Doing anger differently: a group percussion therapy for angry adolescent boys.
This paper describes Doing Anger Differently (DAD), a group treatment for young adolescent boys with high levels of anger. The approach is school-based, 10 weeks long, and utilizes music in the form of percussion to engage this difficult to treat population into treatment and to represent the experience of anger. A tri-level intervention is described: the experience of anger and its influence on action; the formation of meaning and identity resulting from anger and aggression; and the emphasis on group work and the interpersonal basis of anger. Techniques used throughout the group are discussed and illustrative case vignettes are provided.
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Michael
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School of Behavioural Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia. mjcbass@bigpond.com
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000374:Aggression; D000786:Anger; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D012572:School Health Services