Managing anger-from a counselling perspective

Modiaotsile comes to work one day and meets a stranger in the stairway leading to his floor reception. On arrival at the reception the stranger greets  Modisaotsile and introduces himself as Martin, the new head of department for that floor. Instead of welcoming Martin, Modisaotsile storms out of the reception and goes to another office to tell his colleagues how angry he is at his employer for not appointing him for the head of department post he has been acting for the whole year. Without thinking about the consequences, he starts lobbying for support from his long acquainted colleagues to sabotage the new head of department. (N.B both the names and the story line are fictitious)

Modisaotsile’s anger is fuelled by his perception that he is missing out on a fair deal. Anger often affects the way we behave. In this case, Modisaotsile’s anger has resulted in him acting on impulse to lobby for passive aggression, a behaviour that he will most likely regret later.