Days of Our Lives (DOOL) spoilers reveal that Xander Kiriakis (Paul Telfer) seems poised to have a major psychiatrist breakthrough, so anger management therapy may bring a shocking outcome. Will Xander emerge from this experience a truly changed man?
In Days’ July 22 episode, Kayla Johnson (Mary Beth Evans) asked Sarah Horton Kiriakis (Linsey Godfrey) if Xander had ever seen a psychiatrist.
Sarah acted like Kayla must be kidding since Xander isn’t someone who likes to talk about his feelings.
However, Kayla pointed out that if Sarah and Xander ever want to co-parent successfully, then Xander needs to get his rage in check.
Sarah knows Xander would never physically harm Victoria Kiriakis (Amelia and Kennedy Hileman), but he’s still a threat to plenty of other people. Days spoilers say that’s only going to hurt Victoria in the long run.
Victoria needs a stable dad she can count on, not a fierce father who could snap at any moment and injure anyone who gets on his bad side.
It’s clear that Xander could use some help to get his temper under control, so that’s where Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) comes in.
Kayla mentioned that Marlena offers intense anger management counseling and figured it was worth a try.
If anybody can tackle this tough case and make a difference, it’s Marlena!
DOOL fans know Marlena tends to make impressive progress with her patients and almost always puts them on a better path.
Days spoilers say Xander will indeed undergo some anger management therapy with Marlena in the coming weeks.
If Xander goes through with these sessions and gets Marlena’s approval, maybe Sarah will split 50-50 custody without a fight.
Of course, this could bring a real opportunity for Xander to turn his life around.
Xander might have a breakthrough or two while in counseling and realize where all this anger stems from.
There’s no doubt that Xander has struggled with abandonment and rejection issues throughout his lifetime.
Perhaps Marlena can help Xander resolve some past trauma and work toward healing.
Although Xander has tried to change in the past, he was mostly just masking the problem and burying that anger.
What Xander really needs is a way to let it all go and stop allowing his fury to dictate so much of his life.
Days of Our Lives spoilers say Marlena will ultimately get updates on Xander’s anger management goals, so she’ll do her best to help him and hopefully deliver good news to Sarah later.