About Advanced Psychological Resources
Research-Informed Resources for Anger Assessment and Treatment
Advanced Psychological Resources provides resources focused on anger, anger regulation, assessment, psychotherapy, and the treatment of maladaptive anger.
Anger is a natural emotion, but it may become dysfunctional when it is frequent, intense, long-lasting, quick to occur, or difficult to regulate. It may also become detrimental when it fuels interpersonal conflict, clouds judgment, affects physical health, or leads to harmful patterns of expression.
APR’s work focuses on careful assessment, anger regulation, and research-informed treatment methods for individuals, professionals, organizations, and institutions seeking a structured approach to anger.
APR’s Approach
APR begins with assessment. When a person reports anger, it is important to examine how often it occurs, how long it lasts, how intense it becomes, how quickly it develops, and how little it takes for anger to occur.
APR also examines the many ways anger may be expressed. Anger may be internalized or externalized, reflected back toward the person who provoked it, deflected toward others, expressed verbally or physically, controlled, impulsive, restorative, or punitive.
APR’s approach also considers the conditions that elicit anger, including insult, rudeness, indifference, deception, betrayal, abandonment, rejection, broken promises, ingratitude, exploitation, ineptitude, inconvenience, and assault.
APR’s approach examines anger across several areas:
How often anger occurs
How long anger lasts
How intense anger becomes
How quickly anger develops
How little it takes for anger to occur
How anger is expressed
How anger affects conflict, judgment, health, relationships, work, legal standing, or daily functioning
Which prevention, intervention, or postvention techniques may be appropriate
Cognitive Behavioural Affective Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Affective Therapy, also known as CBAT, is a structured program for regulating maladaptive anger.
The aim is not to eradicate anger. Anger has a function. It can signal that a person has been wronged. The aim is to make anger regulated so that it is functional rather than dysfunctional.
CBAT follows a sequence of prevention, intervention, and postvention. Prevention is the starting point and focuses on reducing the likelihood of anger before it occurs. Intervention focuses on anger that has already been ignited. Postvention addresses residual anger that may remain after prevention and intervention.
The program uses behavioral, cognitive, and affective techniques. Behavioral techniques include contract, rehearsal, response prevention, and stimulus control. Cognitive techniques include thought stopping, reappraisal, relaxation, and distraction. Affective techniques address the feeling of anger through disclosure, expressive art, humor, forgiveness, and related methods.
Meet Dr. Ephrem Fernandez
Dr. Ephrem Fernandez is an internationally renowned professor of clinical psychology, researcher, and speaker specializing in assessment and treatment of anger, aggression, psychotherapy, and anger regulation through psychological techniques. With 100+ scholarly publications and presentations at APA conventions and global psychology conferences, he is the recipient of many awards and grants for his work in this field.
CBAT for Regulating Anger was developed over more than two decades by Dr. Ephrem Fernandez and his team of collogues and his team of academics clinicians and trainees. He's presently emeritus professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at San Antonio and Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Research, Assessment, and Professional Resources
Advanced Psychological Resources provides psychological tests, books, treatment manuals, and consulting services focused on anger, anger regulation, psychotherapy, and the treatment of maladaptive anger.
APR serves individuals, health care providers, industry, educational institutions, and professionals seeking research-based tools, assessment resources, treatment methods, workshops, and educational materials related to anger and anger regulation.
Areas of focus include:
Anger assessment
Anger expression
Anger regulation
Maladaptive anger
Dysfunctional anger
Aggression and violence
Clinical and forensic contexts
Prevention, intervention, and postvention
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Contact APR to learn more about anger assessments, CBAT, psychological resources, workshops, publications, or professional consultation.
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