- What is assertiveness?
- How to recognise assertive behaviour
- How to think more assertively
- How to behave more assertively
- Reducing physical tension
- How to say “no” assertively
- How to deal assertively with criticism
- How to deal with disappointment assertively
- How to give and receive compliments assertively
- Putting it all together
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
- Getting along & keeping cool: A group treatment programme for aggression control cci.wa.gov.au archive.org
- Anger management for substance abuse and mental health clients
samhsa.govarchive.org - How to trick ‘angry’: Narrative therapy for people with an intellectual disability psychologyandsociety.org archive.org
- Working with anger – some powerful practical tips – Russ Harris actklinikken.dk archive.org
Information handouts
- Understanding and reducing angry feelings tcu.edu archive.org
- A guide to controlling anger gov.scot archive.org
- Anger and irritability self-help booklet archive.org
- Anger models sagepub.com archive.org
- Dealing with anger and impulsivity blackdoginstitute.org.au archive.org
Newcastle Psychological Services developed a series of self-help workbooks:
- Workbook 1: About Anger archive.org
- Workbook 2: Quick control archive.org
- Workbook 3: Strategies to manage your anger archive.org
- Workbook 4: Relationships archive.org
- Workbook 5: Challenging angry thoughts and beliefs archive.org
- Workbook 6: Challenges to managing anger archive.org
Exercises, Worksheets & Workbooks
- Dealing with anger and impulsivity blackdoginstitute.org.au archive.org
- Lemons or lemonade – an anger workbook for teens umn.edu archive.org
- Anger management workbook seasonstherapy.com archive.org
- Anger management and coping skills – Dixie Eastridge biacolorado.org archive.org
- 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. amazonaws.com archive.org
- Deffenbacher, J. L. (2011). Cognitive-behavioral conceptualization and treatment of anger. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 18(2), 212-221. archive.org
- 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. daneshyari.com archive.org
- 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. semanticscholar.org archive.org
The Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCI) is an Australian mental health organisation that conducts research, provides training and supervision, and offers a clinical service. They have made some really useful resources for increasing assertiveness
Assertiveness
Self-Help Programme
