each other with their anger at this time of year. If this is not dealt with then couples carry their stress through to the New Year which is why January is so busy for divorce lawyers. We are in the middle of a recession yet the pressure to purchase the latest toys and gadgets is still there. Whatever gets you angry, the likelihood is it will be magnified at Christmas. We give people proven techniques to manage their own anger and enable them to have a calm Christmas.”
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Beating Anger Facilitators can provide expert comment on diverse topics, including: anger in the workplace, road rage, anger in schools, parental/child anger, female anger, air rage and dealing with your angry partner.
The organisation has worked with over 15,000 people, including many international celebrities, and currently receives on average 10,000 plus website visits per month.
About the British Association of Anger Management / Beating Anger – Anger Management (nationwide clinic’s)
BAAM was established in 1999 in the UK. It is recognised by the NHS, BUPA, court authorities and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Its services are available to anyone who is dealing with their own or another person’s anger. It has worked with over 15,000 people, from the unemployed to the high profile, including many international celebrities. It operates Beating Anger clinics across the UK.
BAAM’s Mike Fisher is a renowned anger ‘guru’ and author of the popular book, ‘Beating Anger’, with 65,000 copies sold since its launch in London 2005. Mr Fisher was the specialist on BBC’s ‘Can’t Stop Losing My Cool’ programme about angry people, and has been a regular guest on radio and TV slots discussing anger and stress management. Mike Fisher also works at the London Anger and Stress Clinic – a subsidiary of BAAM which specialises in working with children and young people.
