Anger Management CBT Worksheets
Anger management exercises are an essential part of a clinicians toolbox when dealing with individuals who struggle with the uncontrollability of their anger. These CBT anger management worksheets have been designed to enable your clients to understand anger, record and evaluate their angry thoughts, act assertively, or forgive those that have angered them. There are also information handouts on techniques to help your clients process and manage their anger and respond differently to anger-provoking situations.
Anger Management Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Worksheets
- Dahlberg LL, Toal SB, Swahn M, Behrens CB. (2005) Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes, Behaviors, and Influences Among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools, 2nd ed., Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. download archived copy
- Clinical Anger Scale download archived copy
- Snell, W. E., Jr., Gum, S., Shuck, R. L., Mosley, J. A., & Hite, T. L.. (1995). The Clinical Anger Scale: Preliminary reliability and validity. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 51, 215-226
- Novaco Anger Scale and Provocation Inventory (NAS-PI) link
- State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory 2 (STAXI 2) link
Therapy manuals and guides
- Getting along & keeping cool: A group treatment programme for aggression control download archived copy
- Anger management for substance abuse and mental health clients
downloadarchived copy - How to trick ‘angry’: Narrative therapy for people with an intellectual disability download archived copy
- Working with anger – some powerful practical tips – Russ Harris download archived copy
Information handouts
- Understanding and reducing angry feelings download archived copy
- A guide to controlling anger download archived copy
- Anger and irritability self-help booklet archived copy
- Anger models archived copy archived copy
- Dealing with anger and impulsivity archived copy archived copy
Information handouts (interpersonal effectiveness)
- What is anger? download
- Anger coping strategies download
- Assertive communication download
- Coping with stress download
- Grief and bereavement download
Exercises, Worksheets & Workbooks
- Dealing with anger and impulsivity download archived copy
- Lemons or lemonade – an anger workbook for teens archived copy archived copy
- Anger management workbook download archived copy
Self-Help Programme (Managing anger)
- Workbook 1: About Anger archived copy
- Workbook 2: Quick control archived copy
- Workbook 3: Strategies to manage your anger archived copy
- Workbook 4: Relationships archived copy
- Workbook 5: Challenging angry thoughts and beliefs archive.org
- Workbook 6: Challenges to managing anger archived copy
Self-Help Programme (Assertiveness)
- What is assertiveness? download
- How to recognise assertive behaviour download
- How to think more assertively download
- How to behave more assertively download
- Reducing physical tension download
- How to say “no” assertively download
- How to deal assertively with criticism download
- How to deal with disappointment assertively download
- How to give and receive compliments assertively download
- Putting it all together download
- Anger management and coping skills – Dixie Eastridge download archived copy
- Russell Kolts: Anger, Compassion, and What It Means To Be Strong youtube.com
- Day, A., Howells, K., Mohr, P., Schall, E., & Gerace, A. (2008). The development of CBT programmes for anger: The role of interventions to promote perspective-taking skills. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 36(3), 299-312. download archived copy
- Deffenbacher, J. L. (2011). Cognitive-behavioral conceptualization and treatment of anger. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 18(2), 212-221. archived copy
- Henwood, K. S., Chou, S., & Browne, K. D. (2015). A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of CBT informed anger management. Aggression and violent behavior, 25, 280-292. download archived copy
- Mackintosh, M. A., Morland, L. A., Frueh, B. C., Greene, C. J., & Rosen, C. S. (2014). Peeking into the black box: mechanisms of action for anger management treatment. Journal of anxiety disorders, 28(7), 687-695. download archived copy
- Novaco, R. W. (1976). The functions and regulation of the arousal of anger. American Journal of Psychiatry, 133(10), 1124-1128. download archived copy
- Novaco, R. W. (1977). Stress inoculation: A cognitive therapy for anger and its application to a case of depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 45(4), 600. download archived copy
