HELPING ANGRY AND VIOLENT PEOPLE TO CHANGE

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A 3-day course for 6-16 people.
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Background:

Anger is a major problem for those concerned, those around them and the professionals
trying to help. It can wreck the enjoyment potential of people's lives, lead to serious
relationship break-ups and, in extreme cases, serious criminal offences. Trying to intervene
can be frustrating and worrying.

This course aims to provide you with the most effective psychological interventions to help
angry and violent people to change.

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In 3 days you will cover a great deal:

•  The Nature of extreme anger and its effects.

•  People who don't believe their anger is a problem.

•  Deciding if anger and violence should form the main focus of the treatment, or if they are
   part of a broader problem e.g. depression.

•  How to help someone develop insight; some people who are relatively unaware of
    their anger.

•  How to help someone develop empathy for the recipient of their anger. Why this is important    and how you can achieve it.

•  What when the person feels that to be angry is 'how they are'? And what when they say it is
   'part of the job'.

•  The broader picture. In some situations others reinforce anger; the 'system' is maintaining it.    How do you review the system?

 
Interventions:

-  Basic biological factors such as tiredness can massively increase a person's irritability and    anger.

-  Self-talk, imagery and behaviour that can help the person withstand anger-provoking
   situations.

-  'Counting to 10'. While not sufficient in its own right this is an example of an important class
   of interventions.

-  Building on Success. Many angry people have strategies that work well for them and can be
   expanded into recognized and effective interventions.

-  Relaxation training. Used well this can be very effective.

-  Benign humor. Many angry people also have a keen sense of humour that you can use to
   help them. Use of humor also has major traps. We examine both.

-  Cognitive Behavioral. Considerable success has been reported using CBT methods. And    there are key skills to acquire if this is to be used effectively.

•  An Overview of working with irritable and angry people in the most effective ways, including
   choosing methods to match the person, and how you can obtain support.

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What this course will do for you:

•  This course aims to introduce you to the nature of anger and how it may relate to an
   underlying problem such as depression.

•  It recognizes the ambivalence that angry people have towards 'treatment'. Anger is one of
   the few emotions that many people report having mixed feelings about: partly it is a major
   problem; partly there is a positive aspect to it.

•  Most importantly though, it goes on to show how to handle that ambivalence, determine
   the best interventions, and work through the stages necessary to produce a good result.


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Download printable Microsoft Word information Sheet

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A 3-day course for 6-16 people.
We bring the training to you for an all-inclusive fee of $7,795 plus GST/HST.

  

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