Anger Management Part 1 | Counselor Toolbox Podcast with Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes
Channel: Doc Snipes
Date: 18/10/2016

Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Qualified Clinical Supervisor.  She received her PhD in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Florida in 2002.  In addition to being a practicing clinician, she has provided training to counselors, social workers, nurses and case managers internationally since 2006 through AllCEUs.com Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes helps you learn #angermanagement #cognitivebehavioral techniques to prevent anger management issues 
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~    Explore multiple skills necessary for Anger Management
~    Mindful self-awareness
~    Distress tolerance
~    Values clarification/Goal setting
~    Motivational enhancement skills
~    Cognitive behavioral skills
~    Cognitive processing skills
~    Communication skills
~    Compassion focused skills
~    Self-esteem building skills
~    Wellness skills (Vulnerability identification and prevention)
Mindful Self-Awareness
~    Becoming aware of your physical, emotional and mental state in the present moment by
~    Doing regular mindfulness minutes
~    Identifying your vulnerabilities and adjusting accordingly
~    Learning to identify the components of your feelings’
~    Emotional
~    Thoughts
~    Physical sensations
~    Behavioral urges

Distress Tolerance
~    Distract don’t react
~    Ride the wave
~    Positive coping thoughts or affirmations
~    Mindful breathing
~    Do the opposite
~    Sublimation

Values Clarification/Goal Setting
~    What are your values…things you want to be known for? (compassion, creativity, loyalty, patience, tolerance, determination, honesty, faithfulness, courage, optimism, integrity)
~    In your relationships with others
~    In your work
~    What is important to you…
~    In 5 years what do you need to have to be content?
~    Alternate exercise:  What 20 things do you need to be happy…  Eliminate until 2 things at a time until there are 6 left

Acceptance and Commitment Interventions
~    Ask why does client consider anger to be a problem?
~    Determine if anger is part of experiential avoidance
~    Determine if anger is ‘instrumental’ – ie to manipulate others
~    Distinguish feeling angry from acting aggressively
~    Increase body awareness: mindfulness of physical sensations that indicate anger is rising.
~    Defusion around unhelpful cognitions that feed anger or justify aggressive behavior.
~    Increase awareness of anger triggers
~    Learn to ‘surf’ anger.
~    Connect with values: what sort of partner/parent/ friend/ worker do you want to be?
~    Imaginary and in vivo rehearsal of values-consistent responses

Motivational Enhancement
CBT
~    Cognitive Distortions and Unhelpful Thoughts
~    All or Nothing
~    Feelings are facts
~    Tunnel vision
~    Personalization
~    Magnification
~    Fallacy of fairness
~    ABCs
~    Activating Event
~    Beliefs
~    Consequences
~    Dispute unhelpful beliefs
~    Evaluate the best use of your energy

CPT
~    Play out the tape…
~    X happened and I got angry because…. which is related to which threat (rejection, failure, loss of control, the unknown)
~    What is the evidence for and against
~    Do I have tunnel vision/focused on just one aspect
~    How might I have caused or contributed to the event
~    What else might have contributed to the other person’s reaction
~    Am I using all or none terms
~    Am I confusing something that is possible with something that is likely?
~    Are your reactions based on feelings or facts?