Private Counseling • Free Phone or Email Consultation • Assessments/Evaluations This is an opportunity to ask questions and get help determining which program will best fit your needs. Call Lou Orsan at 425-736-6980 or email him at: info@angermanagementassociates.com Private Anger Management Counseling As a normal human emotion, anger is one of nature’s built-in instinctual methods of activating our mind and body to deal with threats to our well being. However, often we deny, avoid or hold in our anger until we can’t control it, impulsively react and then express it out in hurtful ways towards others. Anger Management Associates Counseling can help individuals take responsibility for their emotions by learning to self-manage their angry thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Some people know where their surface and deep-seated angers come from while others do not. Anger Management Counseling can guide you in determining if you are carrying any stored anger from issues of the past. This stored anger often causes anger in present day situations to become out of proportion to what is really happening. Another benefit of private counseling is that the counselor can help you see your anger as a map to point to situations in your life that aren’t working the way you want them to and offer suggestions for making positive changes. Counseling also offers an opportunity for a spouse or partner to attend, to work with you on issues causing difficulties in your relationship. Issues that can be processed through private counseling include: • Marriage, separation, divorce • Verbal, physical and sexual abuse • Mother/Father and other family issues • Negative childhood programming • Co-dependency issues • Betrayal, rejection, abandonment issues • Job stress, layoffs and career transitions • Death, dying and caregiver issues • Accidents, violence, natural disasters • Veterans war-related issues and PTSD Couples Relationship Counseling Couples often fall into a painful blaming/criticizing cycle of relating.  When this happens, we no longer feel safe to engage emotionally with our partner for fear of being hurt.  We then lose the deep connection we once had and long for the support and bonding we felt at the start of the relationship. This work helps couples strengthen their relationship by developing a positive style of relating.  You will learn how to: * Ask for what you really need from your partner * Let go of blaming to become allies toward positive change * Adopt a new, proven way of loving relationship * Have caring conversations where neither partner feels criticized, blamed or judged * Develop more respect, affection and intimacy Call Lou at 425-736-6980 to schedule an appointment Adolescent & Teen Counseling As parents and other family members, we know that becoming independent of our family is a natural ritual we all go through as a teen. However, it becomes painful when anger and frustration between the adults and young person prevents this process from happening with understanding, caring and respect. Adolescent and teen counseling can help everyone get on the same page and identify ways for each person involved to give and take to make this transition smoother. Help is available for situations involving: • Chronic anger or frustration • Inpulsive reacting or acting out • Defiance • ADD and ADHD Conflict Resolution Sessions Do you have an ongoing unsolvable problem or disagreement that is causing emotional pain in a family, romantic or workplace relationship? Often a resolution can easily be worked out with a 1-1/2 hour conflict resolution session. Deep Emotional Releasework Self-critical thoughts and self-limiting beliefs from past trauma can poison our present day relationships and lead to debilitating physio-emotional illnesses that drain our energy and affect our health and happiness. They can also prevent us from achieving our goals in life. Deep Emotional Releasework is an emotional healing method that allows individuals to clear long-held anger and the other effects of traumatic experiences of the past. Lou blends Voice Therapy, to help release the inner critical voices from early life conditioning, along with Emotional Releasework to release unprocessed anger and other emotions stored in the body. When this emotional residue is cleared, one can feel empowered to move foward in their life and not waste our energy focusing on being a victim of past experience. About Lou Orsan Lou Orsan, MFA, is an Anger Management trained counselor offering anger management classes, groups and private counseling since 1998. During the past 13 years, thousands of people have benefited from his compassionate and supportive approach to emotional healing and behavioral change. Lou's early training began as an emotional trauma release practitioner and art therapist. After years of personal growth work and focusing on healing his own anger issues, he is now dedicated to empowering others toward rediscovering their aliveness and passion for living life to the fullest. For more information or to schedule an appointment for any of the counseling services listed above, please call 425-868-8903.