11.anger management

Question 1

what is anger management

Answer 1

a form of cognitive behavioural therapy and has a 3 stage approach

Question 2

first stage

Answer 2

cognitive preparations, offender learns to identify cues for their anger, they then reflect on past event where they were angry, and then consider if it was rational
therapists role is to help offender redefine the situation as non threatening

Question 3

second stage

Answer 3

skill acquistion, offender learns skills to manage their own behaviour in anger provoking situations, these could include physiological methods such as methods of relaxation

Question 4

third stage

Answer 4

applictaion practice, the ofender has role play opportunities to practice new skills and recieve feedback, successful negotiation in role play will be met with positive reinforcemnt from therapist

Question 5

strngths of anger management

Answer 5

unlike behaviour modification, ange r management aims to get to the root cause of the problem

Question 6

weakness

Answer 6

there are assumptions that anger causes offending, which may be false , example harold shipamn, murdered not out of anger