Anger Management
UNITE mediation have been successfully helping people to resolve disputes
for 16 years. Our anger management programme has helped young people
and their families in Hambleton and now we are offering this service
throughout the North East. The service we offer is unique because as
experienced intra-family mediators we are able to work with the young
person on anger management and with them and their family on developing
conflict management skills.
Anger management isn’t about teaching children and young people not be angry, it’s about working with them to help them recognise the triggers of anger and to take responsibility for how they express that anger in ways that aren’t harmful to themselves or others. Anger Management sessions have been shown to improve mental and physical health, increase self-esteem, build up confidence and enhance emotional well-being.
UNITE’s Anger Management sessions are tailor-made. After an initial
assessment of a young person or an adult UNITE will arrange an Anger
Management session or series of sessions. Sessions can be one-to-one,
group sessions or family sessions.
Case study - UNITE’s flexible Anger Management approach
in action
Julia, a UNITE Anger Management facilitator, recently worked with a young person called David. He was having problems managing his anger; acting aggressively in class with teachers and other pupils. He had also come to the attention of the police for some low level anti-social behaviour.
David was referred by a school contact and Julia then met David for an initial assessment in a room near to the school premises. She and David had several sessions together working on communication, anger trigger points and different ways of expressing anger productively without being aggressive.
It was during these sessions that Julia learned that there were issues
within David’s home life that would benefit from a meeting with
the family (intra-family mediation), so Julia organised separate meetings
with David’s mum and older brother and then brought them all together
for a joint mediation session. They were able to jointly address some
of the triggers for David’s anger and support the way he wanted
to change his behaviour. Feedback from David’s school was that
his behaviour and classroom contribution were much improved.
Download our Anger Management leaflet
Call UNITE on 01642 327583 ext 286
