Group Services - Anger Management & Assertion Training

OUR MISSION

The purpose of Casa Youth Shelter is to provide temporary shelter for runaways and youth in crisis, enabling them to come through the crisis with an increased personal strength and a sense of renewal while in a supportive environment, with family reunification as a primary goal.

WHY CHOOSE US?

We offer a variety of counseling, educational, and shelter support programs and services, such as:

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Group Services - Anger Management / Assertion Training

(See our other Group Services)

Recipient of Service:

This service is primarily directed towards the residents of Casa Youth Shelter and is considered to be a mandatory activity.

Schedule:

This group is provided once per week for one hour and is scheduled Wednesday afternoons.

Provider:

Traditionally, this group is facilitated by a Staff Counselor.

Provider Qualifications:

Minimum qualifications of Staff Counselors include enrollment in a graduate studies program leading to a degree of Masters in psychology, counseling, social work or a closely related field. Many Staff Counselors exceed the minimum qualifications by possession of a Masters Degree and State of California registration as a Marriage Family Child Counselor Intern or are California Licensed as a Marriage Family Child Counselor.

Description of Service:

The group helps youth learn about anger and how to recognize and deal with anger in assertive, not destructive ways. The group centers on helping youth identify and verbalize uncomfortable underlying emotions that precede anger. Interventions and coping tools are designed and presented to assist the youth to develop alternative choices to destructive anger.

Goals of Service:

Also see:
     • Anger Management / Assertion Training
     • Domestic Violence Education
     • Domestic Violence Process
     • Teen Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families (ACA)
     • Multi-Family Support
     • S.T.A.R. Program
     • Art Therapy
     • Parenting Program
     • Teens, Families & Drugs
     • Issues of Abuse
     • Respect & Responsibility

The youth will recognize that anger is always a secondary emotion; and will be able to recognize, label and deal with their uncomfortable underlying emotions in ways that are more adaptive and less damaging to the youth and family.