Emotional Mastery: Transforming Anger into Positive Action

Module 1: Introduction to Emotional Mastery: Why we feel frustration and Anger

• Understanding why we feel anger and the wide range of emotions that are the result of being angry
• How Does Anger Work?
• Thoughts That Fuel Anger
• How Do You Cope With Your Anger?
• Changing Coping Techniques

Module 2: Recognizing Anger Triggers and Patterns

• Assessing Why You Get Angry, When You Get Angry and Your Own Personal Way of Handling Anger
• What Provokes You?
• When To Be Angry
• Your Body and Anger

Module 3: Using Your Emotions to Improve Your Life

• Know When Your Anger Is Valid and How to Make It Work for You
• Anger: Pain or Gain?
• Just or Unjust?
• Anger and Your Communication Style

Module 4: Building Resilience and Sustaining Change

• Developing long-term emotional regulation habits
• Creating personal action plans for managing future anger triggers
• Tools for ongoing self-assessment and improvement

Module 5: Strategies to Regulate Anger

• Keeping Your Anger Under Control and Preventing That Spark from Turning into an Escalation
• Tips for Handling Criticism
• Relaxation
• Getting Back in Control

Module 6: Letting Go of the Past

• Identify Past Anger That Still Affects You Today and Don't Repeat Behavior That Is Self-Defeating
• Identifying Unresolved Anger from the Past
• Experiencing Anger from Expectations
• Be Good to Yourself

Module 7: Listen to Other People's Frustration and Anger

• In Order to Improve Relationships, We Must Recognize Another's Anger and Respond in a Helping Manner
• Coping With Angry People
• Styles of Communication
• Your Family Relationships
• 20 Additional Behaviors That Create Relationship Anger
• Teaching Your Child to Manage Anger
• Anger and Your Working Relationships