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Anger facts:
32% of UK adults say someone close to them has real problems controlling their anger – Mental Health Foundation (2008)
64% believe people in the UK are getting angrier – Mental Health Foundation (2008)
Anger management programmes make offenders MORE dangerous - Home Office Report (2006)
48,000 under 11 yr olds sent home or suspended from school for angry or aggressive behaviour in 2007 - DCSF (2008)
In 2008 in the UK, there are still few therapeutic services available for helping those with anger problems
You will take away from the seminar:
A broader therapeutic understanding of the development and treatment of anger problems adding to CBT, Brief Solution & Psychodynamic perspectives
A range of therapeutic strategies for BOTH anger suppression AND anger expression problems derived from the work of Chip Tafrate, Howard Cassinove, Aaron Beck and Mo Yee Lee, amongst others
Detailed outlines for running anger management groups, as well as knowing when and how to use an individual approach
Non-verbal interventions for use in whole school, work and institutional settingsCourse Outline:
09.00 Onwards - Registration and refreshments
10.00 Introduction
10.05 The "Anger Epidemic"
The size, growth and nature of the problem. Different types of anger problems including hidden anger problems. The reasons why there are no specific services. Why a single "anger management" approach does not work . The question of “ownership of the problem”. The development of anger problems in children and adults – gender differences and their implications. Risk factors – environmental, cognitive and interpersonal.
11.15 Refreshments
11.45 Non-Verbal Interventions
Territorial management, Boundary setting, consistency and expectation. Identifying reinforcing factors and changing responses to angry behaviour. Altering environments to reduce angry behaviour. Substance use, diet and anger
12.15 Rethinking Therapeutic Interventions For Anger Problems (1)
Traditional approaches to anger expression problems and their limitations. Anger as addictive behaviour. Understanding anger problems within a Stages Of Change Model. Working with anger expression clients who do not think they have a problem. General therapeutic approach and the integration of MI and BSFT techniques. Working with ambivalent anger clients.
Video demonstration of the use of the Miracle Question (MQ) with a contemplating client with anger expression problems.
13.00 Lunch – by your own arrangement
14.00 Rethinking Therapeutic Interventions For Anger Problems (2)
Working with clients at an action stage. Therapeutic interventions for anger suppression problems. A self test for our own attitudes towards anger. A BSFT approach to anger suppression. CBT techniques for raising awareness of negative attitudes towards anger. The constructive use of anger. Role models. Does catharsis work? Confidence building and assertiveness training. Anger Expression problems - Addressing self awareness and arousal management.
15.15 Refreshments
15.45 Rethinking Therapeutic Interventions For Anger Problems (3)
Avoidance and escape strategies - uses and limitations. The use of the BARB technique and a video demonstration of its use with a client. Life skills training approaches.
16.20 Plenary
16.30 Finish
Course Leader:
Paul Grantham
MSc, M.Clin.Psychol, C.Psychol
Paul is a clinical psychologist with a background within the NHS in community care. He currently trains extensively within the NHS, Social Services and the Independent sector on a range of therapy based topic areas. His interests currently lie in addressing obstacles to personal and behavioral change. An extensively informed, and humorous presenter, he emphasises the practical rather than just the theory of client based work
LONDON