Buck Black
LCSW, CST
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Manage your Anger- Calm Yourself Expert
Buck Black Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Anger managment, Sex Therapy, Couples Therapy
- Career Focus
- Therapist
- Affiliation
- International Society for Mental Health Online (ISMHO), National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
I interact with my clients via online therapy and in my private practice in Lafayette, IN.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and earned my bachelors at Purdue University and my Master of Social Work at Indiana University.
Prior to opening my private practice, I worked for two community mental health agencies where I was a Therapist. I have clinical experience helping adolescents and adults with a wide range of problems including relationship issues, substance abuse, anger management, anxiety, depression, and a variety of sexual problems, including conce s about sexual orientation, gender identity, sex offending, and sexual addiction.
My favorite things to work with are couples counseling, anger management, and helping people who have questions about, sexual orientation and have sexual questions. I also enjoy working with truckers via phone and email when they are on the road.
More information is available at www.BuckBlack.com and www.TruckerTherapy.com
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Anger May Stem from Alcohol and Other Drugs
There can be more to the anger iceberg than just feelings. Often people come to my office because of anger management issues and when I assess them for the reason behind the anger, they have extensive alcohol or other drug use. Others may have a brain injury. In cases where drinking or other drug use is present, anger is often the symptom of the drug’s attack on the brain. Often, the more and more a person uses drugs, the angrier he or she becomes.
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Anger is Like an Iceberg
Anger is what we all see. When someone is angry, it is obvious by the look in the person's eyes, the clinched fists, sweat on the brow, and loud voice... Upon closer inspection, anger is like an iceberg. The tip represents the anger, which everyone sees. However, there is 90% more of that iceberg hidden below the surface of the water. This tip of the iceberg is actually the symptom. The more complex feelings responsible for this symptomatic anger varies widely from person to person.
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Anger May Be a Symptom of Your Beliefs
There are a variety of reasons a person may become angry. In previous articles, I have discussed the primary feelings that result in anger and the high expectations one may have, which result in disappointment and subsequent anger. I now want to introduce how a person’s belief system can cause a great deal of anger, which is based on the work of Albert Ellis. What are your beliefs? Which ones do you hold dear? Which beliefs do you have that do not serve you anymore—or even cause you harm? A belief is something that you hold to be true.
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Best Practice: Anger Management
Anger is a normal and healthy emotion that causes psychological changes to occur, such as intense frustration and irritation. There are also physiological changes that occur, such as an increased heart rate and a raised level of adrenaline. Anger can be beneficial by helping to provide the energy necessary to fight in a threatening situation, or create social actions such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Americans With Disability Act, and the Civil Rights Movement (Peacock, 2000).
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