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Deffenbacher (2004) recommended using research-supported interventions and tailoring them to user needs. First, positive findings support relaxation interventions providing skills to reduce emotional and physiologic arousal. Second, cognitive interventions changing anger-engendering attitudes, beliefs and self-talk.

The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of anger management training, specifically, with adolescent males with conduct disorder (Gliner, Harmon, & Morgan, 2000).

Objective 1: AEB a reduction of 75% of Robert’s maladaptive behavior responses relating to conflicts with others by the end of the 3 month treatment period based on his self-reporting Behavior Anger Response Questionnaire (BARQ).

Anger is often a difficult emotion to express and understand and it has come to be recognized as a significant social problem that our society facing today. This paper discusses the efficacy of the Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and the Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) for treating patient with anger problems and compared therapists’ view on emotion which how they see emotion as the prime mover in human experience in different ways respectively. Besides, the development, overview and the similarities of CBT & EFT has been critically compared and discussed in this essay. CBT and EFT conceptualize emotional problems differently and employ different techniques in each therapy. Although the CBT and EFT possess many distinct

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

Retrospective chart reviews will be conducted to determine amount of anger clients felt during the BIP at Esperanza Guidance Services. Clients are required to do weekly anger journals along with homework they turn in each week during group therapy for BIP. Weekly anger journals will be analyzed to determine levels of anger each week. Anger journals ask clients to rate the physical signs and behavior signs of anger on a one to ten scale. These journals also ask clients to describe the situation and how they handled it by asking if the client took a time out, stuffed it, escalated it, or directed it. Alcohol and drug use is also discussed in the anger journal. Demographic information was also gathered (age, gender, ethnicity, and race).

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.

I found the Anger Management and Emotion Regulation Skills intervention from a book Helping At-Risk Students: A Group Counseling Approach for Grade 6-9 (Waterman & Walker, 2009).

5). Staff members that are identified with anger management problems need to be directed to some form of counseling to identify trigger points and how to redirect anger positively.

The treatment goal is for the client to learn effective ways to manage her anger. The primary goal is for the client to identify strategies and techniques that will allow her to deal with her anger and to recognize events and cues that can trigger her anger to intensify. Another goal is for the client to analyze family patterns and how her family dealt with anger and other emotions and how past interactions can impact her current thoughts, feelings and behaviors. By identifying strategies and recognizing cues and past patterns the client will be able to focus on managing her anger and using effective techniques in order to reduce her anger.

Group therapy is an important method that is commonly used by psychiatric professionals in the treatment of many types of mental illnesses. They consist of three or more people and are targeted at promoting psychological development and change. There are three different types of groups. The task group works by using tasks, such as activities and techniques, designed to help clients work toward desired goals. In addition, midrange groups work by allowing clients to share their thoughts and feelings with others who have learned to cope with similar problems over a longer period of time. Lastly, process groups work by allowing clients to work on their communicating patterns, skills and methods (Fortinash & Holoday Worrett, 2008).

Looking for new and more effective ways to treat the issues of their clients, counselors and therapists may often begin to consider leading a group therapy session. Group therapy is a form of therapy in which a therapist either treats or provides psychoeducational skills to a small, carefully planned target group of individuals in an effort to ameliorate the issues and dysfunctions of each individual in that particular group of patients together (Scheidlinger, 2004). In this group, therapists often utilize some of the psychotherapy theories such as Gestalt, transactional analysis, psychotherapy or psychodrama which they often use to treat clients individually.

The most effective and lasting treatments is that of a combination of working to improve one?s self-esteem along with learning techniques to manage anger. All too often, however, when people seek therapy of enter into anger management classes, self-esteem is not even discussed.

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.