Supporting People to Manage Anger (Virtual)

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Supporting People to Manage Anger (Virtual)

OUTLINE

Understanding Anger

  • How anger is helpful and beneficial.
  • When anger becomes unhelpful and difficult to control.
  • The physiological experience of anger.
  • How anger affects thoughts and behaviours.

Anger, Trauma, and Vulnerability

  • The roots of trauma in overwhelming anger.
  • Anger as a mechanism to defend and protect.
  • Underlying vulnerabilities beneath anger.

De-escalating Anger

  • Co-regulation to calm
  • Redirection of intense energy
  • Empathy that soothes
  • Compassionate boundaries
  • Collaborating ways forward