Used this presentation for Life Skills participants and persons with comorbid substance use and mental health disorders. Participants found it very helpful in being able to identify their true feelings about anger, triggers and ways of reframing the situation.

1. Anger
Management
PREPARED BY
TONIA ROBINSON-LLOYD, MSC

2. Learning Outcomes
 Define what anger is
 Understand what causes anger
 Anger Distortions
 Activity #1
 Evaluate the effective versus non-effective
strategies for coping with angry emotions.
 Activity #2
 Conclusion

3. WHAT IS ANGER
Anger is …
 An normal emotional
response
 It may be learnt from
ones parents response to
perceived upsetting
events
 From ones environment
 From the media- music,
television, computer
games or video games

4. What makes
me ANGRY?
-Frustration
-Not feeling
respected/
not having our
feelings
understood.

5. Anger Distortions
 Blaming
 Magnifying
 Global labels
 Misattributions
 Overgeneralizations
 Demanding/commanding

6. Activity #1 : Developing
Coping Thoughts
In your groups discuss the anger distortions and
create coping thoughts for example:-
1. Blaming –Make a coping plan to solve the problem
yourself.
Remind yourself that most people are trying to do
the best they can do.
Coping thought-
Blaming only makes me feel helpless- what can I do
to change the situation?

7. What affects the threshold
of Anger?
 Not being self-aware about what triggers
you
 Physical fatigue
 Pain
 Alcohol/drugs
 Other recent irritations or stressors

8. Anger & the MIND
 Depression
 Addictions
 Compulsions
 Bullying behavior
 Ill-thought-out political activity.

10. Activity #2
 In your groups discuss the following:-
The last time you were very angry. Write down
what thoughts dominated your mind. How did
you feel physically? Did your heart race, did you
feel anxious, did you cry? Explain what
happened.
Next, discuss how you would react in the future.

11. Effective vs. non-effective
ways of
managing my AngerEffective Taking a time out- (pray)
 Talking to the other party when I
am not angry
 Becoming aware of what
triggers my anger
 Improving my coping
mechanisms & communication
skills
 Taking an ADR course
 Doing some physical activity
Non-effective
 Throwing a tantrum
 Physically assaulting the
other party
 Verbally assaulting the
other party
 Pretending I am not
upset
 Doing things to frustrate
the other party…seeking
revenge.

12. Final Activity:- Case
Studies
Anger Inoculation Steps:-
1. Identify your anger triggering thoughts
2. Any anger distortions that might be embedded in
you trigger thoughts
3. Counter response strategies
4. One or more helpful coping thoughts
Using the above steps discuss and present the
following case studies.

13. Conclusion
 Anger is normal
 How we respond to situations can be learnt.
 What are the 4 steps in managing anger?