Episode 37 w/Anita Avedian
Meet the Expert
Anita Avedian, LMFT
Licensed therapist, anger management educator, and Executive Director of Avedian Counseling Center
Anita Avedian has been helping people make peace with big emotions for more than two decades. A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and nationally recognized anger management expert, Anita leads a team of therapists across multiple locations in Los Angeles through her group practice, Avedian Counseling Center. She’s also the founder of Anger Management Essentials, a nationally approved program that certifies other professionals in the field.
Anita’s work focuses on the tools no one teaches you growing up—how to communicate without blame, how to spot your emotional triggers, and how to respond instead of react. Her practical, no-shame approach has helped thousands of adults, teens, couples, and professionals get out of the “blow up or shut down” cycle. She’s also the author of the Anger Management Essentials workbook series, available here.
Below you‘ll find two free tools from therapist Anita Avedian to help you understand, track, and talk back to your anger, without shame, blame, or bottling it up:
🗒️ Download: Affirm Yourself!
Quick Tip for Cooling Down
This worksheet gives your inner critic a time-out and invites in your calm, confident voice instead. Through simple affirmations and guided self-talk prompts, you'll practice rewiring the way you speak to yourself in heated moments. It’s not about pretending you’re fine—it’s about reminding yourself that you’re capable, strong, and in control. Bonus: You’ll create your own personalized affirmations using power phrases like I can, I am, and I will to help you shift from chaos to clarity.
🗒️ Download: Keeping Track of My Anger
Your Go-To Anger Log
Let’s be real: most of us weren’t taught what to do with anger—just what not to do. This worksheet helps you track what actually happened in moments of anger, how you responded, what you were feeling, and (most importantly) what you could do differently next time. By reflecting on your reactions, you strengthen the part of your brain that regulates emotion, not just reacts to it. It's like a workout for your prefrontal cortex.
Want more tools, tips, or training from Anita? Visit avediancounselingcenter.com to learn more about her counseling services, workshops, and anger management programs.