Bringing Anger out of the Shadows and Safely Into Therapy

Anger is often treated as a secondary symptom with few stand-alone treatment options available.

This leaves clinicians feeling unprepared and clients often feeling ashamed to discuss and

confront anger in therapy. Anger is a common transdiagnostic symptom that predicts worse

response to treatment and an increased likelihood of dropout for a range of disorders (Cassiello-

Robbins & Barlow, 2016). Aggression and violence perpetration resulting from anger has

disastrous effects for clients, their loved ones and society at large. Anger can be effectively