anger management

• anger management is a form of cbt = for aggressive crimes = teach strategies to deal with their anger
• novaco = 3 aims of anger management

  • increase awareness of thoughts that lead to anger
  • regulation of arousal to control physical anger
  • behavioral strategies eg. strategic withdrawal
• works through 3 stages

  1. conceptualisation - learn concept of anger and own patterns
  2. skills aquisition - taught skills to help manage their anger eg. self regulation
  3. application - applies skills to role play that would normally make them angry
• through anger management offender learns to control their thoughts that lead to anger and deal with issues in different ways = reduces prison violence and reoffending