Growth Central
Growth Central
Category:
Self-Help
Publisher: Growth Publishing
ISBN-10: 1893505057
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 160
Copyright: 2012
ISBN-13: 9781893505056
Price: $39.95 (eBook)
Evidence-based and Clinically Proven Practices for anger management.
Participants will learn effective skills, concepts and techniques to stop escalation and to resolve conflicts. The workbook and curriculum is accredited by the National Anger Management Association (NAMA). The evidence-based and clinically-proven anger management practices are presented in clear and understandable language and usable for individuals, groups, or teaching classes or workshops. The twelve (12) Modules include effective anger management skills, calming techniques, expressing negative emotion skills, stress and anxiety management, conflict resolution skills, and practical solutions.
Excerpt
Why do some humans want to evolve, to grow, and develop? Why is it that various people are
motivated to go beyond their own limits? Why do we, at times, experience an urge to develop
ourselves not just for our own sake but also for something greater?
This urge can be called the evolutionary impulse and I believe that it is none other than the
energy and intelligence that propelled the birth of the entire universe and is animating our minds
and bodies in this very moment. It is the same impulse that may have caused you to get this
workbook and most certainly the reason for me to put it together. It is not just a fleeting thought
or feeling. It is something way bigger. For me and a growing number of others, the evolutionary
impulse is a vast power that is moving the whole universe’s evolutionary developmental process
forward, and has been doing so since the very beginning of time.
The Anger Management Workbook and Curriculum comes out of an evolutionary and developmental
viewpoint. Everyone can grow, learn new ways of responding to situations, and develop a more
satisfying and fulfilling worldview. You will come to see how the Primitive Brain and Evolved Brain
fit into improving your anger management skills, concepts, techniques, and practices. We can
actually participate in our own brain’s evolution simply by practicing new responses to events and
circumstances.
The Workbook and Curriculum is organized into twelve modules and is designed to be used on its own
by individuals or with a guide, teacher, or mental health professional in a class, group, or
individually. It is structured to complete one module per session/week. You need to make a
commitment in advance to set aside time for the entire twelve modules. Stick with it and discuss
any dissatisfaction with a trusted friend instead of dropping out. Because the Workbook and
Curriculum's focus is on developing an anger management life practice, and each new component
relies to some extent on what has previously been learned, we suggest you do the modules in
sequence, although this is not absolutely necessary.
We will talk a lot about the Anger Log in this Workbook and Curriculum. A big part of the Anger Log
will be recording the anger situations that arise for you. By recording and analyzing your anger
situations you will become more aware of how you respond or react to the situations that trigger
your feelings of frustration, irritation, annoyance, low and high levels of anger, and perhaps even
rage. If your reactions to these emotions do not seem to help you get what you really need then something
is not working well. This becomes an opportunity for you to grow, develop, and evolve in this realm
of your life. Perhaps it is, in fact, the evolutionary impulse that has brought you to this moment
and you will be doing this not only for yourself but for something much greater. Your effort in
finding more effective ways of responding to your anger situations is actually required for the
evolution of the entire universe.
The following are four particular areas of personal growth and development on which we would
suggest you intentionally focus:
Presence is your ability to be fully awake and alive to what’s occurring in the moment right now
without distraction. A critical skill for developing effective anger management, presence is
cultivated through acceptance of what’s happening in the moment. Presence helps you better
understand how different “states” of feeling and being impact your life.
Awareness is your ability to fully live in your body and acknowledge your sensations, feelings and
perceptions. An important skill for the development of emotional intelligence, awareness is your
ability to sense your emotional state and different states of perception that color your
interpretations and judgments, including hidden elements of your life called your “shadow
material.”
Perspective is your ability to “see” and understand your own unique outlook and to take others’
views as well. The approach in this Workbook and Curriculum is particularly effective at helping
you build your ability to truly “inhabit” other points of view and to see the bigger picture in any
situation.
Attention implies not just your ability to act but also to attend fully to what is needed at this
moment in your life: it calls for your ability to act with intention, responsibility and focus.
Attention is an important aspect of effective anger management and required for the Big Question
(aka: “What do I need right now to be OK, and to be healthy in the long term?”).
The best predictor of a positive outcome is your willingness to honestly examine and admit the
consequences of your anger problem. Think for a moment what your anger has cost you in terms of
your relationships, health, work life, and financial situation. You will need to be willing to look
“inside” and take responsibility for your feelings and behavior.
You will also need to be willing to be ‘wrong’ sometimes.
Go with your evolutionary impulse.
Never give up!
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