Anger Management Group

**Offered intermittently based on demand **

The anger management group is designed to address a need identified by the courts for an anger management program.  The only other known program addresses domestic violence only.  The clients referred into this program are typically charged with criminal damaging, disorderly conduct, assault, or criminal mischief.  Clients sometimes come from employer referrals, and occasionally from self-referral.

The anger management group was designed as a pilot, and continues to evolve as we learn.  The program currently consists of 6 one and one half hour sessions.  It is run for 6 weeks during the day and for 6 weeks at night to accommodate clients’ schedules.   

Clients Learn:
1. How their thoughts create feelings and behaviors. 

2. When to change their thoughts.

3. How to use resolution skills. 

4. How their bodies physically react to anger/adrenalin.

5. How self-defeating behaviors create behavior problems.

6. How their families of origin create turmoil that affects our adult lives.

7. How to use stress management techniques