Anger Management 2025

Overview

100

•A tool that measures your anger.

•What is an Anger Meter?

200

•Anger is inherited.

•Myth or Truth?

•What is an anger MYTH?

300

•Venting anger is NOT always desirable.

•Myth or Truth

•What is an anger TRUTH?

400

•Events, circumstances and behaviors that make you angry.

•What is a TRIGGER?

500

•The expression of anger can be learned, be routine and familiar in response to a variety of situations.

•What is anger as a habitual response?

Events and Cues

100

•Long waits to see your doctor

•Crowded buses

•Having an untidy roommate

•Having a neighbor who plays the stereo too loud

•A friend not paying money back

•What are events that trigger anger?

200

•The way our bodies react when our bodies become angry.

•Example: increased heart rate, tightness in chest

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•Physical, Emotional, Behavioral or Cognitive Cue?

•What is a PHYSICAL CUE to anger?

300

•The way we act when we get angry.

•Example: clenching fist, slamming doors, pacing, raising voices

•Physical, Emotional, Behavioral or Cognitive Cue?

•What is a BEHAVIORAL CUE to anger?

400

•Thoughts that occur in response to anger provoking events.

•Example: interpreting actions of others as controlling, negative self-talk

•Physical, Emotional, Behavioral or Cognitive Cue?

•What are COGNITIVE CUES to anger?

500

•Feelings that occur when we are angry.

•Example: Fear, hurt, jealousy, disrespect

•Physical, Emotional, Behavioral or Cognitive Cue?

•What are EMOTIONAL CUES to anger?

Coping and Plans

100

•Leaving a situation that is causing anger to escalate.

•What is a TIMEOUT?

200

•An exercise focusing on your breathing, taking several deep breaths, and trying to release any tension you might have in your body.

•What is RELAXATION THROUGH BREATHING?

300

•Taking a walk

•Calling a friend

•Going outside

•Knitting

•Write in your journal

•What is an example of a TIMEOUT?

400

•Taking a timeout

•Talk to a friend

•Use the Conflict Resolution Model to express anger

•Exercise

•Attend 12-Step meetings

•Explore primary feelings beneath the anger

•What is a SAMPLE of an ANGER CONTROL PLAN

500

•Strategies (Plan) to control your anger such as timeouts, relaxation and positive self-talk.

•__________  ____________  Plan

•What is an ANGER CONTROL PLAN?

Aggression Cycle

100

•A phase that includes:

•Increase in hostile self-talk

•Intimidating body language

•More frequent and intense anger

•Escalation, Explosion or Post-Explosion Phase?

•What is the ESCALATION PHASE?

200

The phase that includes:

Violence

Verbal aggression

Uncontrollable discharge of tension

Major destructiveness

Escalation, Explosion or Post-Explosion Phase?

•What is the EXPLOSION PHASE?

300

•The phase that includes:

•Jail

•Termination from program or service

•Financial costs

•Loss of family of loved ones

•Guilt, shame, etc.

•Escalation, Explosion or Post-Explosion Phase?

•What is the POSTEXPLOSION PHASE?

400

•An exercise involving clenching muscles and then relaxing them.

•What is RELAXATION THROUGH PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION?

500

•The cycle that includes the three phases: escalation, explosion, and post-explosion.

•________________ Cycle

•What is the AGRESSION CYCLE?

Cognitive Restructuring

100

•An activation event; also know as a red flag event.

•A, B, C, or D?

•What is A in the A-B-C-D model?

200

•The emotional consequences of an event. Based on your self-talk.

•A, B, C, or D

•What is C in the A-B-C-D model?

300

•Disputing the beliefs you had about an event and deciding if they are unrealistic or irrational.

•A, B, C or D

•The D in the A-B-C-D model.

400

•The beliefs about an activating event.  Your beliefs and expectations of others.

 

•A, B, C or D

•The B in the A-B-C-D model.

500

•Telling yourself through a series of self-commands to stop thinking the thoughts that are making your angry.

•____________  S____________

•What is THOUGHT STOPPING?