The Anger Management groups are facilitated by Professionals certified with Anderson & Anderson with many years of experience. Each Anger Management group’s duration is 90 min. (The Group has no more than 15 participants per group)

 

The Anger Management Therapy is offered in a group setting or on an individual  (1 on 1) setting.

Anger is a basic human emotion. It is used to express negative feelings such as rage, unhappiness, discontent, depression, etc. We may have observed that individuals often gain attention, control, and influence when they get angry. We can say that our expression of anger is a learned response; therefore, we can unlearn those behaviors and “recondition” ourselves.

 

The goal of this program is to facilitate acceptable expressions of anger and to eliminate violent and self-destructive behaviors in our lives. Each participant will learn to identify and control their own anger so that it does not become a destructive force.

 

This program is designed to help young adults and adults recognize and normalize anger. One if its goals are to teach acceptable ways of expressing anger. By gaining a better understanding of self, we will learn to better control our anger so that it does not lead to violent outbursts. Also, we will learn different ways for stress management and improving emotional intelligence. Lastly, we will dedicate lessons to improving communications so that we may become better listeners and communicators.

The Anger Management (County & Court) Approved Curriculum:

 

 PART 1: GAINING BETTER CONTROL & UNDERSTANDING OF OURSELVES

• Control Log

• Constructive interactions

• (Positive Wheel)

• Destructive Interactions

• (Negative Wheel)

• Definitions – Positive Wheel

• Definitions – Negative Wheel

• The Heavy Costs of Anger

• Anger Destroys Personal Relationships

• Anger Disrupts School Relationship

• Anger Makes Bad Situations Worse

• Anger Leads to Aggression

• Personal/ Self Awareness Inventory

 PART 2:  STRESS MANAGEMENT

• What is Stress?

• Stress is Physical

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• Stress is Mental

• Stress is Beneficial

• Stress is Harmful

Three Skills for Managing Stress

Skill 1: Awareness

• Identifying Your Stressors

• Which of The Following Causes You Drama?

• Feeling Stressed

• Know the Signs

• Learn to Recognize and Control Your Thoughts

Skill 2: Acceptance

• Keep Situations in Focus

• Talking to Myself

• Keeping it Real

• Be Cool – Have a “stress free” Personality

• How to Have a Stress Free Personality

• Talk to a Professional

Skill 3: Dealing With It!

• Just Do It!

• Just Chillin

• Get Away From it All

• A Thought About What We Have Learned

• Another Way of Managing Stress

• Steps to Break Down Stress

• Can You Handle Drama?

• Acceptance Skills

• Dealing Skills

• Action Skills

• Communication Skills

• Stress Log

• Ways To Watch Your Back

 PART 3: IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING IT REAL

• Develop an Understanding of Yourself

• Recognize Patterns of Behavior

• Staying Positive

• General Guidelines

• Depression

• Anger

• Anger as a Response to Fear

• Responding to and Learning from Anger

• Anger Management

• Recognizing Patterns of Behavior

• Staying Positive

• Depression

• Anger

• Responding to and Learning from Anger

• Anger Management

• Recognizing Anger

• Expressions of Anger

• Checking for Drama

• I.                   Negative Feelings, Attitudes, Thoughts or Behaviors

• II.                Problems in Relationships with Other People

• III.             Other High Risk Situations

• Seven Steps to Anger Control

• Cool-Downs & Time- Outs

• Steps to Take

• Why Do Time-outs Work?

• Time-Outs are Hard to Do!

• When Taking a Time-Out, These are some of The Things You Can Say to yourself.

• Ways to Handle “ The Drama”

 PART 4: COMMUNICATION

• Working on Your Communication Skills

• Self-Assessment

• Checking Up on Yourself

• Skills

• Need to Improve

• Roadblocks to Open Communication

• Phrases for Miscommunication

• Positive Communication Skills

• Silence, Passive Listening

• Simple Acknowledgement

• Door openers

• Active Listening Responses

• Phrases for Active Listening

• Phrases for Active Listening

• Styles of Communication

• Taking Responsibility for what you Feel

• Guidelines to Resolving Conflicts with Your Girlfriend or Boyfriend

• What is Open for negotiation In Intimate Relationships

• Remember These Four Points about Respectful Communication & Conflict Resolution

• Improving Communications

• Action Plan

PART 5: ROLE MODELING

• Communication by Example

• Emotional Intelligence