Handbook
of Anger Management:
Individual, Couple, Family, and Group Approaches
Ronald T. Potter-Efron, MSW, Ph.D. 2005. 279 Pages.
15 Hours CE Credits
80 Questions: True/False, Matching, and Multiple Choice
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This easy-to-read course contains step-by-step instructions for intervening with angry and aggressive children, adolescents, and adults. Treatment implications of different styles of anger and domestic aggression are explained; treatment goals and specific types of emotional, thought, and behavioral changes are delineated.
Learning Objectives:
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Describe concepts and tools for assessing anger and aggression.
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Explain individual, group, and couple intervention approaches, and techniques for treatment of anger and aggression.
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Recite the characteristics of anger and aggression in children, adolescents, families, couples, and adults.
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List four types of domestic abuse.
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Name appropriate treatment focuses for six styles of anger.
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Link knowledge of anger and agression characteristics to treatment approaches, techniques, and goals.
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Name goals or areas of change for six group therapy techniques.
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Explain how attachment theory applies to effective couples therapy for anger and agression issues.
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Identify approriate treatment focus for four attachment styles.
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Describe the process of forgiveness and its role in letting go of resentment and hate.
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Associate recommended treatment approaches with four self-damaging behavior patterns.
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Recite the effects of trauma, stress, and abuse on the brain.
Course Outline:
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Definitions and Basic Approach
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Assessment for Anger, Aggression, and Domestic Abuse
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Intervention Approaches in Anger Management
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Group and Individual Approaches to Anger and Aggression Management
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Attachment Theory, Domestic Violence, Jealousy, and Couples Counseling
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Working with Angry Children Adolescents, and Families
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Resentment, Hate, Forgiveness, and Self-Forgiveness
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Anger Turned Inward
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The Emotional Brain: Anger, Fear, and Therapy