Across different treatment settings practitioners routinely see clients whose anger reactions contribute to significant loss and suffering. While anger is a frequent and universal human emotion, it has received surprisingly little attention as a clinical problem.When addressing anger, practitioners commonly engage in unproductive conversations (e.g., clients venting about unfair actions of others) and struggle to identify clear treatment targets.In this session, participants will practice assessing the key features of client anger reactions by applying a 6-stage Anger Episode Model Interview to understand how anger is experienced and expressed in the client’s real-life interactions.The analysis of anger episodes forms the groundwork for effective case formulation and collaboratively identifying relevant treatment goals. A flexible menu of well-established cognitive and behavioural interventions for remediating anger difficulties will be reviewed.Provided that all requirements are met, including 100% attendance and successful completion of an online assessment the Certificate of Attendance for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Anger will be awarded at the conclusion of the course. The assessment of the content of the course must be undertaken to enable the awarding of OPD points.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Anger
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OPD Points: 5
Outline:
The online, live, and interactive workshop CBT for Anger is over one day:Thursday 30th May 9:00am – 2:00pmDates/Times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)Breaks: one 20-minute break Online via Zoom platform (no additional cost involved)
Content:
Join CBT Australia and award-winning author, Raymond Chip Tafrate, Ph.D., for fast paced, interactive, virtual learning sessions that will provide you with the foundational knowledge and tools to better understand, manage and prevent harmful behaviours. These intensive workshops in the Challenging Cases Series, cover a range of challenging clinical topics such as domestic and intimate partner violence, managing dysregulated anger, and addressing antisocial and criminal conduct.The most efficient way to develop new skills is through practice – learning by doing. Therefore, all these online workshops in this series are highly interactive, incorporating structured learning activities including case examples, audio/video-recorded work samples, small group exercises and “real”-plays. Class sizes are limited to allow for practice opportunities in a virtual learning environment. The goal is for you to be able to transfer and incorporate newly learnt knowledge and skills into your real-world interactions.Learning Objectives(1) Demonstrate knowledge of definitional and diagnostic conceptualizations, common co-morbidity patterns, and other anger related facts(2) Understand client anger reactions according to a 6-stage sequential anger episode model and practice conducting an anger episode interview to efficiently identify relevant treatment targets(3) Conceptualize anger interventions for adolescents and adults across broad stages of the treatment process: preparation and engagement, managing common anger triggers, restructuring anger prompting thoughts, altering dysfunctional internal experiences, and changing destructive expressive patternsPre-Reading/Listening for: CBT for Anger is included in the cost of the course
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Contact:
- Linda Graziano
- +61 (0) 3 9705 2216
- events@cbtaustralia.com.au