Course | Anger Management Training Course

Facilitators

1. Lyn Quirk
M.Prof.Ed.; Adv.Dip.Compl.Med (Naturopathy); Adv.Dip.Sports Therapy Over 30 years as Health Club Manager, Fitness Professional, Teacher, Coach and Business manager in health, fitness and leisure industries. As business owner and former department head for TAFE, she brings a wealth of skills and experience to her role as a tutor for ACS.

2. Tracey Jones
Widely published author, Psychologist, Manager and Lecturer. Over 10 years working with ACS and 25 years of industry experience. Qualifications include: B.Sc. (Hons) (Psychology), M.Soc.Sc (social work), Dip. SW (social work), PGCE (Education), PGD (Learning Disability Studies).

Description

Learn to control your own anger or help others to manage their anger.

- Learn to understand anger and its physical and emotional effects.
- Explore techniques to help people to manage their anger.
- Understand cognitive behavioural techniques when working with anger issues.
- Consider mental health issues in relation to anger.
- Learn techniques to use when anger involves violence Learn to help children and adolescents with their anger issues.
- Complete a project (PBL - problem based learning) on supporting people with anger management issues.

An Ideal Course

This is an ideal course to take if:
- Would you like to set up your own anger management consultancy?
- Would you like to improve your knowledge of anger?
- Would you like to learn more about supporting people with anger management issues?

Who is This Course Suitable For?

The course is suitable for:
- Law enforcement officers.
- Social workers.
- Carers.
- Teachers.
- Psychologists.
- Counsellors.
- Lecturers.
- Trainers.
- Foster carers.
- Life coaches.
- Support workers.
- Anyone interested in helping those with anger issues.
- It is also suitable for those wishing to work as anger management consultants with private clients or training those within organisations.

Lesson Structure

There are 9 lessons in this course:

1. Nature and Scope of Anger
Introduction
The autonomic nervous system
Anger and arousal
Galvanic skin resistance
Voice stress analyser
Polygraph
Degrees of arousal
Difficulties of arousal theories
Theories of emotion
James Lange theory
Cannon Bard theory
Schachter's theory
Lazarus's appraisal theory
Weiner's attribution
Averill's social construction theory
Facial feedback theory

2. Managing Anger With Counselling
Causes of anger
Frustration
Breaking personal rules
Self defence
Expression of anger
Counselling strategies
Empty chair technique
Recognising psychological arousal
Thought stopping
Relaxation exercises
Progressive muscle relaxation
Time out
Assertiveness training
Three steps in assertiveness training
Five stage assertiveness training interview
Mental blocks to assertiveness

3. Managing Anger With Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive behavioural therapy
Identifying antecedents
Assessment of anger
Beginning therapy
Teaching CBT
Inferences
Evaluations
Chaining
Disputing inferences and evaluations
Independance and blocks to change
Use of imagery
Emotional insight Exposure
Termination
Working with anger problems in CBT
Problems with CBT for anger management

4. Anger Management Techniques for Violence
Introduction
Anger and violence
Appearance
Posture
Affect
Speech
Causes of violence
Cold violence
Hot violence
Reactive violence
Tips for dealing with a violent client
Strategies for violence prevention
Action after violence
Managing violence against others
Mental disorders and violence

5. Anger Management for People With Mental Health Issues
DSM dimensions to diagnose mental illness
Dementia
Dementia and anger
Supporting clients with dementia
Grief
Anxiety
Depression
Stages of grief
Tasks of mourning

6. Managing Anger in Children and Adolescents
Introduction
Toddlers
Temper tantrums
Older children and anger
Adolescence
Psychological changes in girls
Psychological changes in boys
Depression
Eating problems
Adults sharing anger

7. Anger Management for People With Special Difficulties
People with personality disorders
Psychopathology
Borderline personality disorders and treatment
Psychopath and treatment
Roid rage, symptoms and abuse

8. Anger Management Services
Counselling
Anger management clinics
Courses and workshops
Group and individual work
Conflict management
Conflict handling techniques
Life coaching
Setting up an anger management consultancy

9. Deciding on a Course of Action
PBL Project to create and present a plan of anger management to support an individual experiencing serious anger difficulties.

Duration (Approximately)

100 hours

Qualification

To obtain formal documentation, the optional exam(s) must be completed, which will incur an additional fee of $36. Alternatively, a letter of completion may be requested.

For further information, please visit ACS Distance Education website.