Working with anger

Ages: 18+ Number of sessions: 10 Start date: Past group, may run again in future Frequency: Sessions weekly on Sundays, 1:00-2:00 PM Location: in-person, Advance Amherst office: 48 N. Pleasant Street, Ste 207 - Amherst MA

Registration Deadline: Past group, may run again in future

Facilitator

E Merten, LICSW

Participants may use insurance or pay out of pocket $50 per group session. 

Participants

Participants: Adults (18+)

Description

Every emotion we experience has an important role in our lives. Some emotions can be uncomfortable but are vital for helping us keep ourselves safe. Anger is our internal alarm system that goes off when we’ve reached a limit and need to take action. In order to respond quickly to a potential threat, the ways we learn to express anger can sometimes be disproportionate, impulsive, or harmful to our personal and professional lives. 

This course combines aspects of various evidence-based practices such as CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, and effective communication skills to help participants learn to better understand, regulate, and express anger by:

  • Exploring how past experiences and societal norms have influenced their relationship to anger

  • Learning more about how anger works in the body

  • Identifying and addressing underlying needs and personal values indicated by anger

  • Developing skills and strategies for soothing and communicating anger

  • Creating a personalized anger management plan detailing skills and resources to utilize when experiencing anger

Insurances accepted

Beacon: GIC/Unicare, BMC Healthnet, Fallonhealth (Pending)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MA (Pending)
Health New England (Pending)
MBHP: (Most MassHealth plans except for 100% Medicaid) (Pending)
Optum: Allways, Harvard Pilgrim, Oxford (Pending)
Tufts Public (Pending)
UMR - pending (Pending)
United Behavioral Health (Pending)
United Healthcare: Connecticare (Pending)
Private pay clients
Out of network/PPO options for all other providers


This group is not designed to address issues related to domestic/intimate partner violence. Those seeking to address such concerns may benefit from services through the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

E Merten, LICSW