Many thanks for the session this morning - brilliant, real clarity - thank you! RE North Derbyshire

Hi Julian just a quick note to say Thank you so much for the course at the weekend although long and tense on occasions I had a great time and feel Happy and powerful that I have done so. I have already spoken with a close friend about the course who has paid a lot of interest and is contemplating joining so the next taster you have.

May I say what a privilege it was to come along and a fascinating experience, Thank you again. SD from Derby.

Hi I just want to thank you for all the help and the support you have given me these last 2 months. Because of your help I am a much nicer and happier person. S from N. Wales

Thanks for the course I can say hand on heart things have been so much better and I feel I have the tools to make it work now. NR Derbyshire

Everything is going very well here as well. I have not lost my temper once since being on your course. After so many years of being angry, frustrated, believing that I was angry because of my wife/other people etc. it all seems so simple now. That one session of Detour with you on the Sunday appears to have had a major impact on me. I felt so different afterwards and it has lasted. I have stayed calm even when others around me have not been so cool or have lost their temper it has not had a negative effect on me in the slightest.

As I said it seems such a simple answer after so many years of anger. The only way to describe it is a 'conversion' experience i.e. from going in one direction I am now going in the complete opposite direction and it feels good, natural and pleasant. A from South Yorkshire

“What helped me most was being able to really express my anger and listen to myself and others. And finally understanding why I have been angry all my life. The way of learning to deal with my anger now and for the rest of my life. I have really enjoyed the last 3 days and I am a better more confident person for it.”

PS Sunderland

Just making contact to give an update as it is now over a month since I was with you in Derby. I have not felt as good as I have over the past five weeks for years and my relationship with my wife is so much better as I no longer get angry or even feel angry.

I was sitting in your office on the Sunday afternoon concerned that I would not be able to remember all the strategies you  had given me and I would have to create some crib cards to carry around with me and hastily look at them when I could feel the anger rising. However, the reality has been so different I would not have believed it possible but I am experiencing it every day. My wife and daughter have noticed the change almost from the moment I returned home and comment on the change i.e. I am a more peaceful person than I have been for years. I keep thinking of the effect of the Detour and how it has made such a dramatic difference to me, my feelings and emotions.

So thank you for the weekend and taking me and the others through the materials AA from Sheffield May 2011 2nd Testimonial

This testimonial is from a lady who attended a weekend workshop in Birmingham with my colleague Paula and her husband attended a month later with me.

"Paula we're getting on fabulously.  He asks to check in virtually on a daily basis, which is a Godsend.  I know He won’t mind me saying, the course has enabled him to understand himself, others and he's much more aware of projection and when not to take on other peoples 'shit'!

It's wonderful to have a new relationship on a different level with him and together we're happier and more relaxed." DG Worcs

“Hi, it seems such a long time ago that I was with you for the weekend together ...Just to say that the weekend has made an incredible difference to how I now feel. I noticed a massive change after I went through the Detour with you and that feeling has stayed with me ever since.

Thanks for the way you presented the materials and took me and the others through the workbook. I am so glad that I made the decision to come that weekend after so many years of saying I would address the anger but never doing so.

It was well worth the time, emotion, money to save me and my marriage.

Thank you again Julian for taking me through what has become a real and positive healing process.” AA from Sheffield May 2011

“...I wish I’d done it years ago.” HJ from Preston May 2011

“I have learnt a life skill off you Julian, and I am very grateful. I will use it forever.” CG from Lancs April 2011 

“....it was a life changing experience for me. It made me realise, at last, that I can do something to help myself after years of searching for answers. I am so grateful to you for steering me in the right direction, thank you so much.” BB from Liverpool Jan 2011

"I learned how to connect with my feelings as well as finding strategies to deal with my anger and self esteem." MH from Stoke Feb 2011

“Julian delivered the course clearly and I really enjoyed it. Julian’s knowledge and experience that he shared was invaluable. Great course.” SR Rochdale Understanding Anger for Parents, Teachers and Carers March 2011

“Really helped by the knowledge and style of the presenter and the opportunities to relate the exercises to our own professional and/or personal lives. Thank you for a very thought provoking day.” Anon Rochdale Understanding Anger for Parents March Teachers and Carers March 2011

The course empowered me to be more assertive. Gave me great strategies to use for myself and the children I work with.” EB Rochdale Understanding Anger for Parents Teachers and Carers March 2011

A real explanation of the subject; really went into Anger, where it comes from; Very well presented, paced and Julian really understand the subject. Thank you. Will take away lots of learning and make time to make changes.” D from Rochdale Understanding Anger for Parents Teachers and Carers March 2011

Thanks for the course i got so much out of it, the meeting on the Monday people were asking me what had change because i was so relaxed and did not react to comments made by the other party that i would have commented back M from Yorkshire Nov 2010

just to say that the course has bee really beneficial to me, and I feel I have made big strides in my life  -so thank you for that. M from N Ireland October 2010

Thanks, you beat me to it. I had intended to email last night but was wiped. Thanks for the book info and thanks so much for the course this weekend. I feel like it was a life-changing weekend + am really grateful. I have had a transformed 72 hours already. Please do pass on my thanks to Mike. You guys are doing amazing work that benefits so many more people than just the ones on the course. I'm sure there are lives you've saved physically + emotionally. And yes the platforms are back, the real me is tall!!! H from London Oct 2010

I'd tried other forms of self-help before deciding to go along to an Anger Management weekend - I'd struggled with anxiety and depression in the past and I was looking for a different approach to dealing with some of my difficulties. The methods and material used were extremely effective and helped me to see things with a lot more clarity. Julian had a great way of explaining things so that we all understood and was happy to talk through any issues we had. I would recommend the Anger Management programme to anyone looking to address their problems in a practical way, and is ready to receive help to initiate change in their life. R from Manchester September 2010

I like to thank you for the BA2 intensive course you presented the other weekend. I was very reluctant to attend. When this was suggested to me, my thoughts were something like “I’m not angry, people just upset me unnecessarily. I don’t hit people when I’m angry so can’t they just handle it like I do?” After the first day on the course I was lying in my hotel room and thought to myself. How stupid was I? How much damage have I done to my wife and child? Will I ever be able to fix this? After day 3, on my way home I felt so inspired and positive.

I felt that I could move a mountain and if I remember correctly my response to everybody on the course, when you asked “what are you going to do now?” was “I’m going to fix my marriage” That’s all I said at the time and I can now confess. It is not easy trying to fix something that I chipped away over ten years but, it is getting better. The tools and techniques I learned on this course are priceless. They help me every day. I still get angry but I don’t blast off at anybody anymore. Applying the tools and techniques makes people around me (my wife) just look at me and smile. I’m having a great time at the moment knowing that it’s getting better and that what I have learnt on the course can make such a difference.

Julian, we didn’t know each other when the course started but after that weekend you felt like a life long friend. Your presentation skills, knowledge, endearment and understanding of everything that was thrown at you is highly appreciated. Keep it up and we will soon have a non-angry population that can take on the world.

A job well done, thanks D from Leicestershire August 2010

“...I cannot believe how much I was affected by the material after the first day - I felt awful at the realisation that my actions were adversely affecting my children, by the evening of the second day I found myself in a situation where before Friday would have resulted in me screaming at my sister... By using the feelings wheel I clearly, calmly explained how I was feeling and how I viewed the situation - in that one conversation she understood things I had been trying to explain and express for years she ended up crying (not nice, but at the same time it was as it was a cry of oh my gosh I get it I’m so sorry!!) and apologising.

I just cannot beginning to express how amazed I am at the simplicity of the program but the effectiveness.

Sorry I have seriously rambled but what I really wanted to emphasise is that I am in awe of Julian and Paula ...from M - a once exceptionally mismanaged angry individual who now understands there are other ways to express my anger, hurt or shame that does not require me to go down the rage road! - I still however love and respect my anger it makes me human and reminds me that I live each day with passion and purpose as if I didn't get angry, hurt, sad, scared, shamed, empowered, or happy about things - I would not want to change things and life would remain very much the same - BORING!!” M from Stafford August 2010

"yes I have been singing your praises all morning, I have forwarded your details to a couple of agencies already & have a few meetings lined up over the next couple of weeks on top of my normal weekly meetings, so within a month, the whole of Derby & Derbyshire should be well aware!" Z from Derby June 2010