Beyond Anger and Violence+
A Program for Women and Gender-Diverse People Participant's Workbook
2nd Edition
Published on 30. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-394-24131-6 (ISBN)
Description
An essential resource for women participating in the Beyond Anger and Violence program
The Beyond Anger and Violence program is a forty-hour, evidence-based, gender-responsive, trauma-informed treatment program specifically developed for women who struggle to safely manage anger. It uses a Social-Ecological Model to understand anger and violence and explores the complex interplay between individual, relationship, community, and societal factors that gives rise to anger, assault, and property destruction.
In the newly revised second edition of the Beyond Anger and Violence: Program for Women Participant Workbook, internationally recognized clinician Stephanie S. Covington delivers a key resource for women undergoing the Beyond Anger and Violence program. This Workbook provides a place for participants to review the content of sessions, write down their thoughts and reactions, and complete activities during and after sessions.
Inside the book:
Help in understanding the relationships between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Techniques for communication, conflict resolution, decision making, and calming behaviors
Ways to understand how our families, relationships, communities, and societies impact our lives
Strategies for understanding the roles that anger and violence play in our relationships
An essential resource for all participants undergoing the Beyond Anger and Violence program, this Participant Workbook includes brand-new coverage of the impact of trauma, the meaning of "gender," the significance of child abuse, and how self-harm and suicide can affect anger- and violence-reduction strategies.
The Beyond Anger and Violence program is a forty-hour, evidence-based, gender-responsive, trauma-informed treatment program specifically developed for women who struggle to safely manage anger. It uses a Social-Ecological Model to understand anger and violence and explores the complex interplay between individual, relationship, community, and societal factors that gives rise to anger, assault, and property destruction.
In the newly revised second edition of the Beyond Anger and Violence: Program for Women Participant Workbook, internationally recognized clinician Stephanie S. Covington delivers a key resource for women undergoing the Beyond Anger and Violence program. This Workbook provides a place for participants to review the content of sessions, write down their thoughts and reactions, and complete activities during and after sessions.
Inside the book:
Help in understanding the relationships between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Techniques for communication, conflict resolution, decision making, and calming behaviors
Ways to understand how our families, relationships, communities, and societies impact our lives
Strategies for understanding the roles that anger and violence play in our relationships
An essential resource for all participants undergoing the Beyond Anger and Violence program, this Participant Workbook includes brand-new coverage of the impact of trauma, the meaning of "gender," the significance of child abuse, and how self-harm and suicide can affect anger- and violence-reduction strategies.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Height: 277 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
920 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-394-24131-6 (9781394241316)
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Beyond Anger and Violence+
A Program for Women and Gender-Diverse People Participant's Workbook
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Beyond Anger and Violence+
A Program for Women and Gender-Diverse People Participant's Workbook, 2nd Edition
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03/2026
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Content
Introduction to the Program 1
Orientation Session 3
Introduction to the Program 3
Your Workbook 5
Group Introductions 6
Topics Covered in This Program 7
Group Agreements 7
Our Group Agreements 8
Activators or Triggers and Coping Tools 9
Five Senses 10
Breathing and Exhaling 10
Statistics on Violence in the United States 11
Definition of Violence 14
The Social-Ecological Model (People in the Environment) 15
Creating a Container 19
My Container 20
Discovering Your Anger Style 21
Self-Soothing Activity: Palms Down, Palms Up 24
Between-Sessions Activity 25
Part A: Self
Session One: Thinking Our Thoughts 29
The Spirals of Violence and Nonviolence 30
Thinking, Feeling, and Substance Use 31
Automatic Thoughts 31
Cognitive Distortion 32
My Typical Distorted Thinking 34
Feelings Inside and Outside 36
The DVD of What I Want My Words To Do To You 37
Understanding Keila 37
Understanding Me 40
Between-Sessions Activities 42
Session Two: Feeling Our Feelings 43
Identifying Feelings 44
Beliefs About Feelings 47
My Faulty Belief 48
Feelings as Clues 48
Intensity of Feelings 49
Emotional Wellness 53
Feelings and the Body 54
When Feelings Threaten To Overwhelm You 55
The Observer Self 56
Between-Sessions Activities 58
Session Three: Violence and Trauma in Our Lives 59
Violence in Relationships 60
Types of Abuse 60
The Process of Trauma 61
Calming Strategies 63
Two Calming Activities 65
Mindful Breathing 65
Ten-Point Body Scan 65
Daily Anger Log 66
Between-Sessions Activities 67
Session Four: The Effects of Trauma 71
Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey 72
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study 74
The Effects of Trauma and Substance Use on the Brain 76
Risk Factors for Addiction 77
Personal Experiences with Substances 78
Triggers or Activators and the Body 79
Yoga Poses and the Mind-Body Connection 82
Between-Sessions Activities 83
Session Five: Understanding Our Anger 85
Anger 86
Words for Anger 87
Meeting a Feeling 88
Meeting Your Anger 90
The Anger Funnel 91
The Anger Funnel 93
Anger Triggers 94
Hidden Anger 95
Personal Anger Inventory 96
Between-Sessions Activities 100
Session Six: Managing Our Anger 101
Anger-Management Strategies 102
Anger Dos and Don'ts 104
Self-Inflicted Harm 106
Self-Reflection Tool 107
Visualization and Collage of My Personal Best 112
Between-Sessions Activities 113
Session Seven: Understanding Ourselves 115
DVD of What I Want My Words To Do To You 116
Understanding My Anger 118
Understanding My Behavior 120
Becoming Whole 122
Between-Sessions Activities 124
Part B: Relationships
Session Eight: Our Families 127
Self-Soothing Activity: Deep Breathing 128
Risk Factors 129
Family Sculpture 130
The Cost of Violence 131
Feelings and the Family 132
Unspoken Rules 132
The Anger Questionnaire 133
Wheel of Nurturing Children 136
Between-Sessions Activities 139
Session Nine: Communication 141
Communication Styles 142
Nonverbal Communication 143
Communicating Emotions 144
Group Discussion Questions 145
Strategies for Creating Connection Through Communication 146
Responses to Stress 147
Between-Sessions Activities 149
Session Ten: Power and Control 151
The Power and Control Wheel 152
Differences Between Women and Men in the Use of Force in Relationships 156
Types of Abuse in Relationships 157
The Violence Continuum 160
Stopping the Cycle of Anger in Relationships 162
Escalation and De-escalation 163
Between-Sessions Activities 165
Session Eleven: Conflict Resolution 167
Fair Fighting 168
Guidelines for Fair Fighting 168
Words, Words, Words 170
Impulse Control 171
Tips for Impulse Control 172
The Equality Wheel 174
Between-Sessions Activities 177
Session Twelve: Our Children 179
Nurturing Children in Our Lives 180
Messages About Nurturing and Raising Children 180
Abuse of Children Wheel 181
Patterns of Abuse with Children 183
Our Nurturing Legacies and What We Pass Along 184
Between-Sessions Activities 185
Session Thirteen: Nurturing in Action 187
Parenting and Caregiving Triggers 188
Drawing Our Family Dynamics 190
My Family Dynamics 191
Discipline, Consequences, and Punishment 192
Caregiving Checklist 193
Responding-to- Children Role Play 194
Creating Connection 195
Nurturing in Action 196
Between-Sessions Activities 197
Session Fourteen: Caregiving over Time and with Others 199
Parenting and Nurturing from a Distance 200
Our Villages 201
My Village 202
Caregiver Triggers 203
Power and Control and Caregivers 204
Caregivers and Communication 205
Caregiving Chapters 206
Between-Sessions Activities 207
Session Fifteen: Relationships Outside the Family 209
Relationship Roles 210
Sources of Joy, Connection, and Conflict 212
Power and Control Wheel 215
Equality Wheel 216
Between-Sessions Activities 217
Session Sixteen: Everyday Actions in Our Relationships 219
Common Relationship Situations 220
The Past 220
The Present 221
The Future 222
Relationship Decisions 223
Between-Sessions Activities 227
Session Seventeen: Intimate Relationships and Addictive Relationships 229
Falling in Love 230
Love and Addiction 231
Contrasting Intimate Relationships and Addictive Relationships 232
How To End a Relationship 233
Between-Sessions Activities 234
Part C: Community
Session Eighteen: Our communities 237
Self-Soothing Activity: Progressive Muscle Relaxation 238
Our communities 240
Visualization 241
Your Childhood 242
Your Teenage Years 244
Friendship 247
Between-Sessions Activities 248
Session Nineteen: The Importance of Safety 251
Safety in the Community 252
The Four Kinds of Safety 254
Environment and Behavior 257
Safe and Unsafe Environments 259
Safety and the Body 260
Community Maps: Past, Present, and Future 261
Between-Sessions Activities 266
Session Twenty: Creating Community 267
DVD of What I Want My Words To Do To You 268
Crossroads 270
Making Good Decisions 272
Between-Sessions Activities 274
Session Twenty-One: The Power of Community 277
DVD of What I Want My Words To Do To You 278
Writing About a Kind Act 280
Between-Sessions Activities 281
Part D: Society
Session Twenty-Two: Society and Violence 285
Self-Soothing Activity: Breathing in the Positive 286
Reviewing the Risks for Violence 287
The Culture Wheel 288
Institutional and Cultural Supports for Domestic Violence 290
Working To End Violence 293
National and International Organizations 294
Local Organizations 296
Art as an Expression of the Levels of Violence 297
Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Nonbinary Art 298
Between-Sessions Activities 299
Session Twenty-Three: Creating Change 303
Health, Harmony, and Wholeness 304
The Spirals of Transformation 306
Between-Sessions Activity 308
Session Twenty-Four: Transforming: Our Lives 309
Visualization 310
The Role of Remorse in Transformation 312
The Process of Transformation 313
Making Amends 315
Forgiveness 316
Between-Sessions Activities 317
Session Twenty-Five: Honoring Ourselves and Our Community 319
The Relational Wheel 320
Respect, Mutuality, and Compassion 321
Are You Becoming the Person You Want To Be? 322
ORID 323
Appreciation 325
Appendix 1: Daily Anger Log 327
Appendix 2: Yoga Poses 335
1. Breath of Joy 335
2. Seated Pigeon's Pose 337
3. Modified Triangle 338
4. Twisted Branches to Open Wings 339
Appendix 3: Self-Reflection Tool 341
Appendix 4: The Women in the What I Want My Words To Do To You DVD 353
About the Author 359
About the Cover 361
Orientation Session 3
Introduction to the Program 3
Your Workbook 5
Group Introductions 6
Topics Covered in This Program 7
Group Agreements 7
Our Group Agreements 8
Activators or Triggers and Coping Tools 9
Five Senses 10
Breathing and Exhaling 10
Statistics on Violence in the United States 11
Definition of Violence 14
The Social-Ecological Model (People in the Environment) 15
Creating a Container 19
My Container 20
Discovering Your Anger Style 21
Self-Soothing Activity: Palms Down, Palms Up 24
Between-Sessions Activity 25
Part A: Self
Session One: Thinking Our Thoughts 29
The Spirals of Violence and Nonviolence 30
Thinking, Feeling, and Substance Use 31
Automatic Thoughts 31
Cognitive Distortion 32
My Typical Distorted Thinking 34
Feelings Inside and Outside 36
The DVD of What I Want My Words To Do To You 37
Understanding Keila 37
Understanding Me 40
Between-Sessions Activities 42
Session Two: Feeling Our Feelings 43
Identifying Feelings 44
Beliefs About Feelings 47
My Faulty Belief 48
Feelings as Clues 48
Intensity of Feelings 49
Emotional Wellness 53
Feelings and the Body 54
When Feelings Threaten To Overwhelm You 55
The Observer Self 56
Between-Sessions Activities 58
Session Three: Violence and Trauma in Our Lives 59
Violence in Relationships 60
Types of Abuse 60
The Process of Trauma 61
Calming Strategies 63
Two Calming Activities 65
Mindful Breathing 65
Ten-Point Body Scan 65
Daily Anger Log 66
Between-Sessions Activities 67
Session Four: The Effects of Trauma 71
Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey 72
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study 74
The Effects of Trauma and Substance Use on the Brain 76
Risk Factors for Addiction 77
Personal Experiences with Substances 78
Triggers or Activators and the Body 79
Yoga Poses and the Mind-Body Connection 82
Between-Sessions Activities 83
Session Five: Understanding Our Anger 85
Anger 86
Words for Anger 87
Meeting a Feeling 88
Meeting Your Anger 90
The Anger Funnel 91
The Anger Funnel 93
Anger Triggers 94
Hidden Anger 95
Personal Anger Inventory 96
Between-Sessions Activities 100
Session Six: Managing Our Anger 101
Anger-Management Strategies 102
Anger Dos and Don'ts 104
Self-Inflicted Harm 106
Self-Reflection Tool 107
Visualization and Collage of My Personal Best 112
Between-Sessions Activities 113
Session Seven: Understanding Ourselves 115
DVD of What I Want My Words To Do To You 116
Understanding My Anger 118
Understanding My Behavior 120
Becoming Whole 122
Between-Sessions Activities 124
Part B: Relationships
Session Eight: Our Families 127
Self-Soothing Activity: Deep Breathing 128
Risk Factors 129
Family Sculpture 130
The Cost of Violence 131
Feelings and the Family 132
Unspoken Rules 132
The Anger Questionnaire 133
Wheel of Nurturing Children 136
Between-Sessions Activities 139
Session Nine: Communication 141
Communication Styles 142
Nonverbal Communication 143
Communicating Emotions 144
Group Discussion Questions 145
Strategies for Creating Connection Through Communication 146
Responses to Stress 147
Between-Sessions Activities 149
Session Ten: Power and Control 151
The Power and Control Wheel 152
Differences Between Women and Men in the Use of Force in Relationships 156
Types of Abuse in Relationships 157
The Violence Continuum 160
Stopping the Cycle of Anger in Relationships 162
Escalation and De-escalation 163
Between-Sessions Activities 165
Session Eleven: Conflict Resolution 167
Fair Fighting 168
Guidelines for Fair Fighting 168
Words, Words, Words 170
Impulse Control 171
Tips for Impulse Control 172
The Equality Wheel 174
Between-Sessions Activities 177
Session Twelve: Our Children 179
Nurturing Children in Our Lives 180
Messages About Nurturing and Raising Children 180
Abuse of Children Wheel 181
Patterns of Abuse with Children 183
Our Nurturing Legacies and What We Pass Along 184
Between-Sessions Activities 185
Session Thirteen: Nurturing in Action 187
Parenting and Caregiving Triggers 188
Drawing Our Family Dynamics 190
My Family Dynamics 191
Discipline, Consequences, and Punishment 192
Caregiving Checklist 193
Responding-to- Children Role Play 194
Creating Connection 195
Nurturing in Action 196
Between-Sessions Activities 197
Session Fourteen: Caregiving over Time and with Others 199
Parenting and Nurturing from a Distance 200
Our Villages 201
My Village 202
Caregiver Triggers 203
Power and Control and Caregivers 204
Caregivers and Communication 205
Caregiving Chapters 206
Between-Sessions Activities 207
Session Fifteen: Relationships Outside the Family 209
Relationship Roles 210
Sources of Joy, Connection, and Conflict 212
Power and Control Wheel 215
Equality Wheel 216
Between-Sessions Activities 217
Session Sixteen: Everyday Actions in Our Relationships 219
Common Relationship Situations 220
The Past 220
The Present 221
The Future 222
Relationship Decisions 223
Between-Sessions Activities 227
Session Seventeen: Intimate Relationships and Addictive Relationships 229
Falling in Love 230
Love and Addiction 231
Contrasting Intimate Relationships and Addictive Relationships 232
How To End a Relationship 233
Between-Sessions Activities 234
Part C: Community
Session Eighteen: Our communities 237
Self-Soothing Activity: Progressive Muscle Relaxation 238
Our communities 240
Visualization 241
Your Childhood 242
Your Teenage Years 244
Friendship 247
Between-Sessions Activities 248
Session Nineteen: The Importance of Safety 251
Safety in the Community 252
The Four Kinds of Safety 254
Environment and Behavior 257
Safe and Unsafe Environments 259
Safety and the Body 260
Community Maps: Past, Present, and Future 261
Between-Sessions Activities 266
Session Twenty: Creating Community 267
DVD of What I Want My Words To Do To You 268
Crossroads 270
Making Good Decisions 272
Between-Sessions Activities 274
Session Twenty-One: The Power of Community 277
DVD of What I Want My Words To Do To You 278
Writing About a Kind Act 280
Between-Sessions Activities 281
Part D: Society
Session Twenty-Two: Society and Violence 285
Self-Soothing Activity: Breathing in the Positive 286
Reviewing the Risks for Violence 287
The Culture Wheel 288
Institutional and Cultural Supports for Domestic Violence 290
Working To End Violence 293
National and International Organizations 294
Local Organizations 296
Art as an Expression of the Levels of Violence 297
Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Nonbinary Art 298
Between-Sessions Activities 299
Session Twenty-Three: Creating Change 303
Health, Harmony, and Wholeness 304
The Spirals of Transformation 306
Between-Sessions Activity 308
Session Twenty-Four: Transforming: Our Lives 309
Visualization 310
The Role of Remorse in Transformation 312
The Process of Transformation 313
Making Amends 315
Forgiveness 316
Between-Sessions Activities 317
Session Twenty-Five: Honoring Ourselves and Our Community 319
The Relational Wheel 320
Respect, Mutuality, and Compassion 321
Are You Becoming the Person You Want To Be? 322
ORID 323
Appreciation 325
Appendix 1: Daily Anger Log 327
Appendix 2: Yoga Poses 335
1. Breath of Joy 335
2. Seated Pigeon's Pose 337
3. Modified Triangle 338
4. Twisted Branches to Open Wings 339
Appendix 3: Self-Reflection Tool 341
Appendix 4: The Women in the What I Want My Words To Do To You DVD 353
About the Author 359
About the Cover 361