Anger Management Classes- Skills, Tips and Techniques

What makes a quality anger management class program and what can a client expect to learn? Anger management classes are designed to teach skills in a variety of areas to improve interpersonal and internal functioning. Anger management is not the same as psychotherapy and should not be confused with getting "therapy". Anger management classes are educational in nature and should teach skills in 8 core areas. These areas of skill enhancement include:
* Stress management
* Empathy Development
* Learning to respond instead of react
* Improving self-talk
* Assertive Communication
* Expectation Management
* Forgiveness
* Retreat and think things over
Participants of a quality anger management program should expect to use a well known curriculum. The program should be well structured and teach a new skill during each class. Sessions should be separated with cognitive homework assignments to help reinforce the material and progress should be discussed at the onset of the each subsequent class session.
Another popular question is "will the classes work"? Ultimately, ones motivation to succeed is the biggest determinant in the success outcome of any class or program. Without motivation the desire to succeed is severely limited. Keeping this in mind, clients who are willing to learn and motivated to grow tend to have the best outcome. While motivation is not the only factor for success, it is certainly the most influential. Another important component is utilizing a program that has some empirical data to back up the interventions used. Programs that incorporate cognitive behaviorally based concepts tend to have more empirical data to support their effectiveness than programs that do not.
Clients should enjoy the learning experience. We believe that humor is one of the most important approaches an instructor must use. It's not to say make fun of the work you are doing, but rather make the work fun for the client. Anger management should not, and is not punitive. The term itself often comes with a stigma that says "I'm bad, and therefore must take a class with a bunch of other bad and angry people". This could not be farther from the truth. Anger management could be and should be considered more of a life skill class that anyone will benefit from.

Ari Novick, Ph.D. is Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a certified anger management provider for both adults and adolescents. Dr. Novick is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Education and Psychology. His corporate website is http://www.ajnovickgroup.com and his innovative online anger management class.

What is Anger Management?

Anger management is a relatively new field and is often confused with other mental health professions. The most common myth is that anger management is psychotherapy. While many licensed psychotherapists offer anger management, the intervention itself is not considered "therapy". On the contrary, anger management is an educational course that teaches skills in a variety of areas such as stress management, forgiveness, assertive communication, empathy, improving judgment and impulse control, expectation management, and much more.
Classes are typically taught by one of two professionals. Either a licensed psychotherapist with additional training, experience and education in anger management or a certified anger management professional with at least 40 hours of training during the certification process. Since this field is a relatively new, there is limited regulation on the training standards for anger management class professionals or providers. We recommend that every class be taught or offered by one of the above professionals.
Anger Management is also offered using a variety of techniques and models. While most of the empirical research is limited to prison or inmate populations, it is hard to say what is the best approach. Most of the research points to using an educational and/or cognitive-behavioral approach/model to helping clients manage anger vs. a group psychotherapy approach or what is commonly referred to as a psycho-dynamic approach. One such model which incorporates both an educational approach and utilizes some of the previously mentioned skills is the Century Anger Management model of anger management.
Classes can be taken in a large range of contexts as well. There is one/one anger coaching, which is a more personalized approach to teaching skills in anger management. Classes can be taken in an accelerated workshop format. This is when a class is taught usually on a weekend and is four to eight hours in length. Another common format is the weekly anger class, in which classes are taught once a week for a series of weeks, typically lasting about 10 weeks. Classes are taken either voluntarily or for a court order, employment or legal requirement. Finally, online anger management classes can also be taken. Quality online programs typically offer an online format similar to those used by major universities such as UCLA, Stanford or Harvard.

Ari Novick, Ph.D. is Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a certified anger management provider for both adults and adolescents. Dr. Novick is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Education and Psychology. His corporate website is http://www.ajnovickgroup.com and his innovative online anger management class is available at http://www.angerclassonline.com. He can also be reached at 949 715-2694.

Online Anger Management Classes from Anger Class Online™ Continue to Gain Acceptance as a Legitimate form of Distance Learning Education

Laguna Beach, CA (July 9, 2010) –AJ Novick Group, Inc is a national provider of anger management programs and the leading provider Online Anger Management Classes and training programs in the country. Their online anger management course, offered through Anger Class Online™, continues to gain acceptance by human resources, EAP programs, attorneys and the judicial system.

Anger Class Online™ was founded in 2006. Since that time, they have provided distance learning education in the field of anger management to participants in every U.S. state in the nation as well as provided programs to residents in Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, and Japan.

While distance learning education programs are not new, they are relatively new to the field of anger management. “Acceptance of these programs has grown tremendously in the last 4 years”, states Dr. Ari Novick, founder of Anger Class Online™ . “What we’ve experienced is courts all over the nation requesting our materials and requests to demo our online anger management courses”, says Dr. Novick. “A physical class just can’t be the only way to learn anger management skills, and not everyone can attend a physical class due to limitations or restrictions they have either physically, emotionally, or financially”, he continues.

Anger Class Online™ will gladly provide a course preview to any attorney, judge, human resource or court official who would like a demonstration of one of the most comprehensive and professionally developed online anger management class program.

For more information please visit http://www.angerclassonline.com or http://www.ajnovickgroup.com