Personal Narrative Behavior

Adhering to my health behavior change ended up being much more difficult than I thought it would end up being. I wanted to change my behavioral by going to the gym more often, more than three hours a week, and on a weekly basis. In the first week, I started off poorly and did not end up going to the gym once. The second week of my plan is when I was finally started to go to the gym and taking my plan seriously. I was available to meet my goal and spent three and a half hours at the gym that week. By week three, I only went for 2 hours that week at the gym.

Anger in a business setting can cause one to act inappropriately or unwisely by blowing an incident out of proportion and possibly irrevocably damaging a career. Learning that at any moment we have the ability to consciously control our anger is empowering but not that easy to accomplish. Goleman asserts the body’s chemical reaction to stressful situations, relating back to our ancient ancestors, is the reason for this difficulty. The introduction of hormones into the body is not a gradual elevation, but a quick release relating back to our basic fight or flight response to environmental dangers. Every day, hormones are incrementally released into the body with each passing taxing stressful episode until a level is reached that triggers anger. He offers two weapons against anger outbursts. The first is method is to recognize, as early as possible, what is triggering the anger. This disruption of the anger

In our life, we meet many people that have anger issues. People have anger issues because they could have been abused by the people they love or they had a terrible experience from childhood. I read two books that had a similarity which, Ruthless from the book called Ruthless by Carolyn Lee Adams and Cole from the book called Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen. Cole and Ruthless have similarity in life, Cole was abused by his father, Ruthless experience during her childhood, and Cole and Ruthless have a difference in life. People could manage to control their anger issues by facing their problems.

I: Timothy seemed genuine about addressing his anxiety issues. He expressed a desire to improve his anger problems. He was cooperative during the session. He mentioned that he has been working hard to control his anger. Timothy noted that his anxiety level has been high. He stated that his son his is biggest motivation as well as his biggest concern. He stated that he gets angry easily. Timothy stated that he has been reading more about anger. He also agreed to identify triggers that lead to his anger. Timothy stated that he will continue to work on his anger.

QP provided Nasir with a CBT activity geared towards anger reducing techniques. QP explained to Nasir that the activity will examine and teach him strategies for reducing and controlling his anger and how he responds to anger situations. QP brainstormed with Nasir some anger calming techniques. QP examined with Nasir, how he deals with anger situations. QP asked Nasir to list some things that make him angry. QP discussed with Nasir different anger reducing techniques. QP practice with Nasir deep breathing technique. QP asked Nasir to list some things that can distract him form anger triggering thoughts. QP pointed out to Nasir that when a person cannot control their anger they make the situation worst, get into fights and behave reckless that

Intervention: MHP taught Ty’Kevinyon strategies for anger management skills. MHP used a motivational interviewing approach involving active listening, clarifying questions, and the examination of the consequences toward his acceptance of responsibility and willingness to change anger control problems. MHP taught Ty’Kevinyon efficient communication and assertiveness skills to convey anger in a controlled fashion and to meet his needs through more practical actions. MHP taught Ty’Kevinyon to use progressive relaxation or guided imagery techniques to stimulate a sense of calmness and decrease the intensity of his angry feelings. MHP taught Ty’Kevinyon anger, problem-solving, and communication skills to reduce anger. MHP provided positive reinforcements.

During our lifetime every one of us feels anger and aggression occasionally, some more than others, maybe as a child in the play ground or later as an adult when somebody cuts you up when you are driving along. But what causes anger and aggression and why do we all suffer from it? Well there are lots of different theories to what causes aggression and where aggressive behaviour comes from. So throughout this essay I will examine the different concepts and theories from different psychologist and develop and show an understanding of Aggression

Neveeh stats how she was able to watched a whole bunch of movies today at school and how her and her friends were allowed to get popcorn from the office to eat while watching the movies. During the anger game activity she showed great affect and her presentation during the activity was appropriate. During activity she remained calm regardless if she had a good dice roll or not. Neveeh demonstrated appropriate ways to discuss angry feeling by stating that when she gets angry or feel as though she is getting angry she takes a nap or tries to think of something else which helps her calm down. Neveeh feels as through going to sleep is the best method for her because when she wakes up she feels much happier and has forgot why she

In chapter ten, Oaklander discusses how she treats specific problem behaviors in children. Oaklander does not view a child’s annoying or socially unacceptable behavior as an illness, but rather as a strength in coping to survive. She advocates for children and acknowledges that childhood is like a prison where there is often a double standard of behavior for children and adults. The first problem Oaklander discusses is aggression which is often caused by hurtful feelings.

Utilizing strategies and techniques to effectively manage anger can be difficult, the lack of anger management can result in serious consequences. The literature suggest that problems related to anger and aggression can cause difficulty in many areas of life. In addition, it can cause impaired functionality for

QP engaged Maunica in participating in a CBT activity geared towards the aggression cycle. QP explained to Maunica that the activity examine the aggressive cycle and progressive muscle relaxation technique that can help to reduce anger level. QP explained to Maunica the three phases of the aggression cycle, which consist of escalation, explosion, and post explosion. QP asked Maunica to list some things that can cause her anger to escalate. QP asked Maunica, what level has her anger reached. QP reviewed with Maunica thing that triggers her anger. QP brainstormed with Maunica some of her anger cues. QP reviewed with Maunica negative consequences that are associated with anger explosion. QP assisted Maunica in identifying the cues that occurs

I like your thorough presentation on how a cognitive-behavioural therapist would conceptualize this family’s presenting issues. The daughter’s thought processes regarding food, resulting into restriction of her food intake must be considered. I agree with you that, the media’s portrayal of beauty (weight) is a positive reinforcement of her behaviour towards food. Looking trough a CBT lens, I would like to know this family’s view about food and weight. I wonder too if the parents fight in front of the daughter and the only time the fighting stops is when the mother pays attention to her during meal time and the father moving away. Thus, the parents reactions are negative reinforcement to her behaviour.

This chapter was an eye opener for me and very informative, but I was really interested in civil inattention. I say this because I am sure we all experience civil inattention everywhere from just simply walking outside, going to the movie theaters, shopping at the mall, shopping at the supermarket, etc. I find it interesting because this is not something that we would even notice or talk about. I know in this society, we don’t regularly talk to strangers, we try to avoid eye contact as much as possible. When people stare at you longer than what’s acceptable and it doesn’t take the attention in the way it was meant to be, then anger could be a result due to misunderstanding. For example, my nephew went to Boston for of a job opportunity and

Andrea’s friend’s suggestion of repeatedly punching a pillow, while imagining she is hitting her boyfriend for talking to his former girlfriend at the school dance, is not an effective way to reduce Andrea’s anger because it can lead to the development of unconscious anger towards her boyfriend. In her case, a better method to deal with her anger would be to first calm down and relax by practicing controlled breathing. Once Andrea’s temper has lowered, she should effectively communicate with her boyfriend about the situation. Andrea should vent out her emotions by informing her boyfriend that noticing him talking to his former girlfriend was upsetting, all while maintaining a calm and acceptable communicating voice. After talking to her boyfriend

I hear some people say that they got so angry they lost control and didn’t know what they were doing. I often wondered what that must be like. I, being a very passive person, have never lost control when I’ve become angered. I’ve always had total awareness of my situation. In the movie “Anger Management”, Jack Nicholson so nicely stated: “Your temper is the one thing you can’t get rid of by loosing it” I’ve probably come close at times, but never gone over the edge to uncontrollable rage. I remember there was one time it came close.