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Chris Brown: I'm ready for counselling

Star promises to attend behaviour classes

Chris Brown to 'channel anger through dancing'

While Chris Brown vows he'll abide by all the conditions of his recent sentencing for assaulting Rihanna – including six months of community labour and five years' probation – he's eager to get the most out of the court-ordered counselling and anger-management classes.

'I want to understand my feelings,' Brown, 20, tells PEOPLE. 'I want to find out what really transpired as far as me that night. Sometimes when you're young you don't know how to express [your emotions], so I think it actually would be helpful to talk to a counsellor or to somebody who has an expertise in what those [feelings] are.'

According to Brown's 5 August probation review, the R&B singer 'has already looked into some domestic violence programs, showing that he is taking some initiatives to address this issue.'

Explains Brown: 'I wanted to take the counselling upon myself and … just talk to someone. I just need to talk to someone. I wanted to understand the problem at hand.'

Brown tells PEOPLE he doesn’t think he has an 'anger problem,' but says he's keeping an open mind. 'If I do, I will work with my counsellor and hopefully channel my anger into something like dancing,' says Brown, who insists he'll never let himself lose control again. 'I don't think I would get that mad again. I want to be a man, so I have to be more responsible .... I'd rather walk away.'

Elizabeth Leonard