Preliminary Evaluation of a Nine-Step Anger Management Counseling Model: Anger Management Evaluation

This study evaluated Robison’s (2007a) nine-step anger management counseling model. Clients with anger management problems were randomly assigned to a nine-step anger management treatment condition or a waiting list control condition. Clients in the anger management treatment condition exhibited better anger management and lower scores on an anger inventory. Thus, the model appears to have promise as a brief anger management counseling approach. Results of this study are used to formulate questions for further research on ways the model can be used effectively with angry clients.