When Fear and Anger
AREN’T WHAT THEY SEEM
Antecedents are the key to understanding and releasing
by Judith E. Lipson, M.A., LPC
Y
ears ago, I acquired a mini-poster
showing how anger is actually due to a
myriad of other emotions. It was one of those
moments that helped to bring so many things
into perspective. Anger is more of a reactive
symptom, so when I see anger in my clients I
look for the antecedent/cause.
I often show the poster to my clients so that
they can understand their own anger, or the
anger of a significant other. As many have
explored their own anger, two additional
causative factors have been added: feeling
misunderstood and betrayal. Here is the
complete list (in no particular order).
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