Our society often frowns upon anger, especially when women express this emotion. But clinical psychologist Dr. Karyne Wilner claims that anger can be a valuable tool for promoting personal growth and one's overall well-being, if released in constructive ways. "By working with our bodies, we can transform anger to love and improve our health," she says. Karyne shares body-based techniques to release suppressed anger as well as aggressively expressed anger. She is the author of the upcoming book "Releasing Toxic Anger for Women: Somatic Practices & CBT Skills to Let Go of Negative Thoughts, Soothe Stress, and Stay True to Yourself." She is a leader in the field of energy psychology and mind/body health.
- To identify each of the three anger types and the three subtypes
- How to diffuse anger at the height of an argument
- Three dangerous long-term effects of suppressed anger
- Physical exercises that create energy flow and decrease anger
- Five safe ways to share angry feelings without blame or judgement
- To change negative thought patterns that produce anger to positive ones that decrease anger
- To be less reactive to anger directed at them; To receive it and not fight back
- Anger can be healthy
- Five types of thoughts that create anger
- That anger can be transformed into love and compassion
- About the connection between suppressed anger and poor health.
- Nonverbal clues to know if someone is angry, even if they say they’re not
- How to deal with someone who appears ready to explode
- How women’s anger differs from men’s anger
Karyne, a psychologist licensed in PA, CT, and RI, with degrees from Carnegie Mellon, Syracuse, Penn, & Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, served as Assistant Director of the Institute of Core Energetics from 1990 through 2011. Formerly, director of counseling at Drexel University and adjunct professor at Salve Regina University, she has directed somatic therapy programs in Brazil and Australia. She has written numerous journal articles about body psychotherapy. Currently, she practices in Newport, RI and Newtown CT and lives with her partner and Jack Russell Terrier, Micah in beautiful Westerly, RI.
