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| UNIT 4 | ANGER MANAGEMENT The Need Our Answer Our Approach Our Materials Questions and Topics |
THE
NEED [Top]
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This unit
helps us to better
understand our emotions, especially that of our anger.
We are
emotional and social beings and cannot avoid the
interdependencies that all of us have . We are
friends,
parents,
children,
aunts,
uncles, nephews, nieces, spouses, and significant others.
Those around us affect us and we
affect them.
We also have those we work for, are under the authority of,
or have to get along with, and
many times there will be friction. All of us must learn to
deal with our own anger. We can get stuck
“in a rut” in our reactions to other people that
leads to greater and greater anger. The worst part
of this
is we don't even use this emotion positively to help us identify
what
is going wrong and correct it. Instead, "untreated" anger
just gets worse and worse. We don't know how to make the
necessary changes to pull the safety valve and improve our relations
with others. Many times we aren't able to sensibly separate
our own responsibilities from that of others.
Another
way
to put it is:
“we
don’t know what we don’t know” about what
is really going on, and that can hurt us - a lot.
Continual anger eats away at and destroys mostly us. It ruins every possible type of relationship. Anger is universal. We all have it if we have any feelings at all. We must all deal with it. From churches to prisons, dealing with anger is the number one choice of topics dealing with the improvement of relationships. |
OUR ANSWER [Top]
Our anger can be either a
positive or a negative force in our life.
Our approach is to demonstrate this and show healthy ways of
coping. We show how people of faith can use their faith and
move
into the "deeper life" that God wants for them. For example,
people brought up in the church sometimes think that denial of anger is
spiritual. We use scriptures to show the error of this kind
of
thinking. We have adopted the Living Free (c) philosophy that
the
best approach to helping people in need is to intervene with the Word
of God, the Spirit of God, and the people of God.
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OUR APPROACH [Top]
| All of our units emphasize the
rich interaction of the small-group format.
The answers group members need to have will come mostly from each other
.
Having group members talk a lot is the fastest way to getting
into
their hearts and minds. Once group members level with one
another, they help each other in a safe environment. The structured lessons usually have two leaders called facilitators and co-facilitators. It is their job to keep the discussion going and on track. The training of these leaders is one of the key activities of Florida Integrity Training. Our training sessions show the art and science of being effective in this area. For more information on our training .CLICK HERE FOR TRAINING SCHEDULE. |
OUR
MATERIALS [Top]
 FACILITATOR GUIDE GROUP MEMBER GUIDE |
Our printed material for this unit is Anger: Our Master or Servant by Larry Heath, Turning Point Ministries. It is formated for small groups with separate facilitator and group member guides. There are nine lessons.The cost is $12 and $10, respectively. These can be ordered from us. Jail and Prison facilitators trained by us may be eligible for special funding for free student guides for active sessions. For more information email us at info.100hour.org or click on the right for an Order Form. These books have been successfully used in our program, and this unit has been one of the most popular. |
SAMPLE
QUESTIONS AND SESSION TOPICS [Top]
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