Editing Anger management (section)

=== Other evidence-based approaches ===

Anger management interventions are based in cognitive behavioral techniques and follow in a three-step process.<ref name="Beck">{{cite journal|author1=Beck, R.|author2=Fernandez, E.|name-list-style=amp|year=1998|title=Cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of anger: A meta-analysis|journal=Cognitive Therapy and Research|volume=22|issue=1|pages=63–74|doi=10.1023/A:1018763902991|s2cid=5209157}}</ref> First, the client learns to identify situations that can potentially trigger the feeling of anger. A situation that elicits anger is often referred to as an anger cue.<ref name="Deffenbacher, L. J. 1999">{{cite journal|author1=Deffenbacher, L. J.|year=1999|title=Cognitive-behavioral conceptualization and treatment of anger|journal=Psychotherapy in Practice|volume=55|issue=3|pages=295–309|doi=10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199903)55:3<295::AID-JCLP3>3.0.CO;2-A|pmid=10321745}}</ref> If a potential trigger can be avoided, the individual can not only avoid unwanted outbursts, but also avoid internal conflict. Often anger occurs through automatic thought and irrational beliefs, these pose a problem for treatment because the patient may respond too quickly to change the thought or behavior. Wright, Day, & Howells referred to this phenomenon as the "hijacking of the cognitive system by the emotional system".<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|author1=Wright, S.|author2=Day, A.|author3=Howells, K.|name-list-style=amp|year=2009|title=Mindfulness and the treatment of anger problems|journal=Aggression and Violent Behavior|volume=14|issue=5|pages=396–401|doi=10.1016/j.avb.2009.06.008}}</ref>  Second, relaxation techniques are taught as appropriate responses to the identified situations. Common techniques include regulating breathing and physically removing themselves from the situation. Finally, [[role-play]] is used to practice the application of the learned techniques for future encounters with anger-inducing situations in the individual's life. The result of repetition is an automatic response of learned beneficial techniques.<ref name="Beck" /> Modifications of each general step result in distinctive programs. Additionally, different fields of psychology will change aspects of the above three-step process, which is primarily based in cognitive-behavioral therapy. Group, family, and relaxation only therapies each contribute to the wider range of available anger management programs.