Coping With Anger in ACT for PTSD
Booz Allen
Department of Veterans Affairs
Yale University
University of Nevada, Reno
Key Points
- Anger is a frequently co-occurring problem with PTSD.
- Anger is often addressed indirectly in trauma-focused therapy.
- In ACT, the trauma survivor is engaged to approach anger as a valid source of information about values.
- Slow down the moment of the anger response and choose more workable behavior.
