Ron Artest revealed on Sunday that he hired a sports psychologist last season while with the Rockets.
"The main thing is that I can sense when something's wrong, and when I need to figure it out, I go down and talk to her," Artest told the Los Angeles Daily News.
"I was trying to figure it out," he added. "A lot of people said, 'You need a therapist or whatever.' My problems came from on the court. How are we going to talk about that? How do I find answers about that?
"When I lose, I used to hate it so much. I found a way, not to accept it but to deal with it."
Artest has an infamous history of anger issues in his career.