Anger Management: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach (Update)

Anger Management: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach (Update) is organized by Quantum Units Education.

Release Date: 01/03/2020
EXpire Date: 01/03/2023

CE Course Description:
Anger and substance use disorders often co-occur, increasing the risk for negative consequences such as physical aggression, self-harm, distressed relationships, loss of a job, or criminal justice involvement.  This CE course describes a 12-week cognitive-behavioral anger management group treatment mode to allow professionals who treat clients with mental and substance use disorders to deliver group cognitive-behavioral anger management treatment.

CE Course Objectives:
• Conclude the primary objective of anger management treatment.
• Explain the cause of anger.
• Evaluate a desirable alternative of aggressive behavior from an anger management perspective.
• List four situations where anger is a natural response.
• Summarize the first step involved in the Conflict Resolution Model.

CE Outline with Main Points:
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Manual
? Overview of Group Anger Management Treatment
? Events and Cues: A conceptual Framework for Understanding Anger
? Anger Control Plans: Helping Group Members Develop a Plan for Controlling Anger
? The Aggression Cycle: How To Change the Cycle
? Cognitive Restructuring: The A-B-C-D Model and Thought Stopping
? Practice Session #1: Reinforcing Learned Concepts
? Assertiveness Training and the Conflict Resolution Model: Alternatives for Expressing Anger
? Anger and the Family: How Past Learning Can Influence Present Behavior
? Practice Session #2: Reinforcing Learned Concepts
? Closing and Graduation: Closing Exercise and Awarding of Certificates

• Participant Workbook