Mastering Anger with Calm: An ACT-Based Approach (FPS)

Live Online Workshop

Capability Level: Evolving & Established

This topic fosters core social work values—such as respect for the dignity and worth of every individual, competence, integrity, and the importance of human relationships—by enhancing social workers' understanding and skills in anger management.

By studying anger, social workers learn to recognize it as a complex emotional response, often rooted in deeper pain or unmet needs. This perspective helps reduce the stigma surrounding anger, allowing social workers to approach clients with greater empathy and compassion, ensuring that clients feel heard, understood, and supported. Developing skills in anger management also aids social workers in maintaining ethical decision-making and boundaries, enabling them to handle difficult situations with calmness and integrity. By educating clients on the underlying causes of their anger and providing strategies for managing it constructively, social workers empower clients to make positive changes in their lives, fostering a sense of self-determination and agency.

Ultimately, by cultivating expertise in anger management, social workers strengthen their ability to uphold and promote essential social work values. This enhances their professional practice while enriching the lives of the clients they serve.

Who should attend?

This workshop is designed for evolving to established social workers interested in learning a concise overview of the six core values of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and their application in ‘Anger Management’.

The workshop offers opportunities for advanced reflection and critical evaluation of anger dynamics, empowering practitioners to guide clients in exploring their underlying emotions and values, influencing, and promoting helpful behaviors.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Understand the 6 core processes of ACT in relation to ‘Anger.’

• Apply the theory of ACT and Identify emotions

• Overview of Anger and ACT for Anger Management: How I Will Apply This Knowledge and Approach in Practice

Event Structure:

Introduction

Learning Session 1: Understand the 6 core processes of ACT in relation to ‘Anger.’ (55 minutes)

Learning Activity 1: Group discussion and Questions

Learning Session 2: Apply the theory of ACT and Identify emotions

(55 minutes)

Learning Activity 2: Case study and group discussion

Learning Session 3: Overview of Anger and ACT for Anger Management: How I Will Apply This Knowledge and Approach in Practice (55 minutes)

Learning Activity 3: Case study and group discussion

Conclusion and Q&A.

AASW Credentials: Mental Health (FPS) & Clinical

FPS:

This Workshop is not recorded, however, you will have access to materials and resources on AASW Online Learning for 4 weeks after the completion of the workshop.

FPS: Skills Training will be incorporated into a section of this workshop under e. (iii and iv) of Medicare schedule https://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=note&q=MN.7.4&qt=noteID&criteria=MN%2E7%2E4)

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