Is attending a anger management course once enough?
Anger, like any other emotional response, is not resolved by attending one course -or, in my view, any course for that matter, unless the course demands assessment, analysis, and ongoing behavioral awareness in combination with real-life interventions. It’s not that the course, in itself, does not have good intentions … it’s just that a course typically does not provide the vehicle for shifting from the course content and insular environment of the classroom to the tools and techniques needed to effectively manage the demands of real-world problems. As such, my reply to your question is “no, it’s not enough to attend an anger management course and see a solution to anger problems, and it will not sort him [your husband] out for good. And yes, unarguably, it is a temporary thing and any respite from his anger will soon dissolve and he will be back to his old self before long.” In fact, “back to his old self” is the key for you [as his wife] towards understanding why an anger managemen
