Understanding Anger
Plan that is used as a diagram to help explain anger.
What is a tree?
Personal Right
What is the right to feel angry?
Creating a map of the problem or issue under discussion.
What is free or process map?
A scale that is from 1-10.
What is the anger meter?
Anger is often conceptualized as arising from two emotions.
What is fear and pain?
Frustration, Disappointment, Jealousy, Indignation, Being annoyed.
What are different degrees of anger?
Capturing the most important aspects of personal issues.
What is a problem solving map?
Escalation, Explosion, and Post-Explosion.
What is the anger cycle?
Asking yourself what you are afraid of and what is causing you pain.
What is the first key to a better understanding of anger?
Surroundings or environment, Personal Health, and Attitudes and Expectations.
What are anger triggers?
Yelling, threats, Violence VS. I statements, Asking for change, letting of steam.
What is stepping on the rights of others vs respecting the rights of others.
Used in an academic setting. Research has showed them to be powerful study tools.
What is an information map?
The final stage of the aggression cycle.
What is post-explosion?
Expecting things to be fair when they are really unfair.
What is attitudes and expectations?
Explore your options, Talk rather than act out your angry feelings, recall what solutions worked for you in the past, and Ask yourself if your anger is justified.
What is Tips for Managing Anger?
Holding a grudge.
What is stepping on the rights of others?
Maps increase on-task performance in group sessions and are especially helpful for clients who have attentional problems.
What is focus?
Breathing deeply and bringing awareness to your hands.
What is progressive muscle relaxation?
When you've successfully handled a difficult situation, pat yourself on your back.
What is reward yourself?
Experiencing pain or a chronic painful condition.
What is personal health?
Forgiving
What is respecting the rights of others?
Mapping facilitates the counselor-client therapeutic process.
What is rapport?
Situations that are unique to you and that you are especially sensitive to because of past events.
What are red flags?
Helps you calm down and when you are calm it is easier to resolve problems and keep open to new solutions.
What is letting of steam?