Criteria for Healthy Expression of Anger in Complex Trauma |
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- The anger must be directed outward toward the perpetrator rather than inward toward the self, and must concern actual and specific harms, transgressions, or violations.
- The anger must be differentiated from other emotions, such as sadness, guilt, or fear. Anger expression mixed with tears or fear, for example, does not allow the individual full access to the cognitive, motivational, or somatic information specifically associated with anger experience.
- The anger is expressed assertively with ownership of experience rather than aggressively, passively, or indirectly. Clients use "I" statements rather than referring to themselves in third person or rather than blaming and complaining, or attacking or hurling insults at others. Anger that is inappropriately expressed does not have the desired effect on the environment, and consequently adaptive needs for respectful treatment or distance are not met.
- The intensity of anger expression must be appropriate to the situation. Inappropriate anger intensity includes both rage that is overwhelming and anger that is lacking in conviction or energy. In both instances, the associated adaptive information is neither available to guide one's action nor a clear social message of assertion communicated to others.
- Anger expressions must include some elaboration and exploration of meaning. This is consistent with the fundamental principle underlying EFFT that client experiencing is the primary source of new information used in promoting resolution and change.
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Emotion Focused Therapy-Individuals Training Level one By Professor Les Greenberg, PhD Friday to Monday, September 20-23, 2019 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM Los Angeles, California Save $250! Early Registration Fee ends Sunday July 14, 2019 |
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This training offers 24 APA approved Continuing Education units for psychologists, MSWs, MFTs and LPCs. Participants will receive in-depth skill training through a combination of brief lectures, video demonstrations, live modelling, case discussions and extensive supervised role-playing practice. |
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General model of Emotion Focused Therapy approach is based on that: - Emotions are an adaptive orienting system and a source of information about thoughts, feelings, action readiness, motivations, and interpersonal interactions.
- Client experiencing (attention to and exploration of feelings and meanings) is the primary source of new information in therapy (as opposed to skills training, challenging maladaptive thoughts or interpretations).
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You have to arrive at your emotions before you can leave them. Les. Greenberg, PhD. |
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