One of my colleagues said this about relaxation training: “It is only the tip of the iceberg.” In other words, there is a lot more to anger reduction than relaxed muscles. Why do you think this is the case?
I think this is the case because, once the client gets up off the couch from relaxing, there is a tendency for the anger to re-emerge in the heart. This is the case because the injustice is still a focus for the client, and that focus tends to have the anger come back after the relaxation ends. Forgiveness therapy tends to reduce the resentment (toward the one who behaved unjustly) and this then leads to a significant reduction in the anger that tends to stay away in the long term.
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