Anger Responses: What’s Really Happening
- Understand the anger process
- The downward spiral of expressed anger
- Manifestations of repressed anger
A Structured Approach to Treat Anger
- From passive aggression to violence: The spectrum of anger
- Rage and aggression: Indicators of missing skills
- Treatment plan templates - Tie interventions to symptoms
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
Uncover the Source and Stakes of Anger
- Client checklists, mood trackers, trigger alerts
- Identify trigger themes and flavors
- Differentiate internal vs external sources of anger
- Anger’s contagious properties
- Activity: The costs of anger
- Case study: 41-year-old male with aggressive tendencies
Anger Management through Conflict Management
- Transform conflict through the Four Question Progression
- Activity: Receptiveness checklist
- Replace communication disruptors
- CBT problem-solving and action plans
- Anger styles in relationship dynamics
- Communication cues to enhance clarity during conflict
- On-the-spot defusion and mindfulness strategies
- Case study: Anger in marriage
Create Lasting Change
- The upside of anger: Empower selfadvocacy
- Take action by controlling the controllables
- Values clarification exercises
- Forgiveness and empathy toward self and others
- Healthy boundary setting
- Assertively communicate boundaries without guilt or aggression
- Mindful wellness monitoring
- Experiential exercise: Daily confidence through anger harnessing
- Case study: Single parent with teenage daughter


