Anger Management Program

This program is a series of ten sessions geared to help clients recognize, target and heal the sources of their anger. Each session is approximately 1 hour in length and the duration of the program is ten weeks. It can also be completed within a shorter time period. It meets the requirements of the Ontario court system.

If requested, you will receive a Letter and/or a Certificate of Completion after the successful completion of the program, which is acceptable by the Ontario court system.

Objectives

Clients will explore the following objectives:

• Learn about anger as an emotion; the role of stress and trigger thoughts.
• Recognize bodily cues to anger
• Understand anger and physiology; in particular, the role of the hormonal system.
• Explore healthy ways to express anger.
• Learn what self-esteem is and how anger impacts one’s self-esteem.
• Move from passive and/or aggressive ways of expressing anger to assertive ways with self-confidence.
• Understand the negative impact of anger on relationships.
• Learn what actions you can take to manage your anger more effectively.
• Develop skills to manage the anger of others more effectively.
• Help resolve your anger.

Session 1: What is anger? Body signs of anger. Anger physiology—role of the nervous and endocrine system.

Session 2: What are some major causes of anger? Which ones apply to you?

Session 3: Anger and Stress—a model to understand your anger. Identifying your stressors and trigger thoughts.

Session 4: Anger styles – individual and cultural differences.

Session 5: Functional and dysfunctional aspects of anger.

Session 6: Anger and relationships.

Session 7: Anger and self-esteem.

Session 8: Anger interventions (part 1)

Session 9: Anger Interventions (part 2).

Session 10: Anger and the healing process. Review of previous sessions.

Both telephone and Internet-based counselling sessions for anger management are also available.