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