Our anger management course greatly benefits those who need help controlling their outbursts of anger. Delegates soon learn how to recognize the signs of anger and how to manage it.

We are all capable of getting angry – it is a normal, usually healthy emotion. But when it gets out of control it becomes destructive and can lead to all sorts of problems.

You can not eliminate anger from your life - you will always come across situations which provoke anger. The key to approaching anger is to take responsibility for your own reactions and behaviour by addressing angry feelings with new coping mechanisms and responses.

What is Anger?
Anger is 'an emotional state that varies in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage,' according to Charles Spielberger, Ph.D., a psychologist who specialises in the study of anger. Like other emotions, it is accompanied by physiological and biological changes; when you get angry, your heart rate and blood pressure go up, as does the level of your energy hormones, adrenaline and noradrenaline.

Anger can be caused by both external and internal events. You could be angry at a specific person or an event (a parking ticket, losing some money), or your anger could be caused by worrying about personal problems. Memories of traumatic or enraging events can also trigger angry feelings.

Expressing Anger
The natural way to express anger is to respond aggressively. If we are threatened our natural response is to ‘fight or flight’ – this is our body's primitive, automatic, inborn response that prepares the body to ‘fight’ or ‘flee’ from perceived attack, harm or threat to our survival. Some anger, therefore, is necessary to our survival.

On the other hand, we can't hit every person or object that irritates or annoys us. Anger is seen as a bad personal quality and is often punished. Those who become angered quickly are usually avoided by others who don't feel comfortable in volatile situations. Anger is contagious in that others become angry as a matter of retaliation.

Our anger control courses helps delegates identify the causes of anger and reduce both the emotional feelings and the physiological arousal that anger causes. For example if a person learns at an early age that getting angry is the only way to get what they want, they need to learn other methods of negotiation.

Delegates will be encouraged to keep an Anger Diary to record recent anger situations or particular anger problems they are having. This will help us to develop suitable strategies for delegates to control their reactions and deal with such situations.

“Fear leads to Anger. Anger leads to Hate. Hate leads to suffering.”        Master Yoda - Star Wars Episode

Who will benefit: Anyone who is hurting themself and others with their anger and rage and people who need to be
                            more assertive and less passive or aggressive.

We do not run training courses for people from different companies to attend. However, we do run courses consisting of one or two delegates. This enables us to move at the pace of the delegates (as fast or slow as necessary; as deep into the subject as appropriate, and with as much development as possible). These small group courses cost from £900.

If you prefer a public course there is an organization that runs courses that might be suitable for you. They are:

British Association of Anger Management - Telephone 0845 1300 286

Duration: 1 or 2 days depending on your needs

By the end of the anger management course delegates will be able to…

• appreciate what are acceptable and unacceptable levels of behaviour
• define the components of anger management
• identify the causes of aggression
• practice assertive communication
• feel more at ease with yourself and others
• take a refreshing new look at yourself
• express all your feelings, not just anger
• face the behaviour of others - know how to prepare, what to do and say
• use appropriate verbal and non-verbal behaviour in different situations
• use your enhanced feelings of self confidence in a productive manner.

Elite Training European Limited is a leading UK provider of anger and aggression management training courses. We are based in Suffolk - within easy travelling distance of Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, London, Hertfordshire, Kent, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Surrey and Sussex. We will be pleased to arrange an anger management course anywhere in the UK or Europe. or hotels and run courses according to company and staff needs.

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