Healthy Anger: Skills for Communication & Confrontation

Product Description

Overview

Many of us are taught to avoid and suppress anger, but it has emotional value and can even be useful for conflict management and problem solving. Taryn Millar, Psy.D., explores constructive expressions of anger and identifies healthy ways to manage and communicate this challenging emotion.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will:

1. Learn the emotional and psychological purpose of anger;
2. Explore how family and childhood experiences with emotion can affect our behavior as adults; and
3. Identify strategies for managing and appropriately expressing anger.

Who Should Participate

Priests, deacons, men and women religious, lay ministers, and those involved in vocations, formation, or clergy and ministry personnel needs.

Reflection Questions

Questions for reflection and discussion prior to the learning session are provided below.

1. What makes me angry? How do I respond (inwardly and outwardly) when angered?
2. Have I ever experienced a positive expression of anger?
3. How did I experience anger as a child? As an adult?