My previous career as a court reporter has led to a specialty in providing private anger management sessions to clients who have been charged with assault and the Crown has agreed or implied that the charges will be withdrawn if they seek help. In these cases there has been a constellation of circumstances that has led to the incident and similar circumstances are unlikely to recur. In addition there have been no previous incidents of assault. The current laws make dropping an assault charge difficult for all involved without some action on the part of the accused. Often criminal lawyers will recommend their clients attend anger management sessions as a show of good intent to the Crown.
Anger management sessions are one hour in length at a rate of $95 per hour (HST included). The number of sessions depends on the nature of the incident and the agreement that your criminal lawyer and the Crown come to. During the sessions we will explore the incident in detail and identify triggering events that led to an escalation. We will address responsibility and the impact the incident has had on all involved. We will canvass your own relationship to anger and develop coping mechanisms to deal with anger more productively. The therapy work will also focus on increasing your awareness of how you respond to stress and changing old behaviours if they are no longer needed.
At the end of the sessions I provide a letter to the Crown summarizing the areas focused on in the sessions. The charge for the letter is $125 (HST included).
In anger management sessions a free 15 minute consultation is conducted over the phone.