Anger Management
About the Author
Howard Kassinove, Ph.D., ABPP, a board certified clinical psychologist, is chairperson of the Psychology Department at Hofstra University and is a past director of their Ph.D. Program in Clinical & School Psychology. Dr. Kassinove is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Albert Ellis Institute, and the Behavior Therapy and Research Society. In addition to 60+ published papers, in 1995 he edited ANGER DISORDERS: DEFINITION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. He has lectured widely in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Raymond Chip Tafrate, PhD is an associate professor in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at Central Connecticut State University. As a clinical psychologist, his work has focused on disorders commonly found in criminal justice settings. His research on the nature and treatment of anger has been published in scientific journals and books for practitioners, and has been presented at conferences throughout the United States and abroad.
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 offense, 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.
Learning Objectives
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.
Comments:
"The text was excellent. I have anger management groups at the center where I work and the information from this course has been very helpful. Thank you!"
- L.H.S., SW, KY
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