Week 5 of an 8 week session

We’ve already addressed identifying and recognizing anger.

1) Analyze progress on individual level (10 mins?) Rounds

o If the first session of our group was all about just getting into the car and starting
your journey, and the destination of your journey in this group is reaching your goal,
where do you feel you are at in this moment? (at week five)

2) What to do now that we’ve identified the emotion?

o Activity prompt: you will have some time to work on this by yourself and then we
will come together and talk about it. (give them 5-10 minutes)

1 When I get angry I usually... (explain what you do)

2 Does this reaction work for me? (Why or why not?)
3 How can I improve the way I deal with angry feelings?

(maybe give a hypothetical situation to help frame the context: parents, dishes, yelling)

3) Open the floor and they share answers 1 and 2, if no one wants to speak, call on
someone

4) Natural transition to question number 3

o They share their ideas and (a student) writes the healthy coping skills brainstorm
on a white board. Help reframe ideas into coping skills and delegate to student to
write it down.

5) Check in- So it looks like, you guys have some great ideas and some understanding of
what healthy coping skills look like.

6) How are we going to put these ideas into action? Into everyday life?
o Can you think of a recent situation you’ve experienced where using one of these
skills could have changed the outcome?

7) Regroup/Reflection
o How are you feeling right now in this moment?
o Throughout the week keep practicing “checking in” on yourself when you start to
feel your warning signals for your anger.
o Also to add on that, if a situation arises, try practicing one coping mechanism this
week.
o Is this something you feel comfortable with trying?