Learning Objectives
After completion of the course you’ll be able to:
- Describe Yerkes-Dodson Law and relate angry arousal with performance.
- Define anger in terms of intensity, duration, frequency and body changes.
- Demonstrate expressions of the anger script.
- Differentiate between anger, hostility, aggression and aversive verbalizations.
- Identify 5 parts of anger episode model and describe how each can be used in an anger management program.
- List 9 negative outcomes associated with anger reactions.
- List 5 elements of assessment of anger.
- List 5 categories of anger diagnosis and discuss their defining characteristics.
- Identify 4 elements of anger management program and discuss their application in practice.
- Teach clients 4 crisis prevention strategies.
- Identify active ingredients for successful anger management in the counseling process.
- Describe 8 techniques for increasing client awareness of the various elements of anger episodes.
- Differentiate between avoidance and escape strategies of anger management.
- Discuss the application of fight-or-flight response to anger management.
- Teach a client progressive muscle relaxation technique.
- Identify 3 life skills that can help reduce many anger problems.
- Discuss specific life situations and social skills necessary to handle them effectively.
- Define assertiveness.
- Identify and discuss four steps of the problem-solving model.
- Explain how exposure technique can be used to reduce angry reactions to aversive verbal stimuli.
- Discuss the application of principles and practices of cognitive intervention in the context of anger management.
- Recognize the difference between thoughts and feelings.
- Distinguish between Beck’s approach and Rational Emotive Behavior Change approach to cognitive therapy.
- Teach clients about the causes of their anger.
- Teach clients rational interpretations of triggers.
- Teach clients to differentiate between rational and irrational beliefs.
- Define forgiveness and explain why forgiveness is important.
- Distinguish between forgiveness and other possible responses to an offence, such as accepting, excusing, forgetting, etc.
- Identify and describe four phases of forgiveness.
- Outline 6 coping skills in anger management.
- List reasons why client anger reemerges after treatment begins to become effective.
- Outline strategies for managing client setbacks.
- Identify client characteristics that are likely to be a source of irritation and anger for practitioners.
- Using the techniques described for individual counseling, design a program suitable for group treatment.
To assess the effectiveness of the course material, we ask that you evaluate your achievement of each learning objective on a scale of A to D (A=excellent, B=good, C=fair, D=unsatisfactory). Please indicate your responses next to each learning objective and return it to us with your completed exam.
Course Contents
Chapter 1: Anger
Chapter 2: The Anger Episode Model
Chapter 3: Assessment and Diagnosis
Chapter 4: Overview of the Anger Management Program
Chapter 5: Assessing and Increasing Motivation
Chapter 6: Developing a Strong Therapeutic Alliance
Chapter 7: Increasing Awareness of Anger
Chapter 8: Avoidance and Escape
Chapter 9: Managing Physical Arousal
Chapter 10: Building Life Skills
Chapter 11: Social Problem Solving
Chapter 12: Exposure
Chapter 13: Fostering Cognitive Change: Seeing the World Realistically
Chapter 14: Fostering Cognitive Change II: Building a More Flexible Philosophy
Chapter 15: Forgiveness
Chapter 16: Relapse Prevention
Chapter 17: Anger Reduction for Practitioners
Chapter 18: Sample Anger Management Treatment Programs
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