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Anger Decision Sheet

Individuals who have a problem with anger can benefit from considering and rehearsing different responses to triggering situations. The Anger Decision Sheet is a cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) worksheet for responding differently to anger. Clients are encouraged to 'let go' or 'act assertively'.

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Introduction & Theoretical Background

Uncontrolled feelings of anger can be accompanied by impulsive, aggressive, irrational, or otherwise unhelpful responses. The Anger Decision Sheet is an anger management training tool that first helps to identify personal triggers for anger. Once these have been identified clients can be encouraged to pre-plan helpful 'letting go' or 'assertive' responses. This worksheet was originally submitted by Jason Roscoe.

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Therapist Guidance

  1. In the first column (Trigger) clients are encouraged to generate specific examples of situations where their anger has been triggered.
  2. In the second column (Letting Go) clients are encouraged to generate strategies (typically cognitive) which would help them achieve the goal of ‘letting go’ of the anger. These might include statements that help clients to reframe another person’s actions (e.g. “He didn’t really mean to do that deliberately”) or their implications.

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References And Further Reading

Fernandez, E., & Beck, R. (2001). Cognitive-behavioral self-intervention versus self-monitoring of anger: Effects on anger frequency, duration, and intensity. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 29(3), 345-356.

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