| Time |
Topic
and Summary |
| 8:30
– 8:40 am |
Course
Introduction and Workshop Orientation. |
| 8:40
– 9:00 am |
Game/Exercise
“The Anger Chain Reaction” --
A fun-filled way for participants to learn
how anger escalates without being noticed
until it is has become explosive. |
| 9:00
– 9:15 am |
Debrief
and discuss the elements and causes of anger. |
| 9:15
– 10:00 am |
Anger:
The Invisible Epidemic - Consequences of Anger
on Relationships, Employment and Health –
an analysis of the way in which inappropriate
expressions of anger can produce serious social,
economic and medical consequences; addresses
physical symptoms, the fight or flight response,
the role of the amygdala and how it is best
explained to folks with anger problems. |
|
10:00 – 10:15 am |
Coffee
Break |
| 10:15
– 11:15 am |
Understanding the Nature of Anger and Recognizing
Anger Styles – a practical and easy
to understand Anger Styles Instrument (which
will be available to you to use with your
clients) is completed by each participant
detailing their own anger style and clearly
showing what anger is – and what it
is not. |
| 11:15
– 11:50 am |
Anger Triggers and the Relationship Between
Situations, Belief Systems and Emotions –
understanding how what we think affects what
we feel, and how that can lead to outbursts
of anger. Gaining insights in these areas
provides a necessary foundation for learning
how to overcome and turn off these triggers.
|
| 11:50
-- Noon |
Learn and Practice proper relaxation and breathing
techniques – a very effective tool that
anyone, especially anger addicts, can learn
to practice to quickly defuse their typical
anger response pattern. |
| Noon
– 1:00 pm |
Lunch Break (You are on your own for lunch.) |
| 1:00
– 1:30 pm |
Assertiveness: Putting Your Anger to Work
– You will learn how to express anger
in constructive, successful ways by using
healthy assertiveness skills and processes
to plan and achieve problem solving goals
in ways that are safe and respectful of all
parties. |
| 1:30
– 1:45 pm |
Exploring Assertiveness– an enjoyable,
challenging, hands on game to help you practice
assertiveness skills. This exercise makes
effective use of the Anger Bustng™ Short
Scenario GAME Cards. |
| 1:45
– 2:00 |
Debrief and discuss the six important skills
you need to know to teach proper assertiveness
techniques to your clients. |
| 2:00
– 2:30 pm |
Abstain from These Behaviors – This
important exercise will help you to recognize,
understand and teach the 16 problematic behaviors
that angry folks need to avoid and immediately
stop doing. |
| 2:30
– 2:45 pm |
Exercise: Stop Anger Now – round robin,
hands on, individual interaction and practice
to improve awareness and understanding of
the 16 problematic behaviors, so you can effectively
teach and train others in how to avoid them.
This exercise makes use of our Anger Bustng™
Banned Behavior Cards. |
| 2:45
– 3:00 pm |
Refreshment Break |
| 3:00
– 3:30 pm |
Effective Conflict Resolution – identifying
the four typical emotional responses that
drive conflict AND learning to use the best
strategies to resolve conflict instead of
avoiding it. |
| 3:30
– 3:45 pm |
We Can Work it Out – Collaborative Conflict
Resolution game based around Anger Bustng™
Personal Issue Cards. |
| 3:45
– 4:15 pm |
Speaking
the Truth in Love – Communication strategy
that puts assertiveness into action by using
proven active listening techniques to identify
important issues without triggering the anger
response. |
| 4:15
– 4:45 pm |
Believing
= Becoming – exploring 20 positive principles
to start believing in order to permanently
quench the anger fires and become a safer,
happier person; uses the Anger Bustng™
20 Belief cards. |
| 4:45
– 5:00 pm |
The Freedom of Forgiveness – guided
exercise to dramatize how forgiveness can
begin to neutralize anger and bring lasting
peace. |
