Anger Management

Description:

This offering will familiarize learners with a 12-week cognitive behavioral anger management group treatment (CBT) for anger management.  The treatment was designed for use with substance abuse and mental health populations with concurrent anger problems.  Each of the 12, 90-minute weekly sessions is described in detail with specific instructions for group leaders, tables and figures that illustrate the key conceptual components of the treatment, and homework assignments for the group participants.  An accompanying Participant Workbook is available. (See Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients: Therapy Manual and Participant Workbook:  Reilly, Shopshire, Durazzo, & Campbell, 2002)  The study will present four types of CBT interventions, theoretically unified by principles of social learning theory, most often used when treating anger disorders:

• Relaxation interventions, which target emotional and physiological components of anger.

• Cognitive interventions, which target cognitive processes such as hostile appraisals and attributions, irrational beliefs, and inflammatory thinking.

• Communication skills interventions, which target deficits in assertiveness and conflict resolution skills.

• Combined interventions, which integrate two or more CBT interventions and target multiple response domains (Deffenbacher, 1996, 1999).

Note:  This study is based on the CSAT Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Manual and Participant Workbook.  The fees for this study are for certification only. (CE credits or completion certification) The materials are Public Domain and as such may not be sold.  They are provided without cost to the participants of this study. 

Objectives:  

Learners will be able to:

1. Implement a group treatment using cognitive behavioral therapy for anger management.

2. Describe four types of cognitive behavioral interventions used in treatments for anger problems.

3. Discuss relevant definitions for Anger, Aggression and Hostility.

4. Define four types of anger cues.

5. Utilize suggested remarks ‘scripts’ to present material in group sessions.

6. Assist clients in developing anger control plans.

7. Train clients in the use of progressive relaxation .

8. Train clients in the use of the ABCD model and thought stopping.

9. Train clients in the five steps of the conflict resolution model.

10. Facilitate homework assignments and tasks to reinforce concepts of anger management.

CE Credits: 6

CE Broker #: 10-33886, 10-33887 

Training Agenda:

Hour One: Overview:  Events and Cues.

Hour Two: Anger Control Plans: The Aggression Cycle. 

Hour Three: Cognitive Restructuring: Reinforcing Learned Concepts.

Hour Four: Assertiveness Training:  Conflict Resolution.

Hour Five: Anger and the Family.

Hour Six: Reinforcing Learned Concepts: Closing.

Methods: Study Guide Instructions, Posttest and Evaluation, Internet Manual URL, Q and A by Email.

Purpose: This study is intended to provide the methodology and materials for qualified mental health and behavioral health professionals to implement anger management groups.