Psychoeducative Programme in Anger Management

Evaluation of a Short-term Humanistic Programme for Anger Traits Reduction: A Preliminary Study

“…Callifronas and Kontou, [12] illustrated a highly significant (p<.001) overall change of 13.6% in anger personality traits with an important effect size (0.707). In their study, a group-centred, two phase (20 sessions) programme was implemented.…”

“…Furthermore, Vassilopoulos et al [36] used STAXI to evaluate a short anger management group for special education teachers in Greece. Moreover, a study by Callifronas and Kontou [12] administrated STPI inventory in three consecutive years (2011 through 2013) to examine anger in Greek group-centred settings.…”

“…However, anger can be useful since it can be considered as an alarm signal for emotions, needs and values that are threatened [12], and promotes the effort to set boundaries within human relationships, if one can control it. Then, it can become a facilitating tool for the acknowledgment of needs and feelings like fear, shyness, frustration, disappointment etc.…”

“…Callifronas and Kontou [12] in a recent study investigated the changes in personality traits after a two-phase experiential learning programme consisting of 20 meetings. The first phase was dedicated to the acknowledgement of anger traits in each participant, while the second phase proceeded to therapeutic (psychoeducative) intervention using experiential learning methods.…”

A Six Year Travelogue in Anger, Anxiety, Depression and Curiosity

“…Furthermore, according to the Kübler-Ross model, anger is the second psychological response of grief after the appearance of denial. The humanistic experiential anger workshop created by Dr Callifronas considers this emotion as the buoy for an unmet need [19,20]. Anger is also a natural response to loss and can be a difficult emotion to cope with, since many of us will suppress this emotion, keeping it bottled up or even turning it inward, toward ourselves.…”