After his sending off against Manchester City, the famously hot-headed footballer must finally learn to control his anger. Here are a few tips …
'Learn from Wayne Rooney." This is what Joey Barton – the famously hot-headed footballer sent off against Manchester City for hitting out at a rival player, then two more on his way to an early bath – should now be doing, according to Mike Fisher, director of the British Association of Anger Management and author of Mindfulness and the Art of Managing Anger.
Rooney, says Fisher, "was a natural hot head exposed to the adrenalised, competitive environment of football. But he seems to have now learned to control it."
But, stresses Fisher, it will not be an easy road for Barton, who, it was revealed in the Observer last month, has attended anger-management courses in the past: "He's clearly being targeted because he is a hot head. But he has to stop and look at the bigger picture. He must learn to focus on not taking things personally. He has to develop a different type of anger – a healthy aggression." This doesn't involve breathing deeply, though. "None of that works," says Fisher. "He needs personal support. This isn't just about the football pitch. He will likely have other things going on in his life."
Barton's tweets since Sunday's game – he has lashed out at critics and tried to explain why he hit City's Carlos Tevez – are classic signs of "justification of anger", says Fisher. "There is no quick fix, but if he really doesn't want this to get worse over time he must focus on the following rules: shut up and listen; remember it's OK to have a different opinion; don't become attached to outcomes; and write down each episode in an anger journal." Read More
انسخ الكود التالى و ضعه فى موقعك او مدونتك.
