Course Learning Objectives/Outcomes

By the end of the course, the Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, Social Worker or Psychologist will be able to:
-Explain five myths that perpetuate anger.
-Explain the five keys to helping a parent manage a child’s anger.  
-Explain four rationalizations that perpetuate anger.
-Explain five steps in Assertiveness Training through Role-Playing.
-Explain the two categories of trigger thoughts.
-Explain two types of positive responses to anger.
-Explain two ideas concerning The Ventilation Trap.
-Explain two hypotheses concerning the mechanism of action between coping styles and the risk of depression.
-Explain the four anger expression styles Mace describes.
-Explain the three results the Ramírez study data showed concerning culture and anger.
-Explain what restraint methods that directly manipulate body processes and bypass the patients’ own thinking mechanisms help to create.
-Explain how external anger expression in both genders relate to binge eating and impulsivity.


"The instructional level of this course is introductory, intermediate, or advanced depending on the learners clinical area of expertise."