Anger Management Crash Course: Top ACT & CBT Techniques for Transforming Conflict

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Lawrence Lovell, LPC Related seminars and products

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Lawrence Lovell, LPC, is an experienced clinician specializing in anger management and the founder of Breakthrough Solutions, a company providing a range of mental health services. He is the author of The Truth About Anger and has supported numerous clients with anger issues, relationship challenges, anxiety, parenting, and family and peer conflicts. As an interactive and solution-focused therapist, Lawrence offers highly personalized support and practical feedback to help clients navigate difficult times effectively. Lawrence is a contributor to the Huffington Post, as well as a frequent presenter in a variety of settings, focusing on the importance of anger management and emotional well-being. He is known for his engaging and relatable teaching style and has been featured in numerous articles and news stories surrounding the topic of anger.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lawrence Lovell is the founder of Breakthrough Solutions. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lawrence Lovell has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Identify the process of anger to aid clients navigate challenging relationships.
2. Determine mindfulness strategies based on values and boundaries that improve decision making in the setting of anger.
3. Use preventative exercises to improve decision making that align with personal values and boundaries.
4. Choose communication approaches that foster efficient conflict resolution.
5. Identify communication behaviors that impact receptiveness within relationships.
6. Utilize experiential exercises to improve confidence in challenging situations.

Outline

Anger Responses: What’s Really Happening

• Understand the anger process
• The downward spiral of expressed anger
• Manifestations of repressed anger

A Structured Approach to Treat Anger

• From passive aggression to violence: The spectrum of anger
• Rage and aggression: Indicators of missing skills
• Treatment plan templates - Tie interventions to symptoms
• Limitations of the research and potential risks

Uncover the Source and Stakes of Anger

• Client checklists, mood trackers, trigger alerts
• Identify trigger themes and flavors
• Differentiate internal vs external sources of anger
• Anger’s contagious properties
• Activity: The costs of anger
• Case study: 41-year-old male with aggressive tendencies

Anger Management through Conflict Management

• Transform conflict through the Four Question Progression
• Activity: Receptiveness checklist
• Replace communication disruptors
• CBT problem-solving and action plans
• Anger styles in relationship dynamics
• Communication cues to enhance clarity during conflict
• On-the-spot defusion and mindfulness strategies
• Case study: Anger in marriage

Create Lasting Change

• The upside of anger: Empower selfadvocacy
• Take action by controlling the controllables
• Values clarification exercises
• Forgiveness and empathy toward self and others
• Healthy boundary setting
• Assertively communicate boundaries without guilt or aggression
• Mindful wellness monitoring
• Experiential exercise: Daily confidence through anger harnessing
• Case study: Single parent with teenage daughter

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Addiction Counselors
• School Counselors
• School Psychologists
• Physicians
• School Social Workers
• Other Mental Health Professionals