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Anger Management Counseling
Anger presents itself in many different ways, and is often indicative of deeper underlying issues. We consider Anger to be a “secondary emotion.” Underneath the anger often lies sadness, shame, fear, or guilt. It can affect our relationships and daily functioning in significant ways. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Do you… find it difficult to control how you act when you’re angry? feel like your anger is like a volcano that erupts unexpectedly? fear that your anger causes you to hurt people you love? experience other people being afraid of your anger? Agape counselors who work with this subject:
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When Life Goes Off The Road
by Byron Loy, MA, LPC, LCPC, CRADC There are times in life when no physical pain can compare with the emotional pain we feel from grief and loss. On a cold November night in Michigan, two days after I turned eighteen, I fell asleep at the wheel on my way home from roller-skating with my church youth group. I woke up as soon as my tires hit the gravel on the side of the road but I was unable to gain control and went off the road. My left arm went through the driver’s side window and dirt and shattered glass flew everywhere as the car rolled over three times.…
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Byron D. Loy MA, LPC, LCPC, CRADC
Independent Contractor Byron Loy is licensed counselor and certified alcohol and drug counselor in Missouri and Illinois. Graduating from Wheaton College in Illinois, he utilizes cognitive behavioral and family systems interventions to assist those he serves. With over 20 years of counseling experience, he appreciates the honor of serving others at some of the most difficult times of their life. His specialties include: Anxiety Grief and Loss Depression Addictions PTSD Individual and Group counseling Byron sustained a spinal cord injury his senior year of high school and has spoken publicly on the topics of grief and depression. His story of choosing an attitude of joy and of seeing ‘The Greater…
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Grief / Bereavement
Grief and bereavement can cause an onslaught of confusing emotions, including anger, confusion, fear, hopelessness, denial, pain, and intense sadness. After suffering loss, we not only have powerful emotions, but physical, social, cognitive, and behavioral reactions to our experience. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Have you… lost a loved one? feel sadness? have trouble sleeping? have increased or decreased appetite? feel guilty or worthless? think more about death than you once did?
Marriage, Family, & Individual Counseling | St Louis MO
