| Anger management programs offer the individual | | | | negative feelings, will likely lead to anger and cause |
| plenty of information regarding techniques and | | | | behavioral problems. Beck realized that it is during the |
| strategies for dealing with anger. Is there anger | | | | thinking process, negative thoughts are formed which |
| management therapy available for those who feel | | | | lead to changes in emotions and behavior. If an |
| the need to take their treatment a step further? | | | | individual could be treated at this stage, helping them |
| In the early 1970's, a psychiatrist named Aaron T. | | | | to change their way of thinking, then they would see |
| Beck, M.D, developed an anger management therapy | | | | changes in their emotions and behavioral pattern. |
| focusing on problem-solving. This therapy initially called | | | | Using strategies and techniques such as relaxation |
| Cognitive Therapy is now also known as | | | | training and assertiveness training, CBT has proven to |
| Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy or CBT. Beck worked | | | | be a relatively fast method of providing an individual |
| with patients for years using his psychiatric | | | | with relief and allowing them to experience freedom |
| knowledge but was burdened to see his patient's | | | | through endurance. Cognitive Therapy has proven to |
| treatment making only slow progress. Beck wanted | | | | be the most effective type of psychological |
| to use a more intense approach to anger | | | | treatment. Its popularity has spread worldwide and is |
| management therapy. | | | | used by many qualified professionals to treat |
| Cognitive Therapy is a form of anger management | | | | individuals with behavioral difficulties such as anger. |
| therapy which helps a person to correct or change | | | | Literature about CBT is widely available and there is |
| specific details in their thinking. These details, involving | | | | training in CBT provided for professionals. |