Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Anger

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Anger

PRESENTER: Dr. Sanjay Rao, Associate Professor of Psychiatry University of Ottawa

Workshop Description

Anger is a serious problem in clinical practice and society at large but is not considered a primary clinical problem. The mental health professionals continue to recognize anger as secondary to depression, mania, impulse, and personality disorders. There is a great need to address anger as a primary and secondary mental health concern.

The presence of anger and aggression in a psychiatric patient however, often alerts clinicians to future risk of aggression/violence. This workshop will provide a review of the research on anger as the basis for understanding dysfunctional anger and strategies for assessing and treating patients presenting with dysfunctional anger and impulsive aggression.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this workshop, the attendees would

1. Clinical presentation of dysfunctional anger and its assessment
2. Understand how anger symptoms are co-morbid with psychiatric disorders including personality disorders.
3. Understand the treatment implications of dysfunctional anger in the psychiatric patient population.
4. Review basic rational emotive-cognitive behaviour techniques in the treatment of dysfunctional anger.

WORKSHOP TRAINER:

Dr. Sanjay Rao is an experienced teacher and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Ottawa; in 2018, he was awarded a Fellowship of the Canadian Association of Cognitive Behavioural therapy for his contribution to CBT in Canada. He has received an award from the Department of Health in the United Kingdom for CBT development. He is the Director of the Unified CBT Academy.

Dr. Rao has trained in CBT, DBT, Mindfulness-based therapies, and strength focussed coaching. He has expertise in both psychological and pharmacological treatment of mental health conditions. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrist (UK) and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Canada). He has delivered over 250 workshops in Cognitive behavioural therapies, presented in national, international conferences and published in several scientific journals.

Since 2011 he has helped the province of Nova Scotia develop Cognitive Behavioural Therapy implementation by training and supervising therapists across the province. He has also served as an executive member of the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy along with various management position such as Co-Chair of Chiefs of Psychiatrists in Nova Scotia, Clinical Director of The Mood and Anxiety Program at the Royal Ottawa Hospital and Clinical Lead of Improving Access to Structured Psychotherapy in Ottawa.

Dr. Rao is involved in research concerning distance delivery of CBT through technology as well as workplace mental health using CBT and problem-solving approaches. He is an active clinician delivering CBT in collaborative care settings.

He trains and supervises multidisciplinary teams including physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists and counsellors.

Email: [email protected] if you have any questions.

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Event Venue

Online