Counselors often find, when working with anger issues, that clients choose anger rather than choosing to remain calm and assertive. When counselors find that this is the case, a movement exercise can demonstrate the choice that is being made. For example, a counselor writes, on a piece of paper, the word ANGER and tapes it to a chair to the right of the client. Then the counselor writes the word CALM on another piece of paper and tapes it to a chair to the left of the client. The counselor then engages the client in a discussion about how she has a choice of which seat to sit in and currently she is choosing the ANGER seat. The counselor helps the client understand the different self-talk from each of the seats. Clients often benefit from sitting in each of the two seats and saying the angry and non-angry thoughts from the respective seat. Clients frequently report that they never realized they had a choice and this visual representation assists in their understanding.