Pathways to Peace: Anger Management Workbook
This anger workbook is unique. It is the official guide for Pathways to Peace, a program which provides self-help anger management and violence prevention instruction for individuals and communities.\ Anger is a drug which often turns into a full-blown addiction. This pattern of anger abuse is reinforced socially. People learn to abuse anger from the examples of parents, peers, the media. The book helps people to un-learn these destructive patterns. It shows chronically angry people how to...
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In 1998, William Fleeman founded the highly successful Pathways to Peace to provide violence prevention tools, skills, and programs that inspire individuals and communities to live together in harmony. This book shows that this program can transform anyone with an anger management problem. The author’s experience is that people with anger problems use anger like a drug, to change feelings of powerlessness into feelings of power. This book helps people unlearn this destructive pattern through a cognitive/behavioral approach. Included are 18 anger management sessions with personal stories and questions. The sessions can be completed in 18 to 20 weeks or less. Chapters cover self-assessment, the eight steps to recovery, what to avoid, special methods and skills, life mission and spirituality, goals, forgiveness, and more — all geared to keeping anger under control. This is the official text for the acclaimed self-help anger management program used in schools, prisons, and drug/alcohol treatment centers today.
Introduction1How Long Will It Take to Complete the Workbook?1How Long Will It Take to Heal from Anger and Rage?2The Problem2Pathways to Peace: A Solution2A Message to the Person Struggling to Change2Part IUnderstand the Problem5Chapter 1The Self-Assessment Process6Lesson 1Pathways to Peace Founder's Story6Lesson 2The Importance of Self-Honesty18Lesson 3Writing Your Story20My Story21Lesson 4Self-Test29Anti-Violence Self-Agreement30Chapter 2Understand the Nature of Anger, Rage, and Violence31Lesson 1Normal Anger vs. Problem or Addictive Anger31Lesson 2What Is Violence?34Lesson 3How Anger Is Like a Drug36Lesson 4Excessive Anger as Learned Behavior37Lesson 5Styles of Anger39Lesson 6The Masks Anger Wears40Lesson 7Anger and Grief42Lesson 8The Roots of Anger, Rage, and Violence45Part IIUnderstand the Process of Recovery47Chapter 3The Eight Parts of the Whole Self48Lesson 1The Biological Part50Lesson 2The Environmental Part51Lesson 3The Behavior (Action) Part53Lesson 4The Skill Part (Learning)54Lesson 5The Values/Goals Part55Lesson 6The Beliefs Part57Lesson 7The Mission Part58Lesson 8The Spiritual Part59Chapter 4The Eight Steps of the Recovery Process61Step 1The Admission Step62Lesson 162Step 2Take Responsibility64Lesson 264Step 3Realize That Violence Is Never Justified67Lesson 367Step 4Learn New Ways to Feel Powerful69Lesson 469Step 5Treat People and Property with Respect70Lesson 570Step 6Change Negative Beliefs into Positive Beliefs71Lesson 671Step 7Find Your Purpose72Lesson 772Step 8Transformation73Lesson 873Chapter 5Motivate Yourself to Change75Lesson 1The Motivation Script76Chapter 6Understand the Anger Process Using the Niagara Falls Metaphor82Lesson 1A Little Bit About the Niagara Falls82Lesson 2The Niagara Falls Metaphor85Lesson 3The Five Stages of the Anger Process86Chapter 7Interrupt the Process94Lesson 1Will You Ever Forget Your Anger Habit?94Lesson 2Three Steps to Interrupt the Anger Process96Part IIIChange Your Behavior103Chapter 8Basic Considerations104Lesson 1Nutrition104Lesson 2Sleep and Rest105Lesson 3Physical Exercise105Lesson 4Relaxation106Lesson 5Maintain a Schedule109Chapter 9Skills111Lesson 1Maintain a Positive Mental Focus111Lesson 2The Skills113Chapter 10What to Avoid123Lesson 1Avoid Alcohol and Other Drugs123Lesson 2Avoid Places Where Heavy Drinking or Drug Use Takes Place125Lesson 3Avoid the Use of Anabolic Steroids (Growth Drugs)126Lesson 4Avoid Other People Who Have Problems with Anger and Rage127Lesson 5Avoid Watching Violence in the Media128Lesson 6Avoid Venting129Lesson 7Avoid Guns130Chapter 11Special Methods and Skills for Managing Anger132Anger Cues132Lesson 1Deal with Stubborn Memory Cues133Lesson 2Learn to Change Your Posture, Breathing, and Voice136Lesson 3Recite a Brief Poem or Prayer138Lesson 4Read a Joke Book or Scan a Book of Cartoons138Lesson 5Aggression vs. Assertiveness140Lesson 6Take a Respite143Lesson 7Go to a Pathways to Peace Meeting145Lesson 8Establish and Use an Empowerment Cue or an Aversion Cue145Part IVChange Your Mind151Chapter 12Values152Introduction152Lesson 1Values and Recovery from Your Anger Habit153Chapter 13Beliefs158Lesson 1Anger and Beliefs158Lesson 2How to Change Beliefs About Anger That Keep You Stuck162Lesson 3Acquire Positive Beliefs About Yourself, Others, and the World165Chapter 14Life Mission and Spirituality170What Is Your Life Mission?170Lesson 1How to Discover Your Life Mission172Lesson 2Mission Support174Lesson 3Spirituality176Chapter 15Goals180Lesson 1What Is a Goal?180Lesson 2Recovery Goals and the Eight Parts of the Whole Self184Lesson 3Set a Goal to Stop the Use of Rage and Violence188Chapter 16Forgiveness190Lesson 1The Importance of Forgiveness190Lesson 2Forgive Others192Lesson 3Forgive Yourself194Conclusion196Self-Contract197Conclusion198Appendix 1The Pathways to Peace Self-Help Program199Overview: What Is Pathways to Peace?199The Purpose of Pathways to Peace199What Types of People Join Pathways to Peace?199The Pathways to Peace Principles200The Pathways to Peace Rules203The Pathways to Peace Mentor Program203Appendix 2How You Can Start a Pathways to Peace Group in Your Area204First Steps in Starting a Group204Pathways to Peace Materials205Pathways to Peace Group Structure Guidelines205Pathways to Peace Meeting Facilitator's Guide207The Pathways to Peace Principles210The Pathways to Peace Rules211The Pathways to Peace Definition of Violence212Pathways to Peace Books, Videos, and Master Programs213
