Chris Brown: 'I see a therapist twice a week for anger management'
Embattled singer Chris Brown has opened up about his anger management struggles, revealing he sits down with a therapist twice a week.
Asked to comment on the scandal surrounding American football player Ray Rice, who was fired from the Baltimore Ravens earlier this week (beg08Sep14) after video footage of his attack on his now-wife in a hotel elevator emerged, the Kiss Kiss star told MTV News the sportsman has to make some life-altering decisions, just like he did following his assault conviction in 2009.
Brown tells interviewer Sway, "I dealt with a lot of anger issues
from my past, not knowing how to express myself verbally... and not
knowing how to cope with my emotions.
"Help is great; I still talk to my therapist twice a week, and it
helps me to... if I'm frustrated and I'm dealing with something, to
vent and say what I'm going through so I can hear from an actual
clinical person: 'This is how you should react', or, 'It's good to
feel this way because feelings, emotions and energy are supposed to
come and go. It's not supposed to stay there, you're not supposed
to keep it inside, because it'll just bottle up and you'll become a
monster'.
"For me, dealing with my anger issues... it has helped me really
focus on what's important."
He adds, "It's all about the choices you do make... I've been down
that road and I've made my mistakes too, but it's all about how you
deal and push forward and control your anger."
Brown is still battling anger issues and he was ordered to spend
time in rehab last year (13) following a fight outside a hotel in
Washington, D.C. The singer was sent to jail in March (14) when he
was kicked out of the facility for failing to obey the rules.
The hitmaker is still on probation for his attack on
then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.