Doing anger differently : helping adolescent boys / Michael Currie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Currie, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anger in adolescence.

Adolescent psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Young, non-verbal and aggressive adolescent boys often feel constricted within their family environment, swinging between explosive outbursts and sullen monosyllabic exchanges. This book presents an approach that allows parents and others to take a key role in shaping this (mis)understanding of adolescent children.

Contents:

Intro

Doing Anger Differently

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

When is Anger a Problem?

Ongoing hostility

Over-reaction and destructiveness

Home problems

School problems

Peer problems

PART I The Problem: Anger, Aggression and the Family

1 The Nature of Anger

Feeling: A Problem or a Sign?

The Essentials of Anger

All the World's a Problem

The Relation between Thought and Affect

Anger and Ambivalence

Anger and Relationships

'I am not wrong about myself ': mirroring and the fear of disintegration

I'll Do What I Like

The Persecuted Victim

Raising Problems with Angry Adolescents

In Brief

2 Aggression, Anger and Ethics

Sub-types of Aggression

Anger, Aggression and Ethics

Aggression and Ethics

Enhancing Ethics

Pro-social, Anti-social

The Ethics of Self-interest

Self-interest and Self-destructiveness

The Certainty of Anger and Aggression

Morals and the Social Group

Aggression and 'Conscience'

Ethics and Rules in Adolescence

Adolescence and 'Doing-Being'

3 The Family: Love, Hate and Anger

Douglas's Lost Adolescence

Parents

Mothers

Fathers

Other Fathers

The Function of a Father

The Child's Internal Family

Parental Responses

David and Anne: The Mother as Father

Peter and Andrew: Rejection is Not Failure

The Guarantee of Parental Failure

4 The Age of Adolescence

Adolescence as a Developmental Turning Point

The Overlapping Spheres of Influence in Adolescence

Peers, groups and playing at making reality

Outsiders

The anger show

Celebrating being other

The Aggressive Power of the Group

Fathers and Alternate Fathers-'Godfathers'

Thought, Identity and Morality in Adolescence: Trying It On

Thought

Morality

Identity

Adolescent Boys.

From 'Paranoid' Habit of Mind to 'Critical' Habit of Mind

Authority, Tolerance and Limits: The Politics of Rules

Certainty and Doubt with Angry Adolescents

Resilience in Adolescence

PART II Doing Anger Differently: Techniques and Principles

John: Beating Victim-hood and Taking Action

5 The Cycle of Identity: Reaction, Reflection, Action

'Doing-Being' and the Acquisition of Knowledge in Adolescence

Being the Parent of an Adolescent

Three 'Antidotes to Anger'

Focus on Relationships

Capacity for Reflection

Sense of Ability to Act

The 'Cycle of Identity' in Adolescence

Perception: From Action to Description

Meaning-making: From Description to Constructing Meaning

Vulnerability and victim-hood

Short-term gains over long-term gains

The problem of reputation and relationships

Performing-meaning: From Constructing Meaning to Action

Following the Cycle

How Does this Model Help?

Placing into Speech

Detailed and Nuanced Understandings

Creating Uncertainty

Development of Mental Competence

Moral Development

Using the 'Doing-Being' of Adolescence

6 What Parents Can Do: Techniques for Intervening with an Angry Adolescent

Constructive Conflict: Turning Crises into Questions

Constructive Conflict: A Summary

1. Speedy Intervention

2. Intervention Steps

3. Further Key Points

Constructive Contemplation: Helping a Boy Reflect on Anger

Constructive Contemplation: A Summary

1. Recognise the Kernel of Truth

2. Action

3. Assistance

Making Peace: Reading the Signs

Cutting Across the Imaginary Contagion and Escalation of Anger

Identifying Crises of Possibility

Paths to Maturity: Making Plans

7 What Adults Can Do: Principles for Intervening with an Adolescent

Using Antidotes to Anger

Showing As Well As Telling.

Knowing What a Boy Wants

Constant Presence Rather Than Intermittent

Listen To and Notice Your Son

The Problem of Lecturing

Recognising 'Acting Out'

Recognising Differences

Affection and Intimacy

Rules and Limits

Rebellion

A Secret Life

Obedience

Parents Working Together

Forbidding

The Restructuring of Enjoyment

Doubt Revisited

Too Much Talk

8 Intervening with the School

Investigating the Problem: Approaching the Adolescent

Investigating the Problem: Approaching the School

Parents Taking Action

Teachers Taking Action with Aggressive Students

The Importance of Relationships with Teachers

Steve-Managing Difficulties In and Out of Class

Taking Action: Helping a Student Teach the Teacher

Implementing a Plan for Improving School Behaviour

Further Points

Taking Action: If an Adolescent Has Fallen In with the 'Wrong Crowd'

What Parents Should Do

Doing Something about Anger and Violence Problems at School

School-wide Programs

Boys' development programs

Peer mediation programs

Anti-bullying programs

Focused Programs

Doing Anger Differently (DAD)

Schools as a Unit of Intervention

Appendix

Further Help

Family Therapy

Individual Therapy or Counselling

Mentoring

Decoding the Helping Professions: Different Types of Professionals

Psychiatrists

Psychologists

Counsellors

Public or Private?

Public Services: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)

Non-government Services

Private Services

Psychoanalysis

Narrative therapy

Other

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522858884

0522858880

OCLC:

919498548