Anger Management Objectives

Transforming Destructive into Constructive:

Understanding and Relating to Your Anger

The following is a detailed outline of what is covered in the anger management course:

Workshop Objectives:

Day One – To become aware of and identify anger in terms of: 1) experience; 2) triggers; 3) appraisals

➢    Conceptually define anger and how it functions in our experience
➢    Become aware of and incrementally identify anger both emotionally and physiologically
➢    Identify the experience of anger via its measurable component parts
➢    Become aware of and identify your personal anger script
➢    Become aware of and identify our triggers and how we appraise situations that initiate and/or contribute to the anger experience
➢    Become aware of and identify one’s stage in relation to behavioral change and obstacles to making such change 

Day Two – To become aware of and identify anger expression in terms of: 1) its origins; 2) short term goals; 3) long term consequences

➢    Become aware of and identify the connection of how anger is expressed to how it was modeled for us.
➢    Make explicit the non-verbal communication related to how anger is expressed
➢    Become aware of various long term consequences related to certain anger expression
➢    Become aware of personal communication style
➢    Learn opposite action principles, interpersonal assertiveness, self-soothing strategies, and relapse prevention strategies.