Overview of a 12-week Program
Anger Control Training for Couples
The Anger Control Training Program for Couples is a Psycho-educational Group, not a therapy Group. It provides tools that can help couples build a relationship that brings long-term fulfillment and protects your relationship form naturally occurring conflicts.
The goal of the program is to help men and women in relationships develop and demonstrate a sense of mutual responsiblilty as well as respect and empathy for their partner's experience of a problem.
The group is led by Dr. Penny Winkler Psy.D., LMFT
The following skills will help the way you handle conflict with you partner:
To listen to your partner without interrupting.
To postpone defending yourself when you feel attacked.
To take a "time out" when arguments escalate.
To show that you know you are part of the problem.
To demonstrate that you care about how your partner experiences the problem.
To show that you respect your partner's feelings.
To ask directly for what you need and to say what you need for the conflict to end.
ALL GROUPS OFFERED IN SPANISH