In this video-supported home study course, alcoholism and substance abuse counselors will learn new cognitive/behavioral skills to help clients more effectively deal with anger and rage, which are major relapse triggers.

At the end of the course, counselors will be able to teach clients how to recognize and understand anger as a process and how to deal more effectively with anger triggers, thereby increasing the likelihood of enjoying long-term recovery.

The course will include:
(1) A process definition of anger and rage using the Niagara Falls Metaphor.
(2) An explanation of how anger is expressed in the client's physiology.
(3) A description of how anger occurs.
(4) A description of the triggers that fire off the anger process, and how to interrupt them.
(5) A description of the similarity of the process called anger to the process called relapse.
(6) Euphoric recall in the anger process.
(7) The nature of compulsion in relationship to anger.
(8) Application of cue extinction techniques to overcome chronic anger.

Finish at your own pace!
(1) Watch the video and complete the exercises in the video workbook.
(2) Read the manual and complete the open-book exam.
(3) Document application of the skills learned in the course with 10 clients.*
(4) Send completed materials to Transformations Enterprises.
(5) Transformations Enterprises reviews your materials immediately upon receipt, and sends your certificate by return mail, usually the next day.

* If you are not currently working with clients, you may document application of the skills with friends or colleagues.

• 45-minute video
• Video workbook
• Anger management skills manual
• Forms to document application of skills