What is Anger Management?

While anger management has rapidly become a household term, the public still has a limited understanding of what anger management is and what it encompasses. As a consequence of this limited knowledge, many celebrities, athletes and other high profile persons incorrectly claim to have taken certified anger management classes. They are instead referring to counseling, psychotherapy or spiritual guidance for the treatment of anger.

According to the American Psychiatric Association, anger is a normal human emotion. It is not a mental disorder; therefore, the condition is not responsive to counseling, psychotherapy or psychotropic medication. Additionally anger is not listed in the Manual of Nervous and Mental Disorders.

Anger is considered to be a problem under the following conditions:

• When it is too intense
• When it occurs too frequently
• When it lasts too long
• When it leads to health issues
• When it destroys interpersonal relationships
• When it results in person-directed aggression

Anger Management is offered in a group or individual coaching format. The groups or individual coaching are designed to teach skills in the four domains of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-control, social-awareness and relationship management.

Anger assessment: All professional anger management courses begin with a non-psychiatric assessment that is designed to assess the level of competence in recognizing and managing anger, recognizing and managing stress, communication skills, and the degree to which the participant is empathic and motivated to change.

Anger management intervention: Once the Anger Management Facilitator has administered the assessment to the client and provided an intake interview, he or she gives the client a workbook and the first assignment prior to entrance into the group or the individual training session. (See Understanding the Conover Assessment in the navigation area on the right )

If anger is causing someone problems with coworkers, placing their job at risk, causing them legal problems or threatening their relationships with their spouse, family, people they care about, or many times affecting their health. Anger Management training could help with getting their lives back on the right track. CFMI Anger Management will work with schools, corporations, companies, City and Federal government Institutions in designing individual or group programs in Anger Management. CFMI Anger Management is an official continuing education provider for the following. The Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, The Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors and the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists . CFMI Anger Management has also been approved by the Bell and Lampasas county departments of probation to provide court ordered anger management classes.

™CFMI Skills Training Institute. For information on Anger Management training, Court Ordered Anger Management Training or Executive Coaching, please contact our office at (254) 774-9363. Since Anger and Stress are not Psychological disorders, services cannot be billed to clients health insurance. ©Copyright by CFMI Skills Training Institute. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.