ANGER MANAGEMENT – Starfish Mediation & Anger Management Training
AIM
The aim of this course is to give participants the skills and knowledge they need to deal effectively with feelings of anger. A further benefit of this course is the sharing and support they receive from fellow group members. The course is designed to be non-confrontational, supportive, and educational.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of this course, participants should be able to:
identify factors that trigger an angry response;
identify cost of inappropriate outbursts of anger;
identify their preferred method for resolving conflict;
use the skills of Collaboration in a conflict situation
use listening skills and ‘I’ messages;
employ a variety of strategies for remaining calm.
SESSION PLAN
Session 1 Anger: friend or foe?
Old brain vs. new brain. What’s happening physically in your body?
What triggers an angry reaction?
What lies below the anger?The Iceberg Theory
Quieting Response: QR
Session 2Five Conflict Resolution Styles & How to Use them.
What makes you angry?
Family of Origin Work
Your Buttons – Your Triggers
Session 3Whose Problem is It?The Behavior Window:
Active listening.Learning to listen to hear what is being said.
Confronting Skills.How to communicate what you really mean.
How to talk to an angry person
Why you choose anger
Session 4Changing an Uncontrolled Anger Sequence to a Controlled Anger Sequence.
How thoughts affect feelings:
Do you control your thoughts or do your thoughts control you?
