| Main Theme By Session | Time | Content | Techniques and Tools Used |
|---|---|---|---|
| First session | 90 minutes | First half (45 minutes): After a warm-up, “Introduction Game” was played; members were introduced to one another and were also told about the aim of the program, the duration and frequency of the sessions, the privacy contract applicable in the group, how the group would work, the rules to be obeyed in the group; and the rules surrounding attendance. | Warm-up surveys |
| “To form a group” | Second half (45 minutes): Sharing those experiences and situations that most angered members with the group; sharing experiences such as behaving unrestrainedly, psychic attack, displaying subsequent regret for the damage that anger does to relations, taking alcohol, smoking, overeating, or drug use in times of anger, or facing legal problems as a result of anger, and role play. The group participated in the game “The Things That Make Me Angry” Homework: the group members asked to list things that made them angry. The session finished with the “Deadlock Game.” | ||
| Active presentation Handouts Small-group discussion Role plays Workshop | |||
| Second session | 90 minutes | First half (45 minutes): Identifying clues to anger and its psychic, emotional, and behavioral symptoms, with the aim of controlling anxiety, training in relaxation and breathing correctly, the ability to use relaxation in daily life. The group participated in the “Anger Machine” game. | Warm-up Homework Music listening with breath exercise Active presentation with discussion |
| “Identify your anger” | Second half (45 minutes): The group discussed the previous session's homework and the ability to perceive negative feelings once they arise and the attribute of awareness. Homework: the group members exchanged the former sessions' homework and propositions on how to avoid them. The group participated in the warming game “Acting a Feeling” (Schilling, 1996). Evaluating the states of being aware or not being aware of the basic feelings experienced in the face of negative events. | Handouts Small-group discussion on topic Role plays Workshop | |
| Third session | 90 minutes | First half (45 minutes): To comprehend the “Theory of Election” and attain the ability to use it with the aim of anger control; taking responsibility for behavior displayed at the time of anger and giving examples from personal experience. A group forum took place at which the Election Theory was discussed. | Warm-up Homework Music listening with breath exercise |
| “Choice is yours” | Second half (45 minutes): The group discussed the previous session's homework and the ability to define a strategy related to managing feelings of anger and the ability to implement that strategy; identifying, exemplifying, practicing and role playing various strategies such as cognitive reconstruction, changing the environment and using humor, communicating effectively, sharing feelings, and perceiving cognitive distortions. Relaxation repetition. Homework: What is your favorite relaxation method? | Active presentation with discussion Handouts Small-group discussion on topic | |
| Fourth session | 90 minutes | First half (45 minutes): Expressing anger and negative feelings using “I language”; practice, role play, and relaxation repetition; the role of music to relieve the anger and stress. | Warm-up Homework Music listening with breath exercise |
| “Express yourself” | Second half (45 minutes): The group discussed the previous session's homework and using the ability to listen effectively by way of eye contact with the person one is angry with; realizing the reactions to poor listening, practice, role play, and relaxation repetition. Homework: create a situation with a friend of yourself which made you angry or stressed. | Active presentation with discussion Handouts Small-group discussion on topic | |
| Fifth session | 90 minutes | First half (45 minutes): Giving reactions intended to maintain communication during conflict and in times of anger, understanding other people's feelings by developing empathy. Practicing and role-playing. | Warm-up Homework Music listening with breath exercise |
| Second half (45 minutes): The former sessions' homework is dispatched to other members and asked to role play with a group member to find an effective solution to the scenario. The group's feelings and experiences were shared, and the program was evaluated with the members. The program came to an end with the game of “Building Ego” and relaxation exercises. | Active presentation with discussion Handouts Small-group discussion on topic | ||
| “I am empathetic, you are empathetic” |