Anger Management Anger management isn’t about teaching children and young people not to 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. 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 357 |
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