Anger Management Essentials

Anger Management Essentials is a workbook designed to help people manage aggressive behavior. Though the term "anger" management is used in our culture, anger is a normal, healthy feeling. It is aggressive behavior that may result in physical and emotional harm. There is a wide misconception that anger management is for people who destroy belongings and punch holes in walls in fits of rage. What may come as a surprise is that anger management is invaluable to most of us. When we have moments of frustration and irritability: anger management allows us to communicate our feelings assertively, giving us the best chance at getting our needs met. Additionally, anger management teaches active listening skills, essential to healthy personal and professional relationships. The author, Anita Avedian, is an authorized trainer and supervisor with the National Anger Management Association, as well as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She wrote Anger Management Essentials with an eye on designing a program that could be customized for every reader, focusing on the individual's primary areas of concern. Though the material in this book is most effective when facilitated by a certified anger management counselor, most of the lessons are self-explanatory and can be used as self-help exercises. Many anger management programs are designed to last 26 weeks, but Essentials provides a generous number of lessons appropriate for use in a 52-week course - the most severe anger management court order. Thus, the program can be customized to use for as short as 8-10 weeks, or as long as one year. Key areas of focus include: Stress Management, as the higher the stress level, the more likely one is to become angry; Emotional Intelligence, due to the high correlation between low emotional intelligence and a high number of anger episodes; as well as Communication and Listening Skills, Developing Healthy Relationships and Boundaries, Letting Go and Forgiveness. Anger Management Essentials is for anyone interested in managing aggressive behavior and living a more peaceful, fulfilling life. Anger Management Essentials has a teen version which has also been translated into Spanish. Anger Management Essentials for adults has been translated into Spanish, Armenian, and Hebrew. After implementing the original program for five years, Anita Avedian and her team worked relentlessly to revise the original book to encompass additional material and revise most of the lesson plans in order to better benefit the reader.

Anger Management Essentials is a workbook to help people with anger issues to manage their aggressive behavior. While anger is a normal emotion, aggressive behavior is what we really want to manage since it is often emotionally or physically harmful. Why do we call it an anger management program and not aggressive management? We do so because people know to look for anger management - since the phrase has become widely recognized in our culture. Though the material in this book is best used with a certified anger management counselor, most of the worksheets are self-explanatory, and thus could be used as a self-help workbook. Many people have the misperception that an anger management program is for very angry people - ones who punch holes through walls or break items, and get into fits of rage. What may come as a surprise, however, is that anger management is helpful for many people, since we all experience moments of irritability and frustration. Additionally, anger management includes effective communication and active listening skills, both which can be used in every day life. The author, Anita Avedian, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, had a vision to design an anger management program that could be customized for every reader, focusing primarily on the areas where improvement in dealing with anger is most needed. Ms. Avedian is an authorized trainer and supervisor with the National Anger Management Association (NAMA). She has been facilitating anger management groups and individual sessions for over 15 years. Having worked with court-ordered, probation-required, partner-recommended, work-required, and self-referred individuals, she has designed a program that is helpful in these varied situations. Most anger management programs are designed to last 26 weeks, however this book provides ample tools and skills to be structured into a course up to 52 weeks long, consistent with some court orders. The content can be personalized to suit your individual needs. The workbook covers areas that both directly and indirectly impact one's anger. Stress Management, for example, is a key focus since the more stressors one has, the more likely one is to become angry. Another area covered in the workbook is Emotional Intelligence, due to the high correlation between lower emotional intelligence levels and a greater number of angry episodes. Other topics include Communication and Listening Skills, Developing Healthy Relationships and Boundaries, as well as Letting Go and Forgiveness. Anger Management Essentials is for those interested in managing aggressive behavior, and living a more fulfilling and peaceful life.

Anger Management Essentials Teen Edition is a workbook designed to help teens manage aggressive behavior. Though the term "anger" management is used in our culture, anger is a normal, healthy feeling. It is aggressive behavior that causes physical and emotional harm. There is a wide misconception that anger management is for people who break things and punch holes in walls in fits of rage. What may come as a surprise is that anger management is invaluable to all of us. We all have moments of frustration and irritability: anger management allows us to communicate our feelings assertively, giving us the best chance at getting our needs met. Additionally, anger management teaches active listening skills, essential to healthy personal and professional relationships. The authors, Anita Avedian and Ingrid Caswell, are authorized trainers and supervisors with the National Anger Management Association (NAMA), as well as Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists within California. They wrote Anger Management Essentials Teen Edition with an eye on designing a program that could be customized for every reader, focusing on the individual's primary areas of concern. Though the material in this book is most effective when facilitated by a certified anger management counselor, most of the lessons are self-explanatory and can be used as self-help exercises. The Teen Edition has 25 worksheets and materials so that a school, or counselor, can implement anywhere from a 4-week program (selecting the 4 core worksheets) to a 26-week program with the use of this book. Key areas of focus include: Understanding and Managing Anger with the use of Cognitive Behavioral Tools; Communication and Listening Skills, Developing Healthy Relationships and Boundaries; and, Emotional Intelligence (Mistreatment or Empathy), due to the high correlation between low emotional intelligence and a high number of anger episodes. Anger Management Essentials Teen Edition is for anyone interested in managing aggressive behavior and improving relations both at home and at school, and living a more peaceful, fulfilling life.

The facilitator's manual is designed to support you with teaching the material within the Anger Management Essentials' workbook authored by Anita Avedian, LMFT. In order to best use this program, be sure to register for the anger management certification training with Anita Avedian, LMFT. As of 2023, anyone who is certified can teach the anger management course, however, many teachers and counselors have requested to use a few of the worksheets from the Anger Management Essentials' workbook. Thus, the book will permit for you to reproduce the worksheets or lesson plans, and offers helpful tips for facilitation. In the manual, most worksheets have the following sections included to help facilitators and teachers with formatting their program:Purpose and objective of the lesson plan.Engaging questions you could propose to the group or class for the particular lesson plan.Facilitator enrichment for alternative information about the topic.Recommended activities you could incorporate for the class.Link(s) to short video clips appropriate to the topic to aid participants achieve a better perspective about the lesson.The book is designed for facilitators and teachers to reproduce the worksheets and distribute to students and group members. Mental health professionals can also use the material to incorporate anger management into therapy sessions.

Provides information for mental health practitioners on the basics of anger and anger disorder, and describes an anger management program that can be modified for use in private practice or institutional settings.

An empowering book designed to encourage youth to handle their anger before their anger handles them.