Anger is a powerful motivating emotion, but it can also be destructive if it isn't properly understood, channeled, and redirected. The underlying needs and automatic feelings that are connected with anger are often not conscious. These unconscious motivational emotions and needs are connected to past experiences. Trauma does not only mean the “Big T” trauma of life and death. The “small T” trauma people experience especially in early development where there is no conscious memory of it still sticks with them as an experiential memory in the emotions, body, and impulses. This “Little t” trauma leads to feelings of powerlessness, being stuck, trapped, or overwhelmed. Anger management counseling at Wellspring Counselling Inc. involves a combination of EMDR Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) to help understand the root cause of disproportionate anger and develop new ways of responding that are more constructive. Contact therapists in Vancouver today.