ANGER MANAGEMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH CLIENTS - A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Manual

Course overview

By Patrick M. Reilly, Ph.D. and Michael S. Shopshire, Ph.D. Reilly PM and Shopshire MS, HHS PUB. NO (SMA) 15-4213 Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA. Printed, 2002. Revised: 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. The manual for this course was designed for use by qualified clinicians who work with clients with concurrent anger problems. The manual describes a 12-week cognitive behavioral anger management group treatment program An accompanying Participant Workbook is available and can be ordered at samhsa.gov: Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients: Participant's Workbook. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to discuss/explain: Relaxation interventions which target emotional and physiological components of anger. Cognitive interventions which target cognitive processes such as hostile appraisals and attributions, irrational beliefs, and inflammatory thinking. Communication skills interventions which target deficits in assertiveness resolution skills. Combined interventions which integrate two or more CBT interventions and target multiple response domains. (Deffenbacher, 1996,1999).