Chris Brown is set to release another album, this time, proving as well that his bad days are behind him. In an interview with MTV news, he admitted to still seeing his therapist following the scandalous Rihanna assault back in 2009.
The singer, who was sentenced to five years' probation and 1400 hours of community service, admitted he started seeing his therapist after the incident with Rihanna and that he still speaks with his shrink for anger management, according to the Hollywood Life.
He said, "I think it's all about the choices you make. With me, I deal with a lot of anger issues from my past - not knowing how to express myself verbally and at the same time not knowing how to cope with my emotions and deal with them and understand what they are. So I think help is great."
He went on to say, "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."
Brown also offered some advice to football player Ray Rice, who was recently released from the Baltimore Ravens after a video of him knocking out his then-fiancée and now-wife, Janay Palmer, surfaced.
"To Ray, or anybody else...Because I'm not better than the next man -- I can just say I've been down that road. I deal with situations and I've made my mistakes too, but it's all about how you push forward and how you control yourself," the singer said.
Rihanna has not given any comment on the news of Rice's abuse, but according to Time Magazine, she has been directly impacted by the reports as she was pulled by CBS from her performance in the NFL pre-game show.
Of course, Time notes that Brown's openness about the incident, though rare, did not erase his crimes. However, it does provide insight on an important side of the conversation on domestic abuse, according to the magazine.
In a separate TIME story on domestic abuse, the National Domestic Violence Hotline counts over an 84% increase in calls since Rice's video was leaked. Women have come forward to share their stories about abuse using the hashtags #WhyIStayed and #WhyILeft on Twitter.
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