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April 21, 2014 By Dr. Greg Hamlin

Crowbar for Emotions?

No Crowbar Means Frustration You've been called to a meeting at work and you know that you have important ideas to share, but you can't shake that feeling of being inadequate.  You are practically bursting with solutions in your mind, but the meeting ends without you having said very much.  This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 12 Skills Tagged With: 12 Skills of Honest Optimism, CBT, cognitive behavioral therapy, positive affirmations, Skill 2, stream journaling

October 20, 2012 By Dr. Greg Hamlin

Anger Management Worksheets: This Skill Makes Other Skills Easier to Learn

Anger Management Worksheets:  This Skill Makes Other Skills Easier to Learn

Purpose of This Anger Management Worksheet Learning to control one's anger is not a trivial matter.  I believe it is easier to acquire anger management skills by breaking them down into small micro skills.  Baby steps.  Anger management worksheets are tools designed to learn these "micro" skills … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anger Management Worksheets Tagged With: 12 Skills of Honest Optimism, anger management tools, anger management worksheet, anger management worksheets, Skill 2

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