Anger Management

Course Summary

Anger is a universal experience. Dogs get angry, bees get angry, and so do humans. You don’t have to be a psychologist to know that managing anger productively is something few individuals, organisations, and societies do well.

Yet research tells us that those who do manage their anger at work are much more successful than those who don’t. The co-worker who can productively confront his teammate about his negative attitude increases his team’s chance of success as well as minimises destructive conflicts.

The customer service agent who can defuse the angry customer not only keeps her customers loyal but makes her own day less troublesome. This eLearning workshop is designed to help give you and your organisation that edge.

What Students Learn

• Recognise how anger affects your body, your mind, and your behaviour.

• Use the five-step method to break old patterns and replace them with a model for assertive anger.

• Use an anger log to identify your hot buttons and triggers.

• Control your own emotions when faced with other peoples’ anger.

• Identify ways to help other people safely manage some of their repressed or expressed anger.

• Communicate with others in a constructive, assertive manner.

What Topics Are Covered

• What is anger?

• Costs and pay-offs

• Using an anger log

• The anger process

• How does anger affect our thinking?

• Understanding behaviour types

• Managing anger

• Communication tips and tricks

Course Outline

What Is Anger?

To begin the course, participants will consider what anger is and how it affects their lives.

Costs And Pay-Offs

Next, participants will learn about anger costs and pay-offs.

The Anger Process

In this session, participants will learn how pain and trigger thoughts combine to cause anger. They will also explore their own trigger thoughts. An exercise on how to manage anger using an anger log is also included.

How Does Anger Affect Our Thinking?

Next, participants will learn about types of distorted thinking and how they can manage their thoughts and behaviour when they are angry.